Tag Archives: Encounter

First Principles: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies…That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on November 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

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Thought For the Day: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies, Those Transcendent Moments of Awe That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on December 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Encounter, Epiphanies, Experience, Forever, Gratitude, John Milton, Life, Reverence, The World, Thought For the Day, Transcendent Moments | Leave a comment

Happy Veterans Day 2024

Posted on November 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I hope that all of my fellow veterans have had a safe and excellent Veterans Day this November 11, 2024. I have had some excellent chow and encountered a number of veterans along the way. There is an overwhelming kinship … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You May Encounter Many Defeats, But You Must Not Be Defeated…It May Be Necessary To Encounter the Defeats, So You Can Know Who You Are

Posted on July 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of … Continue reading →

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Searching For Truth (On A Yellow Brick Road)

Posted on December 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Truth (On A Yellow Brick Road)by Michael DoyleSearchers after truth seek hidden meaningsOn whatever road traveled as human beingsThoughts and actions shape the emotionsStuffed within a wicker basket of devotionWhen looked at properly and with interpretationThere is so … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Concerns, Develop, Emotions, Encounter, Fears, Hidden Meanings, Interpretation, Lessons, Mood, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Search, Self-Affliction, Self-Discovery, Soul, Thoughts and Actions, Truth, Wicker Basket, Yellow Brick Road | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If We Encounter A Man of Rare Intellect, We Should Ask Him What Books He Reads

Posted on January 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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First Principles: In A Public Life, A Man Whose Political Principles Have Any Decided Character and…Energy…To Give Them Effect Must Expect Political Hostility

Posted on July 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.” – Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading →

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Seeking the Face of God

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 27:8: Seeking the Face of God by Michael Romani Thankful for being a child of God Dwelling in prayer, not finding it odd But a place that knows my gratitude Keeping this thought in my … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Be Thankful For Those Who Rekindle the Inner Spirit

Posted on January 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer, … Continue reading →

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Chance Encounter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For most of us, it seems from time to time that life is often a string of circumstances in which we try our best to make sense of it all… Chance Encounter by Michael Romani Like anonymous walls Meeting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibis, Alienation, Alone, Association, Blue Dollar, Chance, Circumstances, Connection, Encounter, Gap, Heart, Life, Love, Mourn, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Scars, Squalor, Stars, Stumble, Telephone, Together, Wall | Leave a comment