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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Richard Steele – The Spectator Club
Living from approximately March 12, 1672 through September 1, 1729, Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer, playwright and politician remembered primarily for co-founding along with his friend, Joseph Addison, several magazines including The Tatler and The Spectator. You may read The Spectator Club … Continue reading
Keeping Promises For Our Souls
Genesis 28:15 Keeping Promises For Our Souls by Michael Romani Jesus’ love is our very cornerstone Our saving grace, we’re never alone Living life as if in constant prayer Finding God in our all and everywhere Sometimes yes is awful … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessedness, Confidence, Cornerstone, Glory, Holy, Jacob's Ladder, Jesus, Keeping Promises For Our Souls, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Promises, Righteousness
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Restart
It’s those sleepless moments along the way When I lie awake before restart of the day Flowing to the windmills in my simple mind Looking at my eyelids and hoping to find Some logic behind all my false reason Some … Continue reading
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Tagged Complication, Daily Prompt, Daughters, Dawn, Eyelids, Father, Logic, Pillow, Reason, Resart, Season, Sleepless, Windmills, Window, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Tact Is Describing People As They See Themselves
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the US (1809-1865)
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Definition, Diplomacy, Emotional Quotient, Tact, Thought For the Day, Wit
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First Principles: Laws Should Be Consistent and Easily Understood
“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws … undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess … Continue reading
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Tagged Consistent, Defined, First Principles, James Madison, Law, Rule, Steady, Understandable
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Sonic Gems: Tom Ze – Defeito de Fabricacao
Born on October 11, 1936, Brazilian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer Tom Ze formerly known as Antonio Jose Santana Martins was influential in the Tropicalia movement of 1960s Brazil. After a military crack down on this music, he went into obscurity … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Montaigne – Essays
Aloha Promises Forever has touched base on the lift and legacy of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne previously. He is considered one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance and is recognized for popularizing the essay as a literary … Continue reading
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Tagged Anecdotal, Essays, French Renaissance, Harvard Classics, Intellectual Insight, Montaigne, Philosophy
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The Howling Man
In a continuation of my promise to my eldest princess and based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2: Episode 5: The Howling Man by Michael Romani It seems that life will always have its frustrations Some that lead us into … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Burden, Cunning, Darkness, Deception, Evil, Frustration, Goodness, Hell, Hemitage, Illusions, Leachery, Madness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Religion, Sanctuary, Satan, The Howling Man, The Twilight Zone, Treachery, Truth
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Dim
Seems there is a lot of darkness all around Everywhere I look it overrides and surrounds Some say that the future is looking a little dim I listen and then I offer up my prayers to Him Still I cannot … Continue reading
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Tagged Calling, Daily Prompt, Darkness, Dim, Dreaming, Falling, Friend, God, Meaning, Mend, Once Upon A Time, Prayer, Surround, Test, Time, Wordpress, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: The Strongest Motivation Is What Is In Our Hearts
“We discuss motives, but isn’t it always the same motive? ‘I have murder in my heart.’ Why do so many Americans have murder in their hearts? … We have been swept by social, technological and cultural revolution. The family blew … Continue reading
