Tag Archives: Experience

Thought For the Day: Our Lives Are the Clay From Which We Create

Posted on August 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Discerning Truth Requires Experience

Posted on July 25, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”  –  John Stuart Mill Without experience it is difficult to discern full truth.  If you sit a moment and think on … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Don’t Cry; Smile

Posted on July 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss In the last decade of knowing and loving my two little girls, I have been deeply reminded of something I had long ago forgotten.  Some of the best … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Seeming Misfortunes Are Often Blessings In Disguise

Posted on July 8, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A few years’ experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.”  – George Mason, Father of the Bill of Rights

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