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Thought For the Day: To Be Gentle and Yielding Is the Disciple of Life
“A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Born, Death, Disciple of Death, Disciple of Life, Gentle, Hard, Lao Tzu, Mankind, Stiff, Thought For the Day, Weak
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Who Do You Say That I am?
Based in part on Matthew 15:16: Who Do You Say That I Am? by Michael Romani Sometimes stigmatized by the visual Here in this age of consuming digital I see what my eyes choose to see Wondering if it’s with … Continue reading
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Tagged Acuity, Alone, Apart, Approval, Blind, Book of Matthew, Broken, Certainty, Clear, Confidence, Crack, Creativity, Deflection, Digital, Disguise, Distraction, Eye, Eyes, Fall, False Assumption, Foolishness, God, Gravity, Heart, Hide, Imperfection, Impression, Jacked Up, Jesus, Kindness, Knee Jerk Reaction, Levitate, Lost, Love, Measure, Mind, Mirror, Negativity, One Half, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presumption, Promise, Recall, Renew, Rust, Soul, Stigma, Stone, Strong, Toss, Treasure, Trouble, Trust, Visual, Warrior, Weak, Wisdom
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Ruin and Salvation
Sometimes we find our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses our strength. Who is to say which is which? Only in the blackest points of our lives do we ever really know. Ruin and Salvation by Michael Romani Out … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Grudges Only Make You Bitter; Forgiving Sets You Free
“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis
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Tagged Bitter, Dave Willis, Forgive, Free, Grudge, Hold, Strong, Thought For the Day, Weak
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A Lotus Blossoms
In part, I have bene raised around Asian influences. Then again, in this modern world, perhaps we all are? A Lotus Blossoms by Michael Romani A lotus blossoms in its own way The sun rises on each new day Weakness … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Asia, Beast, Bless, Blossom, Conquer, Day, East, Fears, Heart, Humble, Involve, Lotus, Loud, Love, Noon, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preserve, Pride, Protect, Proud, Reconnect, Resolve, Revere, Storm, Strong, Sunrise, Tea, Tears, Warm, Weak, Whisper, Wounded Child
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Thought For the Day: The Danger In American Democratic Institutions Is Its Lack of Security Against Tyranny
“The main evil of the present democratic institutions of the united states does not raise, as is often asserted in Europe, from their weakness, but from their irresistible strength. I am not so much alarmed at the excessive liberty which … Continue reading
Cut To the Quick
Life has its moments, doesn’t it? Some of the worse are when we get in a fight with someone we love dearly, right? Wrote most of this last night. Today, we quickly made up. Thinking that I wish I were … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Catechism, Contrition, Cynicism, Darkness, Dream, Effort, Flat-Lining, Harmony, Jolt, Kiss, Life, Life Song, Light, Loss, Love, Lyrics, Mantra, Mistake, Perfect Miracle, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Quick, Right, Senses, Sorrow, Sunshine, Sweet Nothings, Weak, Wish
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Thought For the Day: Integrity Without Knowledge Is Weak; Knowledge Without Integrity Is Dreadful
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Tagged Balance, Cohesion, Dangerous, Dreadful, Integrity, Knowledge, Samuel Johnson, Useless, Weak
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