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The Journey Back
Things of memory have the worth of time revealed in the quiet moments of our hearts. The Journey Back by Michael Doyle Somewhere in a cup of coffee Is the reflection that is memory Somehow a photograph starts to show … Continue reading
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Tagged Back, Broken, Burdens, Childhood, Children, Coffee, Confusion, Cruel, Crush, Dance, Disappointments, Every Day, Fanciful Hopes, Fantastic Schemes, Find, Firm, Forgot, Given, Graveyard, Half Measure, Hearts, Hope, Humility, Idleness, Illusion, Journey, Kin Is Kin, Know, Left Behind, Lies, Little Things, Living Dreams, Love, Memory, Mind, Open, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Pretend, Prove, Quiet Moments, Reflection, Remind, Reveal, Show, Skin, Spoken, Strong, Times, Treasure, Trouble, True Love, Truer Words, Truth, Utility, Warm, Wishing It So, Words, Worth, Yesterday, Youth
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Implausibly Transformative
In dreaming the impossible Dream, the man from La Mancha sallied forth to defeat his quests and earn the love of his lady fair. Or umm something like that…. Part II of Part I of the book summed up … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquity, Beating, Belong, Castle, Certainty, Clear, Confidence, Crumble, Dedicate, Desire, Determined, Don Quixote, Doubting Thomas, Eye, False Promise, Grandness, Heart, Hero, Home, Implausible, Impossible Dream, Inn, Journey, Knight, Left, Light, Love, Madness, Man From La Mancha, Marvel, Mind, Mystical, Need, Nobility, Noble, Passion, Photograph, Play Along, Poem, Poetry, Poor Pounded Knight, Practical, Pure, Quest, Read, Real, Real World, Right, Safe, Sancho Pancho, Sight, Spiritual, Squire, Stumble, Test, Tranformative, Truth, Twinkle, Urgent, Vigil, Western History, World
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On Becoming A World Power
American history continues as the United States advanced post Civil War into the early 1900s, our strength grew and with it wisely or unwisely we expanded our foreign policy out into the world with all its challenges good and bad. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900s, 1946, Abroad, Alaska, Ambition, America, American History, Americas, Annexiation, Argue, Avarice, Becoming, Benediction, Beveridge, Booty, Canal, Caution, Civil War, Colonialism, Cuba, Dedication, Deploy, Destroy, Divide, Elite, Entanglement, Europe, Evidence, Extrication, Filipino, Flag, Focus, Foreign Policy, Free, Future, Gomper, Great Power, Grover Cleveland, Hawai'i, Heart, Ideals, Imperialism, Independence, Interest, Intrigue, Inward, John Quincy Adams, Land, Liberty, Manifest Destiny, March, Mckinley, Monroe Doctrine, Monster, Nation, Navy, Ocean, Photograph, Platte Amendment, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Puerto Rico, Racism, Reason, Remember the Maine, Republic, Russia, Samoa, Sanctimony, Self Rule, Seward's Folly, Social Darwinism, Social Gospel, Soul, Spain, Spirit, The Phillipines, Trade, Trading Port, War, War of 1812, William Howard Taft, World Power, Yellow Dog Journalism
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Flickring Twitters of Instagram Moments
Social media.. boon or bane? It’s hard to say. At this present moment, it seems that the greater the tools to meet and greet our fellow humanity embraced in our chosen moments, conversely we are losing some of sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged Add, Amalgamation, Build, Busy, Care, Code, Cost, Decide, Design, Digital, Embrace, Expression, Flickr, Fragment, Friendship, History, Imagination, Impression, Inform, Instagram, Lifeless, Love, Moments, Movies, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Relationship, Root, See, Showcase, Silicon Valley, Social Media, Sublime, Time, Toss, Transform, Transition, Twitter, Universe, User Interfact, Verse, Visual, Worship, Worth
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Bringing Our Best
Life’s tests are part of what make for our memories as we grow into our best. https://flic.kr/p/qUuQ4B Bringing Our Best by Michael Romani Deliberate deceptions told in truth Are the moments that keep us in our youth Sauces of life … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Practical Politics Consists In Ignoring Facts
“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” – Henry Adams
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Tagged Consist, Facts, Henry Adams, Ignore, Politics, Practical, Thought For the Day
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Free Expression Heeded
The world we meet and grow in should be one in which free thought leads to free expression. Some will be good. Some will be bad. But, each thought should be allowed it’s space to be experienced and grown from. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agenda, Cupidity, Dread, Emergency, Free Expression, Heed, Hope, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Propaganda, Rule, Strong, Think, Thread, Urgent, Weigh, Wisdom
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Faced With Temptation
Tonight’s sermon was based on Matthew 4:1-3. This poem is based on the sermon at the beach: Faced With Temptation by Michael Romani Jesus was led by the Spirit To face the Devil’s temptation Still He would not hear it Given … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed Assurance, Bonfire, Church, Devil, Divinity, Faith, Holy, House of Prayer, Offered, Practical, Sacramental, Spirit, Temptation, Theology, Trust
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