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Monthly Archives: July 2018
The Truth Be Told
Truth is maybe the most valuable commodity. Perhaps I’m dwelling on this concept too much lately? I think not. The Truth Be Told by Michael Romani In all the things that life has showed There is one truth that must … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Being, Belong, Brink, Brooding Mood, Chance, Facts, Hope, Life, Linger, Lost Cause, Man, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Reconcile, Right and Wrong, Struggle, Task, Told, Truth, Wonder, World
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Daily Prompt – Index
She asked me to index the reasons why Clear evidence for God seems in short supply But she should believe in Him anyhow And though patient, she wanted these reasons now She told me of her friend who was her … Continue reading
First Principles: Neutrality Is Only Respected Through Strength
“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Contempt, Defense, First Principles, Forfeiture, Neutrality, Power, Privilege, Respect, Rights, Weakness
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Thought For the Day: Never Look Down On Anyone Unless You Are Helping Them Up
“Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up”– Jesse Jackson
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Tagged All, Anyone, Condescend, Down, Help, Jesse Jackson, Thought For the Day, Up
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Daily Prompt – Kinetic
Scenes like jazz paint musical colors in shades of blues Most of them dynamic and throbbing in kinetic hues Creative notes are strung together in memorable proclamation Breathing in to breath out in life’s heightened exclamation The music rains fire … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Clarity, Colors, Daily Prompt, Dissonance, Heat, Hues, Jazz, Kindred, Kinetic, Night, Notes, Proclamation, Stick In the Mud, Summer, Swelter, Tones, Turmoil
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Walking Our Holiness
Based in part on Luke 6:47-48 Walking Our Holiness by Michael Romani It’s there in our very firm decision That we are here for our holy mission Coming before the Lord as we are Correcting our path by that North … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Breath of God, Clarity, Commandment, Faith, Gospel, Grace, Hill, Holy, Jesus, Lesson, Lord, Luke, Mission, New Testament, North Star, Old Testament, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Prophet, Teach, Truth, Walk
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First Principles: Pursue Your Principles To Your Death
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conduct, Conscience, Cowardice, Death, Firmness of Heart, First Principles, Man, Principles, Shrink, Small Minds, Smile, Thomas Paine, Trouble
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Thought For the Day: The Longest Day Must Have Its Close
“The longest day must have its close — the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Close, Day, Eternal, Evil, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Just, Morning, Night, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The More Powerful the Federal Government Grows, the Weaker the State Governments Become
“[W]hen all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to … Continue reading
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Tagged Centered, Charles Hammond, Checks, Federal, First Principles, Government, Powerless, Powers, State Government, Thomas Jefferson, Washington D.C.
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Thought For the Day: A Moment Lasts All of A Second, But, the Memory Lives On Forever
“A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.” – Anonymous
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Tagged Anonymous, Forever, Hot Air Ballooning, Memory, Moment, Second, Thought For the Day
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 