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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father, polymath, author, printer, political theorist and so many other vocations and avocations, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 and passed away on April 17, 1790. Aloha Promises Forever, has previously discussed the life of “The … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Conversation
Early this morning, I had a conversation with the dead Spoken quietly and earnestly about the year ahead His silence spoke volumes about the coming year And the need for me to get things into gear It seems that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspirations, Conversation, Daily Prompt, Family, Friends, Future, Goals, Keepers, Love, New Year's Morning, Past, Vulnerability, Wordpress
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First Principles: Change Is the Only Constant; Adapt and Thrive
“Change is the only constant in life, one’s ability to adapt to that change determines success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin What were your goals this year? I am running so far behind. I think after I post a poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Benjamin Franklin, Change, Constant, First Principles, Improvement, Life, Sins, Thrive, Virtues
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Thought For the Day: May Light Always Surround You
“May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your … Continue reading
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Tagged D Simone, Desires, Feeling, Goodness, Healing, Hold Close, Hope, Kindness, Laughter, Light, Passion, Strive, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Finally
And finally the time approaches near When the clock ticks the ending of the year Every moment has been meant As cleverly as it has been spent But time is only something we borrow Seconds made up of happiness and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Daily Prompt, Death, Done, Ending, Finally, Forever, Minute, New Year, Seconds, Slipstream, Wordpress
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First Principles: Private Morality Must Precede Public
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading
First Principles: Let the New Year Find You A Better Person
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” ~ Benjamin Franklin These thoughts apply equally to every man and woman. Now, I know that very … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Betterment, First Principles, Neighbors, New Year, Peace, Tranquility, Vices, War
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