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The Dreams We Need
As a society, we spend too much time trying to stifle the dreams of both children and the inner most child in all of us. We misplace our values, thinking that dreams are merely wants. We dream to dream. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agreed, Awake, Ballet Slippers, Bliss, Care, Child, Child's Heart, Children, Dance, Dreams, Edge, Fabric, Find, Give, Glow, Happy, Kiss, Laugh, Light, Light Show, Love, Memory, Mind, Money, Moonbeam, Music, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Razzle Dazzle, Safe, Serenade, Share, Sleep, Smile, Society, Style, Surprise, Take, Universe, Verse, Vision, Waking Moment, Wish
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Snowfall On A Small Town
Is it just me, or, when you drive through falling snow, does it feel sometimes like you’re in a magical sort of snow globe and just hope no one shakes you awake? Snowfall On a Small Town by Michael Romani … Continue reading
First Principles: Wrong None Through Injury Or Omission of Duty
“Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benefit, Benjamin Franklin, Comission, Duty, First Principles, Injury, None, Omission, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Grudges Only Make You Bitter; Forgiving Sets You Free
“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis
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Tagged Bitter, Dave Willis, Forgive, Free, Grudge, Hold, Strong, Thought For the Day, Weak
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Clever As Your Dreams
Does anyone else remember going to the circus as a kid? I think that was one of those memories for me that will live forever. It was shocking to me later to find out that some were afraid of clowns. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clown, Color, Cricus, Dance, Dreams, Echoes, Endure, Fantasy, Fashion, Fear, Forget, Forsaken, Happiness, Hold On, Integrity, Kid, Lessons, Magic, Memory, Moments, Mystery, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reeling, Remember, Romance, Scene, Shake, Show, Sncere, Sorrow, Sting, Three Ring Circus, Thunder, Tingle, Walk, Wings of Tomorrow
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First Principles: Live In Moderation and Avoid Extremes
“Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” -Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Avoid, Benjamin Franklin, Deserve, Extreme, First Principles, Forbearance, Injury, Involve, Resent, Teach, Tell, Think
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Thought For the Day: Your Success and Happiness Lies In You
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” – Helen Keller
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Tagged Happiness, Helen Keller, Invincible, Joy, Keep Happy, Resolve, Success, Thought For the Day, You, Your
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We Belong
All of us have something in our together that we don’t have separately. That’s how life is best lived, together. Joined at the soul where we belong. That thought was illustrated nicely in the last part of Mowgli. From … Continue reading
Death Plays For Sympathy
Half time score: Benign! There’s a biopsy I can live with…. Death Plays For Sympathy by Michael Romani In the feigned victory Of death played for sympathy The gods whisper at the score Fatalistically wishing, wanting more To feel right … Continue reading
