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Thought For the Day: Nothing Great In This World Has Been Accomplished Without Passion
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher (27 Aug 1770-1831)
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Tagged Accomplish, Georg W F Hegel, Greatness, Passion, Thought For the Day, World
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Daily Prompt – Conspire
What happened to the days that we’d conspire? We were going to set this world on fire Me feeling lost is no way to dream or inspire Girl, I need our love down to the wire Hate when I mess … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Half the Harm In the World Is Caused By People Who Want To Be Important
“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.” – T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965) … Continue reading
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Word Prompt – Narrow
In all sense and longing for fairness You find it hard to believe that The world around us couldn’t care less Yet, it’s just a natural sort of fact That while wide is the gate of destruction It runs counter … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Challenge, Destruction, Fact, Fairness, Human Nature, Joy, Light, Mortal Man, Narrow, Path, Peace, Righteousness, True, Word Prompt, World
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Thought For the Day: The World Is Changed By Dreamers Willing To Look Foolish If Need Be
“The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.” – P.D. James, novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)
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To Obey God
2 Corinthians 10:5 : “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” To Obey God by Michael Romani Changing the world … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Connection, Difference, Disposition, God, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mirror, Obedience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Praise Songs, Prayer, Reflection, World
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The Truth Be Told
Truth is maybe the most valuable commodity. Perhaps I’m dwelling on this concept too much lately? I think not. The Truth Be Told by Michael Romani In all the things that life has showed There is one truth that must … Continue reading
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Tagged Being, Belong, Brink, Brooding Mood, Chance, Facts, Hope, Life, Linger, Lost Cause, Man, Pause, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Reconcile, Right and Wrong, Struggle, Task, Told, Truth, Wonder, World
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A Young Girl Becoming
In thinking of my eldest daughter as she starts edging her way toward adolescence: A Young Girl Becoming by Michael Romani Sometimes her world is mind numbing As a young girl busily becoming Everything that she’s meant to be In … Continue reading
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Tagged Comes Off, Connection, Daughter, Distress, Emotions, Empathy, Excitement, Father, Gone, Helpless, Hoping, Hurt, Interaction, Life's Song, Limitlessness, Making Her Way, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Adolescent, Senses, Served, Shimmer, Shy, Social Media, Sympathy, Wisdom, World, Young Girl
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Thought For the Day: Reform Should Begin At Home
“It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.” – Will Durant, historian (1885-1981)
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Tagged Home, Reform, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Will Durant, World
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Daily Prompt – Criticism
There are places in this world where pessimism Is more than the flip side of joyful optimism And where harsh words of vehement criticism Erases every positive element of humanism When we look down these dark alleys of pallor We … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Criticism, Daily Prompt, Dark Alleys, Element, Escape, Humanisim, Oppression, Optimism, Pallor, Pessimism, Samaritan, Sneer, Temptation, Tremble, World
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