The Observer's Conclusion

Buried Promise

2014-09-19T21:13:00.002-04:00

All the great promises are buried within...many covered over by tedium, by the chore of living.
~M.R.M.

Failure

2013-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:00

Failure...learn from it, or burn from it.
~M.R.M.

Imaginative Opinion

2013-06-27T14:35:00.000-04:00

Human beings are blessed with the gift of imagination, which leads them to imaginatively have a much higher opinion of themselves then they truly deserve.
~M.R.M.

The Straight and Narrow

2013-06-25T09:00:00.000-04:00

Most of the people in this world try and stick to the "straight and narrow", not because they want to get to heaven, but because they don't want to go to hell. Regardless of how ill founded that line of reasoning might be, we may already be there.
~M.R.M.

The Crossroads

2013-06-24T09:00:00.000-04:00

Mistakes are the bread crumbs that lead to the crossroads of failure and success.
M.R.M.

Glory

2013-06-21T09:00:00.000-04:00

If you seek glory, you will be highly disappointed with the tin crown you receive.
M.R.M.

Effort

2013-06-19T09:00:00.000-04:00

An ounce of effort is worth a thousand pounds of knowledge.
M.R.M.

Forever Gone

2013-06-18T09:00:00.000-04:00

I have witnessed the death of four loved ones; I have tearfully said my good-byes and yet I have found no closure. What I have found is the magnificent multitude of unique behaviors that a life time of living produces in a human being have suddenly vanished. Yes, there are my memories, but those dim pictures of reality are a poor attempt to re-create that which is forever gone.
M.R.M.

The Final Detail

2013-06-17T09:00:00.000-04:00

We plan our lives and the lives of our children in almost every aspect, while giving short shrift to the fact that death is the final detail.
M.R.M.

Strings

2013-06-14T09:00:00.000-04:00

Life is an miraculous and amazing gift with innumerable strings attached.
M.R.M.

The Legacy

2013-06-13T09:00:00.000-04:00

What one dreams or proposes, speaks or writes, hopes or believes- these are the smoke and mirrors of life. But what ones does and why they do it, therein lies the legacy.
M.R.M.

Intuition

2013-06-12T09:00:00.000-04:00

It becomes easy to rely on perceptivity, but hard to distinguish it from true intuition when it commingles with fear and prejudice.
M.R.M.

Unforgotten

2013-06-11T09:00:00.000-04:00

No one truly dies unless forgotten.
M.R.M.

The Abyss

2013-06-10T09:00:00.001-04:00

I have leaped into the abyss of darkness and confronted the enormous fear that resides there. I have emerged neither triumphant or defeated, but willful.
M.R.M.

The Enigma

2013-06-07T09:00:00.000-04:00

Leap into the pool of paradox; embrace the enigma of life. "To be or not to be?" is not the question.... it's the answer.
M.R.M.

Love and Heartbreak

2013-06-06T09:00:00.000-04:00

Love goes down easily, like swallowing the nectar of the gods; heartbreak comes up violently, like lava from an erupting volcano.
M.R.M.

Crystal Ball

2013-06-05T09:00:00.000-04:00

What the prognosticators, prophesiers, and fortune-tellers fail to understand is that anything can change everything.
M.R.M.

Lies

2013-06-04T09:00:00.000-04:00

Small lies breed suspicion, large ones — believability.
M.R.M.

A Slippery Thing

2013-06-03T09:00:00.000-04:00

Truth becomes a slippery thing, when the critical analysis required to verify it is biased and deficient.
M.R.M.

Becoming

2013-05-31T09:00:00.000-04:00

Every road I travel down takes me further away from who I was, and closer to who I am becoming.
M.R.M.

Wasting Time

2013-05-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

From formulating a new soup recipe to painting a masterpiece, if you’re doing anything other than creating, or in some way feeding the fires for future creativity, you’re wasting important time.

M.R.M.

Breaking Hearts

2013-05-29T09:00:00.000-04:00

If your mind says yes, and your heart says no, then you risk breaking someone's heart; but if your heart says yes, and your mind says no, then surely your heart will be broken.
M.R.M.

Probabilities and Possibilities

2013-05-28T09:00:00.000-04:00

I make my plans based on the weight of probabilities, while keeping a keen eye on the chance of possibilities.
M.R.M.

Illness

2013-05-27T09:00:00.000-04:00

During a prolonged illness, the sympathy becomes worse than the disease.
M.R.M.

Truth and Lies

2013-05-24T09:00:00.000-04:00

Lies need nurturing, while the truth is self-sufficient.
M.R.M.