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Cultivating Kindness III
The Lord shows His kindness is His Yes, His No and His Wait. All things that happen, happen with purpose. It’s important in our growing to consider this perspective no matter how personally unsettling things get or are. Cultivating Kindness … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, Clear, Community, Compassion, Compromise, Cross, Cultivate, Darkness, Discipline, Effort, Experience, Family, Fear, Find, Forgive, Genuine, Gift, God, Integrity, Kind, Kindness, Lesson, Lord, Love, Obedience, One, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Promise, Reflect, Repent, Seek, Sense, Sin, Smile, Sublime, Truth, Walk Back, Warning
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Cultivating Kindness II
One of lessons that is maybe too hard to learn for some is that in the face of harshness, sometimes the very best response is to show the same merciful kindness that God has shown us. It is a hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Capacity, Character, Child of God, Defense, Depend, Disparage, Friends, God, Harsh, History, Kind, Lesson, Light, Love, Mature, Mercy, Mind, Model, Nature, Peace, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Reasson, Response, Righteous, Strong, Tendency, Trouble, Wrong
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Fortune Cookie’s End
At the end of many an Oriental meal, there is that tidbit of sweetness and fortune told. My last one reads,” (D)o not wish to be anything but what you are and try to be that perfectly”. … and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheese Cake, Complicate, Cookie, Delicious, Embrace, Enjoy, Fate, Fit, Fortune, Haste, Intricate, Lesson, Moment, Oriental, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Practical Chemistry, Simple, Taste, Tempura
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Nostalgia For Guantanamo
Next on the series of challenges for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 is to write a poem pertinent to places of origin. It seems to me that regardless of place of birth or my history of Hawai’i and California, the place that … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence, Beach, Best, Blue Beach, Bond, Brothers, Cable Beach, Cacti, Cactus Curtain, California, Children, Columbus, Company, Conserve, Courage, Cry, Cuba, Cuzco Beach, Deep, Desalination, Dust, Embrace, Endemic, Experience, Extended Family, Family, Family Beach, Fauna, Ferry Landing Beach, Fisherman's Point, Flavor, Flora, Fondness, Freedom, Friendship, Glass Beach, Grow Up, GTMO, Guantanamera, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Public Memory Project, Hawai'i, Heart, Hidden Beach, Horse, Island Hop, John Paul Jones Hill, Join, Landmine, Laugh, Leeward, Lesson, Lifetime, Live, Looking Back, Love, Memory, Na/GloPoWriMo, Natural History, Naval Base, Niknik Beach, No Man's Land, Nostaglia, Opuntia, Party, Photograph, Pirate, Place, Play, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Rain, Rainforest, Revolution, River, Rules, School, Semi Arid, Shape, Sisters, Small Town Living, Splash, Tales, Trails, Truest, Truth, Unique, Upper Hand, Water, William T. Sampson, Windmill Beach, Windward, Youth
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A Prairie Sky’s Truth
Sometimes seeing things differently is mental illness; sometimes it’s seeing things differently. A show I was watching at the suggestion of a person who is increasingly important to me portrayed that in an interesting bit that I have attempted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Anticipation, Behind, Blind, Blue, Cancer, Candle, Delusion, Different, Disappear, Disturb, Dream, Drown, Expectation, Eyes, Find, Free, Grow, Help, Home, Hope, Illusion, Kid, Learn, Lesson, Life, Light, Long, Lost, Love, Mediate, Medicate, Melody, Mental Illness, Mind, Night, Numb, Pain, Passing Year, Person, Perspective, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Prairie Sky, Pray, Question, Return, Reverent, Say, Science, Sense, Signs, Silent Scream, Sleep, Society, Strong, Think, Treat, Truth, Tunnel, Wake, Words, You and I
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Revelations No. 2
Based in part on 1 Cor 15:24 : Revelations No. 2 by Michael Romani Caught up in the end days thundering Lost up in speculation and wondering We find ourselves looking for redemption Seeking this out in our stark contemplation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, Alpha, Contemplation, Death, Defeat, Destination, Divine, End Days, Faith, Final Days, First, Full Circle, Future, Heed, History, Jesus, Keys of the Kingdom, Kingdom, Last, Legacy, Lesson, Lord, Omega, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Redemption, Restore, Revelation, Righteous, Ruin, Salvation, Second Adam, Seeker, Service, Shield, Sorrow, Speculation, Steadfast, Thunder, Tomorrow, Truth, Wonder, Word
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Ladies In White
It always astounds me when national leaders get something so entirely wrong. In this example, we see a group of women in Congress with so little understanding of the history of our nation that while they intended to mock President … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920, Blame, Brinksmanship, Congress, Democratic Record, Dressed, Equal, Equal Wages for Equal Work, Freshman Class, History, History Buff, Immaturity, Ladies, Lady Sufferagettes, Learned, Lesson, Liberty, Olive Branch, Photograph, Photographic Evidence, Poem, Poetry, Politcal Game, President Trump, Republican, Republican Record, Seneca Falls, State of the Union, Symbol, Vote, White, Women's Rights, Woodrow Wilson
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One Way Destination
Based in part on John 14:6: One Way Destination by Michael Romani What is preached will be lived in Lessons learned even though forgiven Constantly serving as lessons learned We thank you for all that’s discerned In every way we … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Belief, Choice, Cross, Death, Destination, Discern, Dispute, Forgive, God, Good, Jesus, Learn, Lesson, Light, Lighthouse, Live, Misunderstood, Narrow, One Path, One Way, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preach, Price, Redeem, River of Life, Sacrifice, Savior, Shine, Sin, Sparrow, Suffice, Superlative, Truth, Way, Will
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Treasure From A Book
Last of the poems inspired by watching that wonderful tale, Paddington 2. Maybe, in some ways, I am still a child at heart. But, I think everyone should watch this movie! Treasure From A Book by Michael Romani Every train comes … Continue reading
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Tagged Child At Heart, Death, Discern, Double, Family, Follow, Friend, Friends, Gate, Last Breath, Learn, Legacy, Legs, Lesson, Long Walk, Love, Nothing, Open Mind, Paddington 2, Paddington Bear, Photograph, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Risk, Smile, Tears, Train, Trouble, True Heart, Worthwhile, Write
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