Posted by Brad Osborne on July 20, 2022 · 5 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 1, 2021 · 9 Comments
We are not what we were,
But we are what we teach…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with bigotry, enlightenment, failures, growth, hate, history, humanity, learning, lessons learned, poem, Poetry, slavery, society, tragic, war
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 27, 2020 · 20 Comments
We tell our teens,
“For you there is no limit”,
For fear their dreams,
May somehow be diminished.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 1, 2012 · 2 Comments
Almost everyone wears a disguise. That facade or veneer we represent to others that is more about how we want to be viewed as a person by others, rather than the person we truly are. To some degree, it is an innate human trait. We want to extol our best qualities and traits, so that … Continue reading →
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