“When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.” — Victor Hugo
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The Veil Falls
That first sight. You heart either implodes into the chemistry of it all. Or, you sink into yourself and wonder at the missing spark. Still, what an amazing concept to be resting in words alone and faith that true love prevails.
The Veil Falls by Michael Romani Nervous for that first sight Hoping that all will prove right Don't want to let her down Tied in knots chased around It's not that we've neglected Feelings that were not expected Praying to keep ourselves steady The veil falls as we're ready Here we are at our first of show Promises exchanged to never let go The stirrings inside, we've invited Both of us are more than excited To see each other for the first time To touch each other for the first time On bended knee, we feel and we see The true beauty felt so honestly It's hard to believe this is real With a kiss we melt as we feel All our dreams within reach It's an us together figure of speech With each other's soul to soul A crazy kind of magic spiraled on a roll As we find each other's bliss Our butterflies tumble into happiness (c) February 21, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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First Principles: It Is Better To Be Despised For Simplicity Than To Be Tormented By Continual Hypocrisy
“Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65)
Bloomberg’s dismissive statements against farmers and rural life are shameful. Added to those hateful statements about women in general but particularly his very own employees, this should be enough to disqualify the man from being a president for all people. Moreover his reaction to angrily tell a pregnant employee to kill her child rather than miss work is beyond the pale.
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Thought For the Day: Those To Whom Evil Is Done, Do Evil In Return
“I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn, / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return.” – W.H. Auden, poet (21 Feb 1907-1973)
It might be better phrased that it’s best to act and do honorably by even your enemies. It’s only love that can turn hate to love. Hate can never turn hate to love. As I was telling my eldest daughter the other day, love is the only real and best magic in the world. Hate and evil only bring more hate and evil. Best to always do good.
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Casted Cares
A short devotional poem based on a short pier side devotional attended last night with Desiree:
Casted Cares
by Michael Romani
by Michael Romani
Elijah spent his time of testing
Spent in the crucible never resting
Time spent alone where he confides
Talking with God from the inside
Spent in the crucible never resting
Time spent alone where he confides
Talking with God from the inside
Every moment has its meaning
Always capable in all his being
Depending on the Lord’s provision
In the making of every decision
Always capable in all his being
Depending on the Lord’s provision
In the making of every decision
Just as Elijah, we have our plan
Every Christian woman and man
Purpose meant is the purpose kept
Despite the trials and tears wept
Every Christian woman and man
Purpose meant is the purpose kept
Despite the trials and tears wept
In our tears we grow into our trust
Learning all those things we must
Spent in the learning is the yearning
To do right in all we are discerning
Learning all those things we must
Spent in the learning is the yearning
To do right in all we are discerning
This is the purpose of our destiny
Praised in the patience of our journey
Amen into the nevertheless of our end
Walking in life with God as our friend
Praised in the patience of our journey
Amen into the nevertheless of our end
Walking in life with God as our friend
(c) February 19, 2020 Michael Romani
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Thought For the Day: If You Would Be Loved, Love and Be Loveable
“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.” – Benjamin Franklin
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First Principles: In the Country of the Blind the One-Eyed Man Is King
“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.” – Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
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Covenant (Hesed)
Of all love, there is one love that stands above all else. In this world in which love has become a very conditional thing given the give way at any moment of discontent or raised temporal passion, covenant love (hesed) is one of loyalty and devotion. It is the love that is the love as love should be.
Covenant (Hesed) by Michael Romani Pausing with purpose and with temerity We reflect on questions of our loyalty All of us deep within God's family Must understand the covenant of integrity God loves us all fully and completely His hesed is felt with deep authority In the keeping of the promises of security The presence of God is kept eternally Sometimes it feels we live life on the run That the Lord has forgotten us; we are undone Sins considered though blinded in our eyes We must keep trust with each passing sunrise God's love is rich in its deep tender mercy Despite our doubts and ill thought out heresy His faithfulness is felt by us all so kindly Even in times of life when things go so badly God is pleased to give His greatest something In return for our bits and pieces of almost nothing Deserving in almost missing out on God's grace Let our scales remove and accept His loving embrace To love forever and without any real end Is a noble endeavor that transcends All the troubles we bravely endure Such is God's hesed, undeserved yet pure This is the good news of the gospel That is the Lord's will not ours that prevails As we wrestle on the life's stormy seas And He delivers us from our aft seeming travesty No one who turns to God is ever turned away We earnestly rest in this promise every day God's hesed promises are eternally given With each and every believing heart forgiven (c) February 19, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: The World Is Flawed, Do Right Anyhow
“ The Paradoxical Commandments
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
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First Principles: The Aim of Every Constitution Ought Be To Obtain Rule By Those Possessing the Discernment To Pursue Society’s Common Good
“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society.” – James Madison (1788)
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