Monthly Archives: March 2019

The Truth of the Present

Posted on March 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s so easy to believe these are the bad ole days as modern day snake oil salesmen tell us of how horrible things are and that they’re bound to get worse. But is that true? Or, is the doom … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Our Children Require Mindful Cultivation To Grow Best

Posted on March 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)

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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Knowable By All Persons

Posted on March 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)

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Thought For the Day: To Give Dominion of Yourself To Another Is A Wicked Thing

Posted on March 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.” ― Toni Morrison, “A Mercy”

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First Principles: Never Despair In Rekindling The Patriotic Fire

Posted on March 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Nil desperandum, — Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.” — Samuel Adams

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Thought For the Day: The World Is But A Canvas To the Imagination

Posted on March 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

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First Principles: The Interest of the Majority Does Not Set the Standard of Right Or Wrong

Posted on March 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong…. In fact it … Continue reading →

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One Purpose Lived

Posted on March 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12: One Purpose Lived by Michael Romani Every life has purpose and significance Be it plain wrapped or laced in elegance Labeled in the title of many special things Some with no rewards some … Continue reading →