Tag Archives: Everyone

Thought For the Day: Readers May Be Amazed That We Have To Continue To Expand Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare Subsidies and the Like Because 12 Years Ago, We were Told That the Trillion-Dollar Affordable Care Act Was Going To Provide Universal Coverage

Posted on July 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Readers may be amazed that we have to continue to expand Medicare, Medicaid, ‘Obamacare’ subsidies and the like because 12 years ago, we were told that the trillion-dollar Affordable Care Act was going to provide universal coverage for everyone. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 12 Years Ago, Affordable Care Act, Authorities, Everyone, Expand, Expensive, Lack Healthcare Coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, Millions, Money, ObamaCare, Readers, Stephen Moore, Subsidies, System, Thought For the Day, Trillion Dollar, Universal Coverage | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Take From One…His Own Industry and That of His Fathers…Is To Violate Arbitrarily the First Principle of Association

Posted on July 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Equal Industry, Everyone, Fathers, First Principle of Association, First Principles, Free Exercise, Fruits Acquired By It, Guarantee, His Own Industry, Industry, Others, Skill, Spare, Take From One, Thomas Jefferson, Violate | Leave a comment

First Principles: Everyone Wants To Live At the Expense of the State. They Forget That the State Lives At the Expense of Everyone

Posted on July 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.” – Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Everyone, Expense, First Principles, Frederic Bastiat, Live, State | Leave a comment

First Principles: Guard With Jealous Attention the Public Liberty. Suspect Everyone Who Approaches That Jewel.

Posted on May 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” – Patrick Henry (1788)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Downright Force, Everyone, First Principles, Give Up That Force, Guard, Inevitably Ruined, Jealous Attention, Jewel, Patrick Henry, Preserve It, Public Liberty, Suspect | Leave a comment

Split the Difference

Posted on January 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Split the Differenceby Michael DoyleKicking back with my girls on the holidaysSharing life with them in a million waysWhen we happened on a soulful snip of movieWith a lot of heart that played out groovyThere in the middle of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 3-D, Abstract, Beat, Celestial Concept, Complicated Hearts, Culture, Difference, Displayed, Dreams, Each of Us, Enough, Every Bit, Everyone, Explore, Fascination, Fluff, Forgot, Future, Get Jazzy, Great Before, Greater, Groovy, Hear, Holidays, Improvised Part, In REach, Inference, Ink Dab, Jazz, Joy, Keep, Kicking Back, Known, Learn, Lennon, Lesson, Life, Living Our Soul, Lot of Heart, Lyric, Meaning of Life, Middle, Million Ways, Moment, Movie, My Girls, Nature, Needed Role, Nurture, Our Meaning To Others, Panorama, Parts, Photograph, Plausibility, Play, Played Out, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Postulation, Preach, Present, Probability, Pseudo-Intellectual, Punditry, Repartee, Say, Screens, Shadows, Sharing Life, Soul, Soulful, Split, Splitting the Difference, Stories, Subtle, Sum, Super Stars, Teach, The Streets, Tough, Twist, Waiting, Wonders of Life | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Will Not Play At Tug O’ War. I’d Rather Play At Hug O’ War. Where Everyone Hugs Instead of Tugs

Posted on September 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I will not play at tug o’ war. / I’d rather play at hug o’ war, / Where everyone hugs instead of tugs.” -Shel Silverstein, writer (25 Sep 1930-1999)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Cuddles, Everyone, Giggles, Grins, Hug O'War, Hugs, I Will Not, Kisses, Play, Rolls, Rug, Shel Siverstein, Thought For the Day, Tug O' War, Tugs, Wins | Leave a comment

To Learn To Love

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Action, Anger, Apology, ath, Bear, Begun, Belong, Beyond, Blindness, Born Again, Bring, Capacity, Colossian, Condemnation, Conquer, Decide, Despite, Dignity, Done With Each Other, Dwell, Each Other, Earnest, Everyone, Evil, Expression, Faithful Choice, Family, Father, Feeling, Forget, Forgive, Forgive Myself, Forgiven, Forgives, Full Voice, Fumble, God, God Flow, Good Works, Greatest, Hardest To Do, Healing, Healthiness, Heart, High Road, Holds This, Honesty, Humble Impression, Hurt, Image of Christ, Increase, Inert, Intentional, Jesus, Keep In Mind, Kindness, Knowledge, Learn, Learn Daily, Let Go of Hurt, Letting Go, Live In Peace, Love, Love One Another, Love Yet Again, Messing Up, No Excuse, One Step Closer, Others, Outbreak, Past, Photograph, Play It Down, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Reach Out, Reconcialiation, Return, Righteous, Satisfaction, Shown, Sin, Sincerity, Sins, Strength, Struggle, Stumble, Tears, Tendheart, Theology, Things Gone Wrong, Time Heals All Wounds, Together, Total, Truly Live, Words, Wrongs, Years, You and Me | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: At the Touch of Love, Everyone Becomes A Poet

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

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New Day Begun

Posted on February 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A trend in the 21st century is finding ever increasing value in team and cohesion working in collaboration to finding needed solutions. While I’ll never devalue the power of one, I think there is also much merit in working together. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century, Affirmation, Begun, Belong, Choice, Co-Creator, Cohesion, Collaboration, Connection, Conversation, Direction, Everyone, Faces, Find, Fragments, Gentle, God Flow, Imagination, Incantation, Integration, Know, Lace, Merit, Mingle, Mix Tape, Moments, Multi-Verse, New, New Day, Notes, Participate, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Power of One, Random, Ring, Roots, Safe, Small Talk, Solution, Song, Strength, Tingle, Together, Universe, Value, Vibration, Voice, Yes | Leave a comment

Tilting Mental Windmills

Posted on February 2, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On bad days, I awake wondering if maybe Don Quixote wasn’t on to something in his belief of pursuing impossible dreams. Other days, I dare to dream these. Tilting Mental Windmills by Michael Romani Captured frames from your window Map … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answers, Awake, Better, Beyond, Blink, Blur, Bound, Brain Fog, Brave, Brave New World, Cherish, Collaborator, Cornucopia, Corridor, Curious, Cut, Dare, Daze, Deception, Decisions, Don Quixote, Door, Early, Embrace, Everyone, Experience, Fear, Feeling, Feign, Flow, Fragments, Frames, Glory, Grip, Hands, Hope, Humanity, Impossible Dreams, Join, Kung Fu, Last, Late, Learn, Life, Life After Death, Lose, Map, Mental, Mind, Moment, Musician, Pain, Perception, Photograph, Plead, Poems, Poetry, Pose, Preference, Puzzle, Riff, Story, Subject, Surly, Tears, Thrill, Tilt, Time, Together, Too Far, Twenty First Century, Walk, Will, Win, Windmills, Window, Wonder, World | Leave a comment