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Dead Letter
Some folks like to call history a dead letter. I really don’t understand this. Dead Letter by Michael Romani The past is never a dead letter But something we should study together Every generation rewrites the past And from … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Rushing Into Action, You Fail
“Rushing into action, you fail. Trying to grasp things, you lose them. Forcing a project to completion, you ruin what was almost ripe. Therefore the Master takes action by letting things take their course. He remains as calm at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, All, Always, Beginning, Calm, Care, Conronavirus, Course, Desire, End, Fail, Force, Grap, Lao Tzu, Learn, Lose, Master, Not Desire, Nothing, Practical Care, Prevention, Remind, Ruin, Rush, Tao, Tao Te Ching, Thought For the Day, Unlearn, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Once You Learn To Read, You Will Be Forever Free
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” – Frederick Douglas
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Tagged Forever, Frederick Douglas, Free, Learn, Once, Read, Thought For the Day
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Lessons Learned As To Revenge
Living well is the best revenge taken. Forgiveness over anger. Love instead of indifference, pain or extreme dislike. Lessons Learned As To Revenge by Michael Romani Revenge is our undoing A debt that keeps accruing When really best left alone … Continue reading
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Tagged Accrue, Anger, Believe, Blind, Books, Build, Clue, Correction, Debt, Dig, Direction, Embrace, Energy, Eye For An Eye, Forgive, Forgiveness, Forgot, Gain, God, Grow, Heart, Hope, Humans, Indifference, Injury, Journey, Kind, Laughter, Learn, Left, Legacy, Lesson, Living Well, Lost, Love, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poetry, Price, Prove, Revenge, Save, Slights, Strong, Undoing, Value, Weight, Wise
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First Principles: Freedom Can Only Exist In the Society of Knowledge
“It is Favorable to liberty. Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Confine, Equal, Exist, Favor, Few, First Principles, Fredom, Know, Knowledge, Learn, Liberty, Mankind, Rights, Society, Universal
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Thought For the Day: Those To Whom Evil Is Done, Do Evil In Return
“I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn, / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return.” – W.H. Auden, poet (21 Feb 1907-1973) It might be better phrased that it’s best to act and … Continue reading
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Tagged Do, Done, Evil, I, Learn, Public, Return, Schoolchildren, Thought For the Day, WH Auden
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Casted Cares
A short devotional poem based on a short pier side devotional attended last night with Desiree: Casted Cares by Michael Romani Elijah spent his time of testing Spent in the crucible never resting Time spent alone where he confides Talking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Amen, Capable, Care, Cast, Christ, Confide, Crucible, Decision, Desiree, Destiny, Devotional, Discern, Elijah, End, Friend, God, Inside, Journey, Learn, Life, Lord, Meaning, Moment, Patience, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Provision, Purpose, Right, Sermon, Tear, Test, Time, Trial, Trust, Walk, Wept, Yearn
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Tilting Mental Windmills
On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading
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There’s the Deep of That
Common culture often sees child’s play as an expression of something basic. Modern psychology suggests that it is otherwise. I am inclined to agree. There’s the Deep of That by Michael Romani There is as it seems A world that … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency, Arbritrary, Archetype, Building Blocks, Child's Play, Choice, Confide, Culture, Deep, Discern, Dreams, Expression, Face, Hype, Impose, Joy, Learn, Photograph, Place, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Predesign, Preference, Psychology, Push Back, Reference, Refine, Seems, Smile, Step, Voice, Zillion
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