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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen

Posted on November 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Strength Does Not Come From Winning. Your Struggles Develop Your Strengths. When You Go Through Hardships and Decide Not To Surrender, That Is Strength

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason

Posted on March 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Did anyone else find that State of the Union Address less than unifying?

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Thought For the Day: The Wise Man Does Not Discriminate; He Gathers All the Shreds of Light, From Wherever They May Come

Posted on January 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.” – Umberto Eco

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Thought For the Day: The Best Use of Good Laws Is To Teach Men To Trample Bad Laws Under Their Feet

Posted on November 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Revolutions are not made; they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back. The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Many People Take No Care of Their Money Till They Come Nearly To the End of It, and Others Do Just the Same With Their Time

Posted on August 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)

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Between the Uncomfortable Truths

Posted on July 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Between the Uncomfortable Truthsby Michael DoyleIn the uncomfortable truths there were connectionsNothing compared to her open, honest reflectionsOn those things often very difficult to sayShe never paid much mind to bringing controversy to the dayPerhaps it is that she truly … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One May Have A Blazing Hearth In One’s Soul, and Yet No One Ever Comes To Sit By It

Posted on March 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)

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Dropping the Wrong Attitude

Posted on May 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dropping the Wrong Attitudeby Michael DoyleTaking a deep breath with communityA moment to bring this to realityEvery day lived in our true measureLiving dignified even under pressureCrossing the valley of well-renown despairApproaching Gethsemane, the place of whereBeauty and brokenness are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: My Help Comes From the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth

Posted on September 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.” – Psalms 121:2

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