Lead him gentle—don’t push none. He comes to life real sudden when he’s shoved.”                    –Clarence Mulford  (Bar-20 Days)        “When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.”    …

I would rather die an honest fool than walk down a wicked path paved by the pain and sufferin’ of others.”                    –Orris Slade  (Set Things Right)        “Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, ‘The Spirit who dwells in us yearns…

Courage and bravery are words too often used, too little considered. It is one thing to speak them, another thing to live them. It is never easy to face hardship, suffering, pain, and torture. It is always easier to die, simply to give up, to surrender and let the pain die with you. To fight…