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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls
“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain, Charged, Fate, Gate, Master, Matters, Scroll, Self, Soul, Straight, Thought For the Day, William E. Henley
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Short Poetry Workshop – Crystalline – Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life)
Indiana is filled with small towns and with these people of the earth who remind us of what it means to be neighbors and community. Crystalline Hope (Small Town Life) by Michael Romani Down the way on a country highway … Continue reading
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Tagged Brick, Byway, Carousel, Community, Corn, Country, Crystalline, Family, God, Honest, Hope, Life, Photograph, Short Poetry, Silos, Small Town, Town Square, Workshop
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Daily Prompt – Morale
Though most seem to steal when they should be buying I am not the one who encourages this even when lying I am the man who does the best that he knows and can With morale built up in an … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Buy, Daily Prompt, Darkness, Fortitude, Lie, Light, Loss, Missed, Morale, Overplayed, Realization, Song, Steal, Voice, Walk Away, Wilderness
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Thought For the Day: The Shadow of A Man Is Determined By Character
“Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)
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Tagged Character, Heroism, Individual, Institution, Man, Organization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Shadow, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Sum of Good Government Is To Restrain Harm To One Another and Otherwise Leave Citizens Free
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Free Market, Frugal, Government, Restraint of Harm, Sum, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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Daily Prompt – Conspire
What happened to the days that we’d conspire? We were going to set this world on fire Me feeling lost is no way to dream or inspire Girl, I need our love down to the wire Hate when I mess … Continue reading
First Principles: The Blessings of Freedom Require The Willingness To Fight For It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine (1777)
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Tagged Blessings, Fight, First Principles, Freedom, Reap, Support, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Live Your Sermon
“I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.” – Edgar Guest, poet (20 Aug 1881-1959)
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Tagged Edgar Guest, Example, Live, Sermon, Thought For the Day, Walk Your Talk
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Subversive Words
It’s funny to think of a dictionary as subversive isn’t it? Yet, there was a maelstrom of resistance to changes in how to approach English in 1961. Subversive Words by Michael Romani In 1961, wordsmiths grew defensive Declaring Webster’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Coinage, Critics, Dictionary, English, Equalizer, Flux, Inclusion, Kerfuffle, Leveling Effect, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political Consequences, Preference, Reference, Shakespeare, Slang, Subversive, Webster, Word Misers, Words, Wordsmith
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