“Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.” – Samuel Chase
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First Principles: Religion Is Of Public Concern and In Great Measure Fosters the Peace and Good Order of Government
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Thought For the Day: Your Thoughts Become Words That Become Actions That Become Habits That Become Values That Become Your Destiny
“Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Day From Night
After God said let there be light, He divided day from night…
Day From Night by Michael Romani Earth in balance requires adjustment With multiple areas of entrustment But trusting in whom? Man or God? And isn't it a bit overly odd That with a long history of mistakes Modern man too often embraces the heartbreaks Of going against the grain and the flow Of world that somehow just seems to know Without any real reliance on mechanistic reason How to change just exchanging seasons As it has since the earliest of days Long before any of mankind's ways To both heat and then to cool In flow of balance without man's rule And how since the beginning of the moon The drag of tides has called the tune To form the basics of the twenty four hour day Without a word of mankind's say And to essentially get things just right Since that moment that God divided day from night (c) July 29, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
Thought For the Day: The Right To Life Is the Foundation of Freedom Itself
“The right to life is the foundation of freedom itself.” – Rep. Kevin McCarthy
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First Principles: We Are Apt To Close Our Eyes Against Painful Truth That Is Capable of Transforming Us Into Beasts
“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Power of the Moon
There is a tidal pull to the moon that is nothing short of miraculous.
Power of the Moon by Michael Romani The children must learn The power of the moon Pulled by tides we earn Our keep from the ocean's boon When the moon is full The water goes further out It is this on which we think and mull Until we find no reason to doubt Life is as dependent on the moon As it is on our sacred sun We understand this and pursue this truth soon That there is a lunar scent all life begun And as Inuit hunt mussels under the ice We all learn the essentials to survive The wise listen and learn from sage advice And from this our people learn to thrive As stars align and planets collide The world put in motion began its spin We humans are only along for this ride This lesson is imposed again and again and again (c) July 28, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: In Your Light, I Learned How To Love
“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi
First Principles: While Exploring Nature, Enchanting Scenes Are Endless
“As we passed on, it seemed those scenes of visionary enchantment would never have an end.” – Meriwether Lewis
I feel much the same way when I go hiking and in thinking on all the great beauty to be found within those areas that were part of the Louisiana Purchase….
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Tricks and Tracks of A Natural Mind
Poetry in nature wherever and whenever it might be found is one of the best and most wonderful things that I’ve had the pleasure to experience in my life.
Tricks and Tracks of A Natural Mind by Michael Romani Sublimely wrangling with great confusion Is that nameless impulse toward articulation Nature and nurture dressed up in illusion Offer their rough edges for our fascination Tricks of the mind are often demanding As poetry rescues our noble understanding Awakening mind's attention from lethargy Hanging our too conscious selves in effigy In the dead of winter, in a contemplation of anguish We find ourselves barely able to distinguish The dull pains in our hearts from seas of pain Nor, the psychosomatic from the barely sane Enduring coinages billow into pantheism Excluding the humanity from falseness of atheism Brilliantly relational in helping to form our identity Such then are the semblances of poetic integrity There in the fidelity to the utterly abject Is the purified language by which we object To all of life's childlike simplification As our inner poetry finds its need for vacation (c) July 27, 2019 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
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Thought For the Day: Give Thanks In the Morning For All You Have and If You Find No Reason, the Fault Lies In Yourself
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” – Tecumseh
