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Thought For the Day: Fortunate Are They Who Understand the Cause of Things
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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Most Effectual Way of Enslaving the People
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason
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Thought For the Day: A Person Who Never Made A Mistake Never Tried Anything New
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
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The Path of Kindness
Based in part on Proverbs 3:3-4
The Path of Kindness by Michael Romani Stretched patience gives its opportunity As a choice of kindness felt in empathy God has given His shine into this darkness That would otherwise know not but harshness Our society focuses too much on outer beauty But genuine beauty is an inner quality Much as Christ produces in His people Who gather in kindness beneath His steeple Binding grace and truth in our hearts Inscribed with importance that imparts That such gifts are key to relationship And right relationship is key to right worship God's will is shown in tender consideration Revealed with gentleness opposite consternation Faced with the need for compassionate sensitivity Where and when God's children need community It is not weakness to know that all need community Treating others as we'd be treated, loving our enemy Much as God Himself is kind to ungrateful men Asking His children to emulate Him and abandon sin Moving toward salvation for our mortal souls We are to follow God's example like a shadow Living righteous in our ways; kind in our deeds Tolerantly leading to repentance by meeting others' needs Ours is not the day of judgment nor retribution But, rather to love all with gracious absolution Welcoming all as is our most loving responsibility Letting our actions do the telling to our capability Offering soft answers spoken peacefully and calmly In response to the wrath of those living so angry Lighting the way with large and small acts of kindness We bring sight to those stricken with blindness Christlike kindness comes as fruit of the spirit For those who lay aside pride and willing to hear it Though it is true that this does not come naturally It is equally a true reflection of Christ actually Paying attention to how the what of which is said Comes out to be said before leaving our heads This then is true as the Lord wills and commands And it but ours to do as best that we understand (c) August 22, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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To Find Happiness
I think maybe a bit dour…
To Find Happiness
by Michael Romani
I have been fighting to survive
From the day I was born
Struggling just to stay alive
To find happiness and not be forlorn
I have walked each step in pain
Wearing a mask of happiness
Closely guarded to the point of being thought vain
Wishing for even one moment of bliss
I suppose this is my cross to bear
And that worse things have happened to some
Like not surviving or finding any reason to care
Or, walking through life oblivious or numb
Instead my lot has been to touch on happiness
Just to see it destroyed or soon gone
Mostly by my fault and replaced with emptiness
Yet, still the will to press on and on
Telling myself it's just around the bend
And that it's my struggle to move forward
Until I can keep myself anchored and depend
On God, pressing onward, hoping it's toward
...Happiness
(c) August 22, 2019 Michael Romani
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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Found In Simplicity Not the Multiplicity and Confusion of Things
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton
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First Principles: Tact Is the Art of Making A Point Without Making An Enemy
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Isaac Newton
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Spoons Full of Memories
A good man was laid to rest today, as good a man as men are these days. I offer this attempt of a poem to honor his memory in a final salute of sorts. Master Sargent Charles Oliver Brooks, boss, mentor and friend (1958-2019), may you rest in peace sir.
Spoons Full of Memories by Michael Romani Spoons full of Wildberry Lavender Mascarpone Are satisfying but will do not to really atone For the passing of the good man we buried today No words can make it better as they stop and weigh So heavily, resting in the depths of my soul I listened as the Reverend sought to console A crowd full of people who saw you as family As he pontificated our goodbyes in ceremony But no words can tell the sermon your life gave Your legacy will live long past this grave All the lives you have touched along the way And all the things you taught to those there today The bugle played taps as we stood in salute Me choking back tears as I remembered in tribute All the many ways you deserve the honor given For all the lives saved and how you were driven To give your all throughout your life as you did Your good nature and heroism could never be hid From the day I met you, you were my mentor and friend Not just a boss but someone on whom we could all depend And we did because giant soldier that you were The thought never seemed to have ever occurred That you might say no to anything that truly needed done And today, our broken hearts seemed to cry as one The words that most came to my shattered mind Were those we hear to often by those left behind As taps was played and the Lord called your name I am certain that He welcomed you home with no shame Well done good and faithful servant to our nation You have well earned your rest and peaceful destination Tireless as a warrior for the Lord, Country and Family In Heaven's place of valor, I'm sure you're in that company Thank you my friend and brother for all that you taught me Not just on the job but in life and when I fell you caught me Our loss is Heaven's good gain, of this much, I can be sure I heard it whispered by angels who sought to blessedly assure You are gone but will never be forgotten my good friend This is merely a transformation and not the end In the distance, I'm certain that I heard a bell ringing As you got your wings and the Heavenly choir started singing (c) August 21, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: War With Your Vices, Make Peace With Your Neighbors and Let Every 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
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First Principles: Stick Up For What You Believe In, But, Readily Admit When You Are Wrong
“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson
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