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Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Age

Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Ageby Michael DoyleIt can be said with conviction of feelingThat the ways of God are revealingHere in this mid-DecemberIt seems timely to rememberAll of God’s loving tracesIn all the history of a life’s embracesAre like … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Some Day We Shall Know How To Heighten Creativity. Until Then, One of the Best Things We Can Do For Creative Men and Women Is to Stand Out of Their Light

“When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Sign of Success For A Teacher Is To Be Able To Say, “The Children Are Now Working As If I Did Not Exist”

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” -Maria Montessori, educator (31 Aug 1870-1952)

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Thought For the Day: Be Not Too Hasty To Trust or Admire the Teachers of Morality; They Discourse Like Angels But They Live Like Men

 “Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels but they live like men.” – Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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Thought For the Day: One of the Best Things We Can Do For Creative Men and Women Is To Stand Out of Their Light

“When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: One Child, One Teacher, One Book and One Pen Can Change the World

“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai      

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Thought For the Day: The Wise Teacher Leads You To the Threshold of Your Mind, Not Theirs

“If  (the teacher) is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” – Kahlil Gibran    

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Thought For the Day: Early Success Can Be A Horrible Teacher

“Early success is a terrible teacher. You’re essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how.” – Chris Hadfield, Astronaut and … Continue reading

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Jungled Twist

Another swing at the Jungle Book has been taken.  First poem based on that movie is done and posted below. Jungled Twist by Michael Romani There is something in this reality A certain truth about fragility That the jungle twists … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday (I Miss You)

Some people leave an indelible mark on your life.  It’s only natural that one of these is my sister.  They say the pain will stop.  Then why am I in tears?? Happy Birthday (I Miss You) by Michael Romani Standing … Continue reading

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