Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: To Be The Father of Growing Daughters Invokes Awe

Posted on June 18, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“To be the father of growing daughters is to understand something of what Yeats evokes with his imperishable phrase ‘terrible beauty.’ Nothing can make one so happily exhilarated or so frightened: it’s a solid lesson in the limitations of self … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is For Life

Posted on June 17, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” –Irish Saying Times this times two princesses and you have my idea of paradise!      

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Thought For the Day: Reading Allows You To More Fully Experience the Other

Posted on June 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”  – Joyce Carol Oates I do not know that I fully agree with Ms. Oates on this one.  But, I do … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We All Have A Little Devil Inside

Posted on June 15, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is to Make A Difference

Posted on June 14, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson Over and over, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Read A Lot; Write A Lot

Posted on June 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If you want to be a good writer, you must do two things above all others:  read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King Any questions? 😉

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Thought For the Day: Begin Now

Posted on June 12, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”   – Anne Frank  in Anne Frank’s Tales From the Secret Annex Every time I felt the least discouragement about writing or other projects … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Paint the Truth In Broad Strokes (and In Fine Detail Too)

Posted on June 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

 “There is room enough for a natural painter. The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth.” –  John Constable The way this quote actually read in context before shortened to accommodate … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A True Friend Is More Esteemed Than Family

Posted on June 10, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.  A true friend is to be more esteemed than kinship.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero You can read … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Free Man Owns Himself

Posted on June 9, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he … Continue reading →

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