“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government… Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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First Principles: The Essential Principles Of Our Government Are Equal and Exact Justice To All Whatever Persuasion
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Scorecard
Ever wonder how your life is tallying up?
Scorecard by Michael Romani Sometimes like an idiot savant I do my best to be your servant Lord, to put things a little oddly I recognize that on earth, I am your body In me, I wish your spirit to dwell Like a stumbled angel who never completely fell It seems at times, I vacillate While worshipping you and all you create There in all of my false vanity I try to be an ambassador to humanity Hoping that my selfishness might yield And you may use my hands to build Pillars shaped to support your kingdom Reined in from too much freedom Raise me up with your divinity That I might walk head upright with some dignity Walking your path, I am your feet Often stumbled but never crippled to defeat I am so often wrong and you are Holy It's to my blessed surprise that you even know me And so long as my example might talk I ask that you allow me to walk your walk That in my example of failure and heartbreak Others perhaps will learn from my mistakes May your compassion shine through my eyes As I see and live in the darkness you despise Offering the best of my non-judgmental love If only, Lord, I was as pure as Heaven above Though my life has proven at times very hard I pray that the tally of my life's scorecard Will show less bad things than those good Then I will have served you, Lord, as I should (c) January 16, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: To Know What Is Right and Not Do It Is the Worst Cowardice
“To Know What Is Right and Not Do It Is the Worst Cowardice.” – Confucius
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First Principles: We Must Keep United To Attain Our Objectives Or Become An Easy Conquest
“If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check.” – Thomas Jefferson (1811)
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Tagged Attain, Break, Conquest, Easy, First Principles, Mass, Move, Numbers, Object, Path, Strength, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Unity
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Hole Inside My Gospel
I know that I’m not the only one who is a believer. Nor am I the only one amazed at the things he does despite believing, right? Still….
Hole Inside My Gospel by Michael Romani Like so many among the fallen I fail to heed my Father's calling Hiding secrets behind my wall of pride As if not knowing I cannot hide The hole inside my gospel Trying so hard to write my own tale As though I might compel My will over the power of His will In a razzle dazzle of bluff Trying to hide away things that cannot be stuffed Doing my best to be a better man And finding its more than I often can Wondering why its so very hard to love Given the example shown above Wishing I would and then I don't Blowing right past what I won't Won't ever find the way to right Struggling hard in my blackest night All of my passion is stoked and fired Living my bliss soul inspired There is nothing worse than being caught in fear All of my bravery simply disappears A solid wall folded into its crumble Pardon me as I tearfully stumble Praying that my muse will tell me what it's about As my confidence fades into doubt I too often keep out of the world's troubles By staying safely inside my own particular bubble Is it better that you don't know How much of me remains hidden within shadow Every day, I pray to be the best that I can And hope to find my way into being that man (c) January 15, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: Love Is the Beauty of the Soul
“Love is the beauty of the soul.” – Saint Augustine
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First Principles: No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties Or Be Easily Subdued When Knowledge Is Diffused and Virtue Is Preserved
“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
Afrofuturistic
Design and empathy feed off each other in telling many tales. One of these is the telling of Black America’s history and a guiding light into the future.
Afrofuturistic by Michael Romani Life can be a bit frantic For the jaded fanatic And the perfectionist Both often too kinetic In hip hop fashion Black and red Filled with passion It plays in the head Like the politics of color Accidental in presence But it makes you give a holler At its understated significance Afrofuturistic A bit derogatory in tone Exploitive and mechanistic Lost in its endless zone An escape to the library Provides its entry point Toward breathing liberty In its freedom that anoints Line by line The story self refines There in the intricate design As a story becomes yours and mine Harlem moves and is alive In its renaissance of boogie and jive Sometimes a hoodlum's neighborhood But its a journey taken as it should Humbled by the hope of education Given toward an honored dedication In humanity, we can't help but reveal All the beauty of truth that design instills Appearance my not be everything But it is very much a bit of something In the telling of each tale It's whispered and true; God is in the details (c) January 14, 2020 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Tagged Accident, Afro, Anoint, Appearance, Beauty, Black America, Boogie, Breath, Color, Dedication, Derogatory, Design, Details, Education, Empathy, Entry, Escape, Everything, Exploitive, Fanatic, Fashion, Frantic, Freedom, Future, God, Harlem, Hip Hop, History, Humanity, Humble, Instill, Intricate, Journey, Kinectic, Liberty, Library, Life, Line, Lost, Mechanistic, Neighborhood, Passion, Perfectionist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Politics, Refine, Renaissance, Reveal, Significance, Something, Story, Tell, True, Truth, Whisper
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First Principles: Those Born In Other Countries Have the Right To Join American Society As Long As They Conform To Our Established Rules
“Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in society, conforming, as I doubt not you will do, to our established rules.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Thought For the Day: Individual Rights Are the Means of Subordinating Society To Moral Law
“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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