“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
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Thought For the Day: Art Is To Represent Not Outward Appearance, but, Inward Significance
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First Principles: Keep Hope That Light and Liberty Will Continue To Advance
“I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Carnegie
Across the United States, one man’s wealth is responsible for the building not hundreds but thousands of libraries.
Carnegie by Michael Romani In the annals of American history Andrew Carnegie bequested his legacy As a force of Gilded Age philanthropy When he used his fortune to build libraries For 35 years, he built 2500 libraries To bequeath the people an essential legacy Our towns became monuments to literate community While passing on knowledge and wisdom's majesty Each library adorned with signs welcoming all To serve these communities as living portals Designed to pass on and along in quiet dignity Lessons taught us all from art to astronomy (c) September 2, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Happy Labor Day!!
Here’s hoping that each of you who celebrate Labor Day had a fantastic weekend!!
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First Principles: Only A Virtuous People Are Capable of Freedom. As Nations Become Corrupt and Vicious, They Have More Need of Masters.
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.“ – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: With the Destruction of the Last Remaining Wilderness, We Will Have Destroyed Our Humanity
“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the few remaining members of the wild species into zoos or to extinction; if we pollute the last clear air and dirty the last clean streams and push our paved roads through the last of the silence . . .” – Wallace Stegner
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Ode To A Mad Dog
Read between the lines and realize that some things just need to be said regardless…
Ode To A Mad Dog by Michael Romani In the depths of a duty of silence Is the observed, held with vigilance That there are moments hard to keep And these cause even a warrior to lose sleep Decisions made while shooting from the hip Do as much disservice as service from the lip Below the surface one often digs deep When the choice is to laugh or to weep You do not leave a friend or ally on the field And to tyrants you do not ever yield Placed on the precipice all you can do is resign And to this man's eyes, that is just fine Among the standards for good leadership None of them include kowtowing or worship To be respected you must show respect Acting with not honor toward all and not contempt (c) September 1, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: Success Is the Sum of Small Efforts, Repeated Day-In and Day-Out
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” – Robert Collier
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First Principles: In God We Trust
“Nothing short of the Almighty Power of God can Save us – it is not in our Numbers, our Union, or our Valour that I dare trust.” – Abraham Clark
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Think On These Things
Keeping your mind on the positive and away from the negative is trick of life well worth the learning. It is so easy, too easy, for my mind to turn toward the negative. But when I keep my mind and heart focused on good things, life seems to go better. Is it that way for you as well?
The below is based in part on Philippians 4:8:
Think On These Things by Michael Romani If you want to live and really live It's best to always keep on the positive Being mindful of what you allow to influence There in that part of life like a confluence Focusing on what brings us to our very best Putting all that bad stuff that remains to its rest Preparing our minds for taking action Moving away from the bad and toward satisfaction Always moving closer to God in our busy days Hanging our hats on all of His holy ways Keeping our minds and hearts off of the bad Moving toward the fulfilling and not the sad Centering our thinking on all the right things No matter the toughness of what life brings Never dwelling on the things that make us worry Slowing down to the freedom of not being in a hurry Taking life in all its goodness as it comes to me Keeping with hope and away from all negativity Bringing all the burdens to the Lord in my prayer And leaving it with him; leaving it truly there Once you avoid all the things you should not think Settle down to create a list that keeps from the brink All the positive things that you know you need to do Itemizing ideals of what think on and all that is so true If we keep all of these things as our natural preference Putting these things as our outlook and point of reference Putting ourselves in order and trusting in God's perspective Keeping all that comes as it is and being God reflective Keeping our minds on all that is good and right and pure And finding in this the peacefulness that comes as a cure This then is the closing of the sermon we need to hear Keeping these things close in our hearts always keeping this near You don't have to be the the person that you once were No matter if life has passed by seeming like a constant blur But if we change out minds turned right side up and positive We will stand our grounds in God's love and learn to truly live (c) September 1, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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