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Thought For the Day: Be Aware of Wonders While Living A Balanced Life
” Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” – Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)
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Tagged Aware, Balanced Life, Dance, Draw, Evvery Day, Learn, Live, Paint, Play, Robert Fulghum, Sing, Think, Thought For the Day, Wonder, Work
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Cultivating Kindness I
When life gets down to the fundamentals, isn’t kindness what we most need? Like so many say, be that change. Cultivating Kindness I by Michael Romani In this world, filled with sin And perhaps too much blindness One clarion thought … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Biblical, Blind, Christ, Clarion, Compassion, Connection, Cultivate, Depend, Easy Going, Eyes, Fogiving, Follow, Friend, Generous, Gentle, Harshness, Hear, Holy Spirit, Indwell, Kindness, Light, Living, One Another, Outflow, Part, Path, Patient, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Remember, Selfish, Service, Sin, Surprise, Tender, Thought, True, True Friend, Warm Heart, World
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Hot Sauce
Scribbled tales tell more than most would want to know, right? Hot Sauce by Michael Romani Layers of texture Provide the details The hot sauce of conjecture Told in a scribbled tale It’s a portrait of a community But also … Continue reading
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Tagged Common, Community, Conjecture, Deep, Destination, Downtown, Eseence, Eyes, Family, Fascination, Good, Graffiti, Grief, Hot Sauce, Layer, Los Angeles, Magic, Neon, Nostalgia, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Revelation, Scribble, Secret, Seek, Shimmer, Sisterhood, Star, Sunrise, Tale, Texture, The Hood, Tragic, Whisper
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First Principles: Liberty’s Enthusiasm Makes Humanity Rise In Acts of Bravery and Heroism
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”– Alexander Hamilton
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Tagged Acts, Alexander Hamilton, Brave, Enthusiasm, First Principles, Hero, Human Nature, Liberty, Rise
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Thought For the Day: Follow Your Inner Moonlight, Don’t Hide the Madness
“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.”-Allen Ginsberg, poet (3 Jun 1926-1997)
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Follow, Hide, Inner, Madness, Moonlight, Thought For the Day
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Sometimes Better Than the Memories
Six guns out and blazing was the dream …. maybe a little too much time thinking on the West these days? Sometimes Better Than the Memories by Michael Romani Sometimes I can’t remember The things that I’ve done Sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Picture Show, Begun, Best, Burn, Chill, Cry, Die, Echoes, Good Boy, Government, Heart, Hell, Hurt, Kill, Know, Man, Meant, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Remember, Six Gun, Soul, Things Done, Time, West, Why
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First Principles: Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever
“But a constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.””– John Adams
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Tagged Constituion, First Principles, Forever, Freedom, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Lost, Restore
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Thought For the Day: It Is Paradoxical When Parents and Teachers Fail To See the Connection Between Learning and Play
“It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.” – Leo Buscaglia, author (31 Mar 1924-1998)
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Tagged Connection, Educator, Learn, Leo Buscaglia, Paradox, Parents, Play, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Beware That Two Passions Strongly Influence Politics – Love of Power and Love of Money
“(T)here are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice—the love of power and the love of money. Separately, each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but, … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Ambition, Avarice, Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Honor, Influence, Love of Money, Love of Power, Politics, Profit, Two Passion
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Thought For the Day: To Meet, To Know, To Love and Then To Part, Is the Sad Tale of Many A Heart
“To meet, to know, to love and then to part, is the sad tale of many a heart.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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