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Monthly Archives: January 2018
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Reservation
I want to state clearly but not so nearly Just clearly enough about what I hold dearly I have my reservation as how this is leaning It will take a lot of work before it’s redeeming However, it certainly seems … Continue reading
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Tagged Compromise, Daily Prompt, Dream, Extreme, Mob Rule, Nation, Polarity, Redemption, Reservation, Society, Together, Values, Wordpress
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: John Milton – On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of English poet John Milton. On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity is an ode written by Milton in 1629. It was first published in Poems of Mr. John Milton in 1645. … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Leave No Needed Words and Deeds For Tomorrow
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896)
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Tagged Action, Graves, Harriest Beecher Stowe, Tears, Thought For the Day, Undone, Unsaid
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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated In The Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” –John Adams They aren’t any more. That’s why so many problems are festering until they reach the surface. So may of these are based on sheer ignorance of what … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Education, First Principles, Freedom, John Adams, Principles, Trained
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Sonic Gems: Carole King – Tapestry
American singer-songwriter Carole King fka Carol Joan Klein was born on February 9, 1942. She has written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 to 1999. Her songwriting career began in earnest in the 1960s … Continue reading
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Tagged Carole King, Gerry Coffin, Gershwin Prize, Pop Rock, Song Writing, Sonic Gems, Tapestry
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father, polymath, author, printer, political theorist and so many other vocations and avocations, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 and passed away on April 17, 1790. Aloha Promises Forever, has previously discussed the life of “The … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Conversation
Early this morning, I had a conversation with the dead Spoken quietly and earnestly about the year ahead His silence spoke volumes about the coming year And the need for me to get things into gear It seems that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspirations, Conversation, Daily Prompt, Family, Friends, Future, Goals, Keepers, Love, New Year's Morning, Past, Vulnerability, Wordpress
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First Principles: Change Is the Only Constant; Adapt and Thrive
“Change is the only constant in life, one’s ability to adapt to that change determines success in life.” – Benjamin Franklin What were your goals this year? I am running so far behind. I think after I post a poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Benjamin Franklin, Change, Constant, First Principles, Improvement, Life, Sins, Thrive, Virtues
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Thought For the Day: May Light Always Surround You
“May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your … Continue reading
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Tagged D Simone, Desires, Feeling, Goodness, Healing, Hold Close, Hope, Kindness, Laughter, Light, Passion, Strive, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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