{"id":33,"date":"2008-04-30T19:41:33","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucepress.net\/?p=33"},"modified":"2008-04-30T19:41:33","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T00:41:33","slug":"may-1st-national-day-of-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brucepress.net\/blog\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"May 1st: National Day of Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Naional Day of Reason<\/a> is held on the first Thursday in May to coincide with the National Day of Prayer.<\/p>\n

Sure, it was established to counter the National Day of Pretending to do something useful but it is the way it is observed that makes it cool.\u00a0 Instead of a day of protesting the waste of public funds for politicians et. al. (OK, that happens too) , the preferred way to spend the day is in service.\u00a0 Yes, actually doing something good not WAITING for some invisible friend to get it done for you.<\/p>\n

So get out and give blood (that is what I am going to do), volunteer, plant a tree, donate time or money.\u00a0 Be a good HUMAN!<\/p>\n

Admiring his crops, a farmer asks his friend how his corn grew so high.<\/p>\n

In reply his friend told him, “I have to give God all the credit. I pray every day before and after I go to work the fields”.<\/p>\n

“That’s amazing!”, the farmer said, “What happens when you don’t go to work?”<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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