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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
Nestled
History is to learn from. Not to be dwelt on. But to take the lessons learned into today so that we might build a better tomorrow. Nestled by Michael Romani Nestled behind an old chapel Rests with the bite of … Continue reading
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Tagged Antebellum, Apple, Benighted, Blind, Brutality, Build, Chapel, Compromise, Contrary, False, Family, Freedom, Gentry, History, Learn, Legacy, Lessons, Moonlight and Magnolias, Paradox, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Slavery, Southern Heritage, Tidewater, Tomorrow, Truth
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Bones of A Dead Man
We can learn a lot from the past. The trick is to learn the best not the worse and realize things, thoughts, deeds are contextual and not always the same as it might be today or the future. Bones of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bite, Bones, Book, Catch, Context, Create, Crude, Dead Man, Death, Deliverance, Fate, Full, Help, Journey, Last Breth, Late, Learn, Live, Memory, Mosquito, Old man, Others, Past, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Read, Scribble, Secret, See, Sepia Tone, Shadow, Soul, Torture, Trick, Win, Write
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First Principles: Let Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More and You Are A Leader
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
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Tagged Action, Do, Dream, First Principles, Inspire, John Quincy Adams, Leader, Learn, More, Others, You
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First Principles: Let Knowledge and Virtue Enable Your Motives Through Life In Acting To Relieve the Distressed, Detect Fraud, Defeat Oppression and Diffuse Happiness
“Learning is not virtue but the means to bring us an acquaintance with it. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Let these be your motives to action through life, the relief … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquaintance, Action, Defeat, Detect, Diffuse, Distressed, First Principles, Fraud, Happiness, Integrity, Knowledge, Learn, Motive, Nathanael Greene, Oppression, Relief, Virtue
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Fallen Through Time
Life continues its lessons, it seems. Fallen Through Time by Michael Romani Sometimes it’s an alien world In which my flag is unfurled Bravely proclaiming my stance Feeling the sting of each lost chance Beckoned into the 21st century I … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Alien, Apology, Bother, Burn, Confession, Destination, Fall, Heartbreak, History, Hurt, Learn, Lesson, Life, Out of Control, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Soul, Soul Shake, Stance, Sting, Sublime, Time, Train, Whisper
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Put Quite Simply
Sometimes mistakes, even huge mistakes happen. I think this has lately become a sticking point to and for me. I will never be perfect and sometimes am in need of forgiveness. Doesn’t mean I don’t regret my errors. It means … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Avalanche, Believe, Ben Franklin, Consistency, Correct, Credibility, Deep, Discern, Dumb, Forgive, Heal, Heartbreak, Hope, Humor, Hurt, Imperfect, Intention, Keep, Know, Learn, Love, Misstep, Mistake, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promise, Rising Sun, See, Show, Simple, Sorrow, Talk, Time, Tomorrow, True, Turn, Twist, Wisdom, Yesterday
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Nick of Time
Continuing in my promise to my oldest daughter, this is a poetic retelling of The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 7): Nick of Time by Michael Romani Traveling somewhere without exact precision On the outskirts of the twilight dimension Where … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Ask, Blessed, Cafe, Coin, Couple, Curious, Devotion, Events, Faith, Gizmo, Hesitate, Honeymoon, Jukebox, Learn, Life, Lunch, Mystic Seer, New York City, Nick, Outskirt, Penny, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Promotion, Question, Slow Dance, Stress, Table, Tale, Talisman, Task, The Twilight Zone, Time, Time to Kill, Travel, Walk, Wife, Worry
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On the Importance of Forgiveness
Turns out that forgiving is the healthy thing to do, not just for others, but for yourself as well: On the Importance of Forgiveness by Michael Romani Emotional blockages put us ill at ease And this manifests itself in physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid, Anger, Animosity, Blame, Brain, Burdent, Communicate, Confession, Cycle, Disease, Drama, Emotional Blockage, Fire, Forgive, Forgiveness, Fright, Game, Give, God, Heal, Heart, Ill At Ease, Inflammation, Inner Child, Judgment, Learn, Let Go, Letting Go, Live, Mercy, Moment, Path, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Serenity, Soul, Strain, Stress, Take, Temple, Trauma
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Thought For the Day: Be Aware of Wonders While Living A Balanced Life
” Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” – Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)
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Tagged Aware, Balanced Life, Dance, Draw, Evvery Day, Learn, Live, Paint, Play, Robert Fulghum, Sing, Think, Thought For the Day, Wonder, Work
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