Thank you Lewis Carroll, for teaching me the difference between meaning what I say, and saying what I mean.

August 6, 2013

Failure

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

June 27, 2013

Imaginative Opinion

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.

June 25, 2013

The Straight and Narrow

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.

June 24, 2013

The Crossroads

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

June 21, 2013

Glory

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

June 19, 2013

Effort

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

June 18, 2013

Forever Gone

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.

June 17, 2013

The Final Detail

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.

June 14, 2013

Strings

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

June 13, 2013

The Legacy

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.

June 12, 2013

Intuition

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.

June 11, 2013

Unforgotten

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

June 10, 2013

The Abyss

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.

June 7, 2013

The Enigma

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.

June 6, 2013

Love and Heartbreak

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

June 5, 2013

Crystal Ball

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

June 4, 2013

Lies

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

June 3, 2013

A Slippery Thing

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

May 31, 2013

Becoming

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

May 30, 2013

Wasting Time

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.

May 29, 2013

Breaking Hearts

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.

May 28, 2013

Probabilities and Possibilities

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

May 27, 2013

Illness

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

May 24, 2013

Truth and Lies

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

May 23, 2013

Good Intentions

Many seek the path of good intentions, but few follow the road that leads to their fruition.
M.R.M.

May 22, 2013

Invincible

If you think your invincible and steadfastly remain on the tracks when you see a train coming, you may not live long enough to realize your not.
M.R.M.

May 21, 2013

Birthdays

I have never understood the jubilant nature of birthdays. One year closer to the end is nothing to celebrate.
M.R.M.

May 20, 2013

Right and Wrong

Sometimes one must do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.
M.R.M.

May 17, 2013

Heaven

Many people want to go to heaven, but few want an advanced ticket to get there.
M.R.M.

May 16, 2013

Still Changing

No two people can recall what happened in the same way even though both were present at the same event. And what happened in the past is changed by their recollection of it in the present. My story, your story, is an ever changing one, with so any different viewpoints, that what happened long ago is still changing.
M.R.M.

May 15, 2013

Conviction

It is a brave thing to stand by one's own well analyzed convictions, especially when faced with the opposition of others, regardless of how well or ill conceived their arguments maybe.
M.R.M.

May 14, 2013

Talent

Talent without tenacity is like a lame horse.
M.R.M.

May 13, 2013

Technology

Technology is accelerating at an alarming rate toward one main purpose — mindless distraction. The question is, what are we trying to distract ourselves from?
M.R.M.

May 10, 2013

Mistakes

Do not hide in the hollow of your own mistakes. Admit them, analyze them, correct them if possible, and quickly move on.
M.R.M.

May 9, 2013

Infinity

Infinity shrinks are existence into a perspective worth pondering. Worries seem laughable in the face of the inevitable conclusion. The absence that preceded us will proceed us once again, and for a flicker of a moment we will have been.
M.R.M.

May 8, 2013

Conviction

Many will complain with conviction, but few will act upon the conviction of their complaint.
M.R.M.

May 7, 2013

Chaos

We search for patterns in the ultimate chaos we perceive. This produces a delusive and temporary order capable of lasting for long spans of time. It fools us into a feeling a false sense of stability, until a transformation occurs that reaches far beyond our imaginative abilities.
M.R.M.

May 6, 2013

The Arguments Edge

Love softens the arguments edge, but don't blinded to the truth by the glint of a dull knife.
M.R.M.

May 3, 2013

Bad Decisions

Unless carefully reflected upon, one bad decision leads to another.
M.R.M.

May 2, 2013

Destiny

There is no destiny, but there are highly probable outcomes. But even these events can be foiled by the intervention of chance.
M.R.M.

May 1, 2013

Implying and Inferring

What you deceptively imply I can only partially infer, and there the trouble begins.
M.R.M.

April 30, 2013

Art


If my artistic endeavors need an explanation, than regrettably, my intentions have been an undeniable failure.
M.R.M.

April 29, 2013

Faith


Faith is a dangerous concept, for it can make men believe that which they cannot prove.
M.R.M.

April 26, 2013

Alone


Born alone, think alone, die alone.
M.R.M.

April 25, 2013

Moving Target


Life is a moving target that we blindly shoot at, hoping to stop it long enough to enjoy it.
M.R.M.

April 24, 2013

Free Will


The more I searched for the evidence of my own free will, the more I perceived the cage, which imprisoned the ideas of every action that I thought I could freely commit.
M.R.M.

April 23, 2013

Addictions


Pick your addictions carefully for they will possess you, if not consume you. That said, it is better to pick a worthy one than a destructive one.
M.R.M.

April 22, 2013

The Truth Emerges


When all the lies have been eliminated, the truth emerges.
M.R.M.

