A Letter to President Obama

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Eric Carver - Tuesday, December 07, 2010 | Permalink | Shop Welcome | Shop Freshnes

 

Say Yes to Principle

Excerpt from Lincoln in Caricature, by Rufus Rockwell Wilson
(provided to Welcome Clothing by the Beautiful Leslie Carver)

There was no doubt need to consult oracles during Mr. Lincoln’s first day in office; but we know now that it was his custom, when faced with a difficult problem to take counsel with his conscience, and leave the issue to a higher power.  Lucius E. Chittenden, Register of the Treasury during the Civil War, offers in his Recollections impressive testimony to the President’s reliance on that higher power.  He writes that opportunity offering in the summer of 1864 he made bold to ask Mr. Lincoln how far and in what measure he believed that the Almighty directed human affairs.  The President was silent for a time, and then made answer:

“The Almighty does make use of human agencies.  I have had so many evidences of his direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than my own will that I cannot doubt that this power comes from above.  I frequently see my way clear to a decision when I am conscious that I have no sufficient facts upon which to found it.  But I cannot recall one instance in which I have followed my own judgment, founded upon such a decision, where the results were unsatisfactory; whereas, in almost every instance where I have yielded to the view of others, I have had occasion to regret it. I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not to do a particular thing, he finds a way of letting me know it …

“At first, when we had long spells of bad luck, I used sometimes to lose heart.   Now I seem to know that Providence has protected and will protect us against any fatal defeat.  All we have to do is trust the Almighty and keep right on obeying his orders and executing his will.”

    

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Eric Carver - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | Permalink | Shop Welcome | Shop Freshnes

 

Welcome Clothing Presents: Luvv Wear

By Jerome Green:

Luvv is a much more inclusive brand of Love. Luvv makes you want to scream, jump up and down, and include all that is around you. Luvv is inclusive of the spirit, life, death, passion, joy, principle and heart. Luvv is a driving passion that wakes you up and says, “Let’s go out and play!”

Learning to make Luvv on a daily basis is similar to baking a fresh loaf of bread. Everyone desires fresh bread. There is a reason why supermarkets discount the day old bread - it’s not fresh! It is still baked from scatch, but it doesn’t hold the same juice as fresh bread made that same day. Most of us have a quota on how much Luvv we can hold, so we maintain that quota by selling others on the day old bread.

Luvv Wear was born out of my own personal desire to learn more about how Luvv and money go together. The products you see here are an expression of my luvv and the luvv of three other men--Eric Carver, owner and president of Welcomeclothing.com; Louis Pieper, artist, animator and business owner; and Henry Conyers, a dear companion. We are four very passionate men that as individuals, luvv what we do. While on our own individual journeys, each of us has contributed our luvv to this project.

Luvv wear is also very much about developing and building principle; that is why the logo with the Lincoln pennies is so important.  Lincoln stood on principle and it is principle that allows us to follow and listen to our hearts. Everything we do requires us to bring principle to it.  When you can bring principle to your work, family, friends, and all around you, you make a profit.

Luvv Wear is about the magnetism that pulls each of us towards our true luvv. We spend so much time trying to build a career, and not enough time finding our true Job (Joy Of Being). If we can hold to the Job we are here to do then our career will have a greater amplification and joy associated with it. There is a magical quality to the Luvv Wear products. Buy them, wear them around and come back here to tell us your own personal stories.

By purchasing Luvv Wear you are making a statement that you are a person who is learning to develop principle, follow your heart and be on your JOB.

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Eric Carver - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 | Permalink | Shop Welcome | Shop Freshnes