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Twelve Hands of Humility
In a spirit of gratitude toward all the good that surrounds my life with grace, poem #8 for this season: Twelve Hands of Humility by Michael Romani There are 12 hands on the clock of humility Each having its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Authenticity, Being, Bliss, Child, Clear, Clock, Creative, Cultivate, Curiosity, Demand, Detachment, Discern, Distance, Door, Ego, Family, Find, First Step, Flow, God, Good, Grace, Gratitude, Grow, Hands, Heart, Humility, Infinite, Innocence, Integrity, Invite, Journey, Know, Lesson, Letting Go, Love, Meaning, Moment, Necessity, Openness, Pain, Patience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resistance, Self, Spirit, Spirituality, Spontaneity, Tolerance, Truth, Twelve
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In the Tall Grass
Halloween Poem #28 In the Tall Grass by Michael Romani It’s there in the tall grass Out in the muck and mire That tall, tall grass That feeds on your desire Never letting you pass Out there in the tall, … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Alright, Bluff, Comfort, Crown, Cycle, Desire, Discern, Doubt, Down, Fact, Fear, Feed, Forget, Forgiveness, Found, Give, Giving, Grass, Grief, Ground, Halloween, Hold On, Jester, Keep, Lay, Learn, Lesson, Letting Go, Live, Love, Mire, Muck, Natural, Nothing, Our, Out, Outlive, Pass, Past, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Puzzle, Real Man, Redemption, Regret, Sacred Heart, Sacrifice, Salvation, Save, Search, Secret, Self, Selfless, Simple, Suffice, Sympathy, Tall, Tight, Token, True, Truth, Unnatural, Want, Youth
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Between Heaven and Earth
A whisper of a prayer… Between Heaven and Earth by Michael Romani Between Heaven and Earth There is a gate Between light and dark There falls a shadow Between faith and sin A whisper speaks a prayer My deepest confession … Continue reading
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Tagged Between, Birth, Confession, Dark, Death, Earth, Faith, Fall, Gate, God, Happiness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heaven, I, Know, Lie, Life, Light, Live, Love, Miracle, Mistake, My, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Remorse, Right, Self, Shadow, Sin, Sorrow, Strength, Weakness, Whisper, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Self Is Too Often the God of This Modern Age
“Self is now god in America, and modern man will embrace whatever delusion he must in its worship.” – Peter Heck
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Tagged America, Delusion, God, Modern Man, Peter Heck, Self, The World, Thought For the Day, Worship
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Your Best You
If it’s going to be in your life, it’s up to you. That’s maybe trite, but, could not be truer. Your Best You by Michael Romani To be the best you Control your impulses Learn to do as must do … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: What One Can Be, One Must Be
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.” – Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1 Apr 1908-1970)
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Tagged Abraham Maslow, Artist, Music, Musician, One Can Be, One Must Be, Paint, Peace, Poet, Self, Self Actualization, Thought For the Day, Write
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Finding Heart’s True Home
Based in part on Acts 13:22: Finding Heart’s True Home by Michael Romani Living life hoping for a little dignity Depending on His not my priority Putting that which matters to him Above my desires and my whims All of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abilities, Attend, Be, Becoming, Best, Betterment, Brother, Christian, Commitment, Connection, Contend, Desires, Destination, Dignity, Direction, Do, Fate, Find, Foundation, Full Heart, God, God's Love, God's Will, Great, Greet, Heart, His, His Will, Home, Humble, Least, Live, Love, Matters, Neighbor, Obstacles, Ordeal, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priority, Recal, Self, Servant, Serve, Sheep, Shepherd, Sister, Still, Street, Study, Talents, Tansform, Whims, Word
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On Outrunning Grief
You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading
Time Well Spent
In this age of global interconnection, we face a modern paradox. At the same time that we are more connected than ever, we are also increasingly polarized and alienated from one another. What might have been and can still be … Continue reading
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Tagged Algorithm, Alienation, Alternative, Balance, Belong, Biometric Sensor, Common, Communicate, Community, Conception, Connect, Dialog, Disconnect, Dividing Line, Ethics, Facebook, Family, Focus, Fogot, Free Speech, Friends, Gatekeeper, Generation, Global, Global Community, Google, Happy, Humanity, Imperative, Inform, Interconnection, Interface, Internet, Isolate, Learn, Life, Local, Modern, Monologue, Narcissism, Offer, One, Opinion, Paradox, Peel, People, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Profit, Profit Motive, Reach, Repent, Screen Time, Self, Skin, Social Media, Strand, Time, Transform, Twitter Revolution, Tyranny, Unintended Consequence, Virtual Onion
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First Principles: Practical Planning Should Occur On A Local Level To Best Meet Local Needs
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Tagged Best, Bread, Central Planning, Direct, Discipline, First Principles, Govern, Government, Lack, Least, Reap, Self, Sow, Thomas Jefferson, Washington
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