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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Threat To Today Is the Climate of Dishonesty
“The greatest threat to American democracy isn’t communism, jihadism or any other external force or foreign power. It’s our own willingness to tolerate dishonesty in service of party, and in pursuit of power.” – Michael Bloomberg While I disagree with … Continue reading
A Witness of Fireflies, Parts I & II
A Witness of Fireflies by Michael Romani I Formless and void in the darkness The spirit of God removed the harshness God said let there be light – and there was light Seeing the good; He separated day from night … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belief, Chile, Complexity, Conscience, Deception, Deep Space, Fireflies, Formation, Formless, Galaxy, Gravity, Light, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Science, Shine, Telescopes, Truth, Void
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Skewed
Invisibly standing under a pale light moon Reading the past into my future like a rune I think of things done and that I’ve viewed And see quite clearly how much of it is skewed Somewhere in a life borne … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Abyss, Daily Prompt, Doors of Perception, Experience, Heaven and Hell, Invisible, Knowledge, Man, Moon, Open, Perennial Sense, Philosophy, Rune, Sacramental Vision, Skewed, Tale, Theology, Truth, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Forest
Life is a journey with twisted turns and not a test Still there are lessons to learn by walking its forest Life is not a race but growth that forms slowly The best of which happens almost incrementally In hoping … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Distrubance, Forest, Foundation, Friend, Growth, Incremental, Journey, Lessons, Mend, Test, Travel, Truth, Wordpress, Wounds
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First Principles: Be Unshakeable In Telling the Truth
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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Tagged Depravity, First Principles, Habit, Heart, Integrity, Lie, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Truth
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 27: Tarot Under the Law
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 27 is/was one that I do not find myself happily doing. I have no idea what is up with this year’s series of challenges. But, this one is perhaps the worse ever. I believe as … Continue reading
First Principles: May We Ever Endeavor To Be Friends Despite Our Differences
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson (1800)
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Tagged Alienation, Difference, First Principles, Friendship, Inquiry, Opinion, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Thomas Jefferson, Truth
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First Principles: At Times, Honesty Requires the Willingness To Offend
“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”– Thomas Paine, in The Forester’s Letters, April 24, 1776 The Forester Letters may be read here: http://thomaspaine.org/essays/american-revolution/the-forester-s-letters.html
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Tagged Courage, Dare, First Principles, Honesty, Integrity, Offend, The Forester's Letters, Thomas Paine, Truth
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Na/GloPoWriMo 8: The Magic of Words
The Na/GloPoWriMo challenge on day 8 is to write a poem based in some way on magic. I will catch up with these poems eventually. If anyone is following along, I apologize for the lack of timeliness. The Magic of … Continue reading
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Tagged Corresponding Hearts, Dreams, Imagination, Logic, Love, Magic, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Points of Light, Soul, Truth, Words
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