April 19, 2013

Religion


Religions are like drugs, we keep creating new ones and redesigning old ones.
M.R.M.

April 18, 2013

Happiness


With all the advancements that humankind has made, I wonder whether we are any happier than the day we evolved into comprehending what happiness really is. I doubt it.
M.R.M.

April 17, 2013

The Burden

Eventually, all lies under the burden of their own weight lead to the truth.
M.R.M.

April 16, 2013

Blind Faith


When all hope has been extinguished and the blackest of clouds surround us, blind faith only leads us further in the darkness.
M.R.M.

April 15, 2013

High Ideals

The higher the ideal, the further it lies beyond our reach.
M.R.M.

April 12, 2013

Knowledge


Knowledge without understanding knows little.
M.R.M.

April 11, 2013

The Footman


I will rest easy when the footman arrives at the gate of my departure, for there are no bags to pack.
M.R.M.

April 10, 2013

Success and Failure


I have learned little from my successes and almost everything from my failures.
M.R.M.

April 9, 2013

Folly


Without critical contemplation, to believe the word of any said prophet, clairvoyant, or proposed deity — any spiritual, educated, or ordinary man — is folly.
M.R.M.

April 8, 2013

Destiny

There is no destiny, but there are highly probable outcomes. But even these events can be foiled by the intervention of chance.
M.R.M.

April 5, 2013

Fear

There is no greater weight to lift, no higher wall to climb, and no deeper depth to plumb, than that of fear.
M.R.M.

April 4, 2013

Afterlife

It's not that I object to an afterlife, it's just that I can't believe in something that has no verifiable support other than wishful thinking.
M.R.M.

April 3, 2013

Dark Corners


Lies live cowering in dark corners, fearful that the light of truth will expose their deception.
M.R.M.

April 2, 2013

Mouth to Ear

So many brilliant ideas that travel from mouth to ear, become a shadow of themselves on their journey.
M.R.M.

April 1, 2013

The Truth

Once I learned that all human beings lie every day — many without even knowing it, I understood the truth.
M.R.M.

March 29, 2013

Luck

Luck has no conscience. It cares not one wit about who you are, what you've done, or how you use the good fortune it has bestowed upon you.
M.R.M.

March 28, 2013

Courage and Fear

A life of introspection is a life of courage, a life without it is a life of fear.
M.R.M.

March 27, 2013

Karma

I do not believe in Karma. Too many crimes have gone unpunished, and too many people are happy to commit them.
M.R.M.

March 26, 2013

Lost Opportunity

The lost opportunities of life are contained in the might haves, should haves, would haves, and could haves.
M.R.M

March 25, 2013

Good and Evil

Humankind sees good and evil not as black and white, but grey.
M.R.M.

March 22, 2013

Knowledge and Ignorance


To contemplate one's life produces the fruits of knowledge, to avoid it breeds the seeds of ignorance.
M.R.M.

March 21, 2013

Road to Success

Stumbling along the road to success, one paves it with a multitude of failures.
M.R.M

March 20, 2013

Without Faith

It is no easy task to live without faith. It requires a critical examination of all that one believes and great fortitude to stand by those beliefs that remain sound.
M.R.M.

March 19, 2013

Words and Actions

Words of good intent have no substance without the actions required to exemplify them.

March 18, 2013

The Risk of Love

You must risk your heart to the perils of heartache to gain the rewards that love has to offer—there is no other way. But you need no take the risk foolishly.
M.R.M.


March 15, 2013

The Human Dilemma

The human dilemma is not whether to do right or wrong, but rather to do right when it matters the most, and wrong when it matters the least.
M.R.M.

March 14, 2013

Misfortune

Of all the misfortunes that I have encountered, the loss of all hope reigns supreme.
M.R.M.

March 13, 2013

Doubt and Fear

Every sound decision is made in spite of the shadow of doubt, every brave action in spite of the specter of fear.
M.R.M.

March 12, 2013

Hell and Heartbreak

For someone to truly imagine the concept of hell, one must experience the reality of heartbreak.
M.R.M.


March 11, 2013

Trust

The greatest threat to trust is deceit,the greatest misfortune — regret.
M.R.M.

March 8, 2013

Hearsay

The danger of repeating hearsay, is its insidious ability to mimic the truth.
M.R.M.

March 7, 2013

Existence

Once I realized the temporariness and brevity of my own existence, my personal problems suddenly turned into a tiny, quivering ball of self-centered madness.
M.R.M.

March 6, 2013

Loneliness

The first person to patent a cure for loneliness will become the richest person in the world.
M.R.M.

March 5, 2013

Morons

I have observed many people who display the facade of superior intellect, but act like real morons.
M.R.M.

March 4, 2013

Change

I analyze what I have carefully, before trying to change it into what I think I might desire.  I have found reversals are unlikely.
M.R.M.

