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First Principles: It Is Wise To Be Indifferent To Those Who Deliberately Choose To Think Badly of You
“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learned to be perfectly indifferent; but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, and to need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be passive.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Active, Amiss, Deliberation, First Principles, Indifference, Passive, Reputation, Sway, Thomas Jefferson, Truth, Wish
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Handwritten Passages
Everyone has their own writing style. Largely, mine is to first write by hand and then transcribe this to the electronic keyboard. Others do things differently. This is a little bit about that. Handwritten Passages by Michael Romani Writing by … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anticipation, Brand, Contemplation, Deception, Existential Dread, Formed, Hallucinatory Grief, Handwritten, Mythos, Paradox, Passages, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Sacred Story, Shed Glory, Struggle, Transformation, Transitiion, Truth, Uncertainty, Unresolved Mystery, Voice
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Daily Prompt – Existential
There is something in the existential moment When we realize life consists of daily torment But still it’s the very best deal that is offered Dreams of immortality are not even proffered With a the straightness of anyone’s best face … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Bridge Too Far, Daily, Daily Prompt, Days, Deal, Death, Deny, Dreams, Embrace, Existential, Gaily, Immortality, Moment, Pain, Push, Real, Steal, Straight Face, Torment, Truth
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Daily Prompt – Marble
In between the squawks, grunts and slew of garbles I do believe that somehow I found my lost marbles Somehow in the middle of all that crossed talk When I finally learned to do the cross walk I think that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross, Crossed, Daily Prompt, Debt, Garble, Human Being, Keepsies, Marble, Right, Second Sight, Sin, Smile, Son, Talk, Truth, Walk
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Thought For the Day: The First Law of Economics Is Scarcity; The First Law of Politics Is To Disregard This
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” – Thomas Sowell
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Tagged Disregard, Economics, First Lesson, Politics, Satisfaction, Scarcity, Thomas Sowell, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: The Only Straight Course Is To Seek Truth Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Pursue, Seek, Steady, Striaght Course, Truth
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Role of Repentance
Based in part on Psalms 103 Role of Repentance by Michael Romani Positive and ever uplifting Moral ground never shifting Coming to God’s full acceptance And willing to undergo repentance Finding my way away from sin Learning Jesus is indeed my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acceptance, Admission, Best Days, Blessing, Confession, Contentment, Embrace, Forgiven, Free, Friend, God, God's Love, Grace, Heart, Heartbreak, Jesus, Joy, Lack, Learn, Moral Ground, New Ways, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Repentance, Resentment, Selfishness, Sin, Truth, Walk Back, Ways, Will
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Thought For the Day: It Is Possible For One Side To Simply Be Wrong
“When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.” – Richard Dawkins, biologist and author (b. 26 Mar … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogma, Expressed, Intensity, Middle, Opposite, Points of View, Richard Dawkins, Right, Thought For the Day, Truth, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Greatness Is Made of Simplicity, Goodness and Truth
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.” – Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910)
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Tagged Goodness, Greatness, Leo Tolstoy, Simplicity, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Daily Prompt – Class
The universe measures us in a thousand weighs We’ll never really understand through our days We stand here hopeless about being helpless; it’s true Relying on half truths of a class we never really ever knew Taking our journey in … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Class, Confess, Daily Prompt, Destiny, Dreams, Forward, Helpless, Hopeless, Infinity, Journey, Measure, Meet, Moon, One, Pain, Progress, Reflection, Retreat, Steps, Toward, Truth, Understand, Universe, Useful Illusion, Weigh
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