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Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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Changes of Impermanence
Changes of Impermanence by Michael Romani It is interesting, the things that bind us Surprising things that come along and find us While we’re certain on taking another direction The good Lord comes along giving His correction Sudden summer storms … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Changes, Correction, Courage, Fear, Lord's Will, Love, Permanence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Summer Storm
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Dare The Devil
Dare the Devil by Michael Romani Perched on top of the city Feeling the ebb and flow pass by Absorbing all of the violence In a rushing cascade of sound Lost up in the nitty gritty It’s an old flow … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Answers, Courage, Dare, Devil, Incidence, Incidents, Man, Mean Streets, No Hero, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Rat Race, Team, Trust, Watching
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First Principles: Trying Times Take Courage To Facedown
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Courage, Crisis, First Principles, Preserverance, Reason, Strength, The American Crisis, Thomas Paine
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Thought of the Day: Have The Courage To Continue
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill There is some question as to if Winston Churchill ever said this. If he didn’t, it’s quite like something he … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Brave, Courage, Failure, Fatal, Final, Success, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill
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The Prospector
The Prospector by Michael Romani Standing on the edge Of the desert Gone to the point of knowing Nothing but hurt Building life on a prayer Knowing that it is somewhere Refusing to stop dreaming Refusing to stop believing Pushing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Courage, Desert, Dignity, Dreams, Gold, Perserverance, Poem, Poetry, Prospector
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Thought For the Day: Have the Courage To Do Right
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” – Chester W. Nimitz
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Attitude, Chester W. Nimitz, Courage, Fortitude, Hope, Hopeless, Right, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: There Are No Mistakes Only Lessons of Growth
“A mistake is the most beautiful thing in the world. It is the only way you can get to some place you’ve never been before. I try to make as many as I can. Making a mistake is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievement, Courage, E W Wainwright, Growth, Learning, Lessons, Mistakes
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is A Seeming Contradiction
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G K Chesterton
Posted in Thought For the Day, Uncategorized
Tagged Contradiction, Courage, Desire, G.K. Chesterton, Readiness, Veterans
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 