March 1, 2013

Worst Fears

Look deeply into the eyes of  your own enemies and scrutinize them carefully. There they are; all your worst fears materialized for your own consideration.
M.R.M.

February 28, 2013

An Island


It is true, "No man is an island...", but there are those that resemble one far more than others do.
M.R.M.


February 27, 2013

Bias

Psychologist have discovered that human beings have dozens of what they term "cognitive biases". These biases program us to be particularly poor decision makers. And so it appears that we are designed with the innate propensity to perpetuate the worst of human behavior.
M.R.M.

February 26, 2013

The Mirror

I stood in front of the mirror and imagined myself as others might see me. It was in that moment I learned that we are the myth of our own making.
M.R.M.

February 25, 2013

How and Why

"Why" is the supreme province of an unfolding universe; "how" resides within the terrestrial province of your understanding.
M.R.M.

February 22, 2013

Perfect Means

While searching for the perfect means, I was blind to the adequate solution.
M.R.M.

February 21, 2013

Faithless

Many people wonder how I can even cross the street without faith. Actually it's quite simple.  I look both ways at least twice, then I proceed cautiously with an immeasurable amount of hope.
M.R.M.

February 20, 2013

The Burden of Dissent

I cast a wary eye at the multitude who gather at the trough of agreement. For they are quick to quench the thirst of acceptance, rather than bear the burden of dissent.
M.R.M.

February 19, 2013

The Road to Ruin

We rise to the rim of our own beliefs, like water seeking it’s own level when contained. We discard hints of contradiction and replace them with our own misconceptions. This is the road to ruin.
M.R.M.


February 18, 2013

The Past

Much of the past is an illusion that we remember inaccurately, or discover evidence of and interpret incorrectly.
M.R.M.

February 16, 2013

Acceptance

It is a hard thing to accept, that our "free will" is limited by our genetic disposition, cornered by our social upbringing, and stymied by our deepest personal fears.
M.R.M.

February 15, 2013

Who

I find it puzzling that so many humans beings require a "who" when considering the origin of the universe.
M.R.M.

February 14, 2013

The Journey

At the end of your journey there are only two important questions: who did you love, and who loved you?
M.R.M.

February 13, 2013

Love

Love is loving the whole, in spite of not liking some of its parts.
M.R.M.


February 11, 2013

Existence

Once I realized the temporariness, the absolute brevity of my own existence, my personal problems suddenly turn into a tiny, quivering ball of self-centered madness.
M.R.M.


February 8, 2013

Complacency

I retained a curious mind, and found I held the ultimate weapon against the dangers of complacency.
M.R.M.


February 6, 2013

Facts and Opinions

There are few facts, but a multitude of opinions, mostly based on misinformation, human bias, hidden agendas, and outright deception.
M.R.M.


February 4, 2013

Creativity

In pursuing creative endeavors, one must bear the weight of solitude and be prepared to weep.
M.R.M.


February 1, 2013

Transparency

Without transparency there can be no trust, and without virtue there can be no transparency.
M.R.M.

January 30, 2013

Good Manors

If everyone followed the tenants of good manors, a great majority of the world's ills would disappear overnight.
M.R.M.

January 28, 2013

Beliefs

To truly understand myself, I began to question my own beliefs. I was surprised to find that I had built my life on a flimsy foundation.
M.R.M.

January 25, 2013

The Dispute

When the dispute lies within, the resolution must be made quickly, or the quarrel will emerge into reality.
M.R.M.

January 23, 2013

We Made It All Up

Other than a few indisputable facts, like the speed of light and gravitational force, we made it all up.
M.R.M.

January 21, 2013

Faith

As soon as I hear that it requires faith, I head for the exits.
M.R.M.

January 18, 2013

Heartbreak

Love without scrutiny is the first step toward heartbreak, and still there is no guarantee.
~M.R.M.

January 14, 2013

Childhood

Once I left the garden of my childhood, I was saddened to find I was banished with no chance of ever returning.
M.R.M



January 11, 2013

Mythology

Before casting a disparaging eye on the mythology of others, I've learned to carefully scrutinize my own.
M.R.M.


January 9, 2013

Hypocrisy

It's easy to live in hypocrisy, when after careful consideration I have drawn so many different conclusions.
M.R.M.


January 7, 2013

The Underbelly

Once I gained the courage to peer at the underbelly of life, I was not surprised to discover it was quite an ugly thing.
M.R.M.


January 4, 2013

Objectivity

The word "objectivity" as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary means "expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations". Considering the workings of the human mind, is that even possible?
M.R.M.


January 2, 2013

Best Conversation in Town

I feel no shame when talking aloud to myself, since it's the best conversation in town.
M.R.M.