“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves With the Power Which Knowledge Gives
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Thought For the Day: Most Folks Are As Happy As They Make Up Their Minds To Be
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Thought For the Day: Lovers Don’t Finally Meet Somewhere. They’re In Each Other All Along.
“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi
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First Principles: Our Constitution Is Made Only For A Moral and Religious People and Wholly Inadequate To the Government of Any Others
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams (1798)
The choice in this pending election is liberty or socialism. Choose wisely.
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New Day Begun
A trend in the 21st century is finding ever increasing value in team and cohesion working in collaboration to finding needed solutions. While I’ll never devalue the power of one, I think there is also much merit in working together.
New Day Begun by Michael Romani From the small talk of conversation Comes the roots of great collaboration Where the fragments of imagination Find their way to integration It's in the meeting of random faces In all of those brought together places That we begin to make our best choices Sprinkled interlaced with the strangeness of voices Strength is found in these connections That ring us through to new directions As the God flow finds it sway to flow And we learn to know beyond the no Into those moments of gentle affirmation As though saying yes to yes is an incantation We who find our way to anticipate Are the ones most able to play and participate As co-creators of this marveled universe As one of the many in the vast multi-verse We find our vibrations begin to tingle As a mixed tape plays and we begin to mingle Finding our way to the places we belong Feeling safe as if notes within our song A song that belongs after all to everyone It's here then that the new day is begun (c) February 7, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: What Love We’ve Given, We’ll Have Forever. What Love We Fail To Give, Will Be Lost For All Eternity
“What love we’ve given, we’ll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.” – Leo Buscaglia
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First Principles: To Cherish and Stimulate the Activity of the Human Mind Is Not the Least Expedient By Which the Wealth of A Nation Is Promoted
“To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients, by which the wealth of a nation may be promoted.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791)
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Ode to the Bellisserian Family
In the midst of Second Life, there exists the community of Bellisseria . It is the inspiration and virtual child of one, Patch Linden, and maintained and developed by his “moles”. Those who live there are a unique bunch of make up a good hearted community mostly dedicated to the wellbeing of all strangers, friends and family. The challenge given in preparation of stocking a library for this community was to write a series of 10 poems. This one was requested by my heart’s inspiration.
Ode to the Bellisserian Family
by Michael Romani
It's the selfless acts of love
That burn like a candle in the night
It's these gifts from above
All the little things that set things right
Having a bit of faith in each other
To build a sense of community
Accepting one another as sisters and brothers
We become one as the Bellisserian family
From the mermaids splashing in the bay
To the gentle spirits found along the way
This community has a home for every one
Whose spirit is true and looking in fun
Moonlight finds its path into this town
Teasing a splash of crash on the rocks
Art inside the madness takes us down
Into the hallow as we slide across the walk
Into the side street played with perfect beat
Looking for adventure felt with joy bittersweet
In a world without time but too much to hold
Bits of humor spackled sublime in jokes told
That spill out of someone's mouth to drift
Into the paid forward of someone's soul shift
Formed and held together Patched into being
All of these many dreams lived for the seeing
The Moles play hard deep in the underground
Pet rocks dance as the DJs find their sounds
Ordering untrimmed chaos into layered harmony
Nuanced as vibrations clouded into our cozy
Dreams shared and tossed about as we share
Caught up in a game of homes as we find our lair
That feels like home with all the trappings of heart
I wonder if this was the meaning from the start
(c) February 6, 2020 Michael Romani
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First Principles: As Long As There Are Two Or More Sides To Every Question, People Acting With Character and Energy Will Have Enemies
“Men of energy of character must have enemies; because there are two sides to every question, and taking one with decision, and acting on it with effect, those who take the other will of course be hostile in proportion as they feel that effect.” – Thomas Jefferson (1817)
To which I am certain President Trump’s response is:
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Thought For the Day: Laugh As Much As You Breathe and Love As Long You Live
“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” – Johnny Depp
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