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In Sacred Witness
In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, poem #2: In Sacred Witness by Michael Romani Then was a time for counting coup But along the way, I grabbed a clue That just maybe we should be less about glory In … Continue reading
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A Humble Path Past Conflict
Part of living a life with more gratitude might include less fight and conflict and greater humility. Poem #2 for this season of thankfulness: A Humble Path Past Conflict by Michael Romani With gratitude not as demanding Toward the God … Continue reading
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First Principles: Difficulties Are Meant To Rouse, Not Discourage. The Human Spirit Is To Grow Strong By Conflict
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” -William Ellery
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Tagged Conflict, Difficulty, Discourage, First Principles, Grow, Human Spirit, Meant, Rouse, Strong, William Ellery
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First Principles: The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
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Tagged Conflict, First Principles, Glorious Triumph, Hard, Thomas Paine
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Inward Crash
The injuries from the military that are visible only scratch the surface of the totality. Inward Crash by Michael Romani There’s a loneliness in his memory Sitting and looking out to the sea Images explode, implode and won’t go away … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Blade, Blame, Bullet, Choice, Chopper, Claim, Close, Conflict, Crash, Cry, Dark, Decision, Disturb, Duty, Explode, Fear, Finger Point, Friend, Good Solcier, Hades, Hard Decisions, Hell, Images, Implode, Inflict, Injury, Linger, Lonely, Lost, Lucid, Memory, Military, Overwhelm, Pain, Phantoms, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Resent, Sigh, Sniper, Soul, Strong, Tagged, Thunder, Tool, Under, Voice, War, Withdraw
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First Principles: Harder Conflicts Bring More Glorious Triumphs
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
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Tagged Conflict, First Principles, Glory, Harder, Thomas Paine, Triumph
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Thought For the Day: A Tyranny Can Withstand the People Fighting, But, Won’t Last Long Once They’re Thinking
“A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.” – Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)
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Tagged Conflict, Discuss, Reason, Resolve Differences, The People, Think, Thought For the Day, Tyranny, Will Rogers, Withstand
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The Squishy Sound of Democracy
The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading
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