Tag Archives: Good

If We Would Wish To Heal

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Playing a bit of catch up from yesterday in that my life changed dramatically and not for the better, I am combining the sixth day of Na/GloPoWriMo’s goal of a poem about if and the woulds, coulds, and shoulds of … Continue reading →

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The Very Best of Something

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Out there in the Hundred Acre Woods, there are a lot of tales to be told. Some happy and filled with joy. Some are bittersweet such as the feelings that come at childhood’s end… The Very Best of Something by … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Greatest Good For Our Nation Is To Heal Party Divisions and Act As One People

Posted on March 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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Thought For the Day: To Be A Good Writer Be Direct, Clear and Simple First

Posted on March 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Anyone who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” – H.W. Fowler, lexicographer (10 Mar 1858-1933)

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Thought For the Day: It Is Good To Polish Your Mind Against the Minds of Others

Posted on March 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)

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Thought For the Day: Laughter and Sleep Are the Best Cures For Everything

Posted on February 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” – Irish Proverb

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Couple of Couplets To Get It Right

Posted on February 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #3 is the rhyming couplet form. From Wikipedia: “A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet … Continue reading →

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One Way Destination

Posted on February 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on John 14:6: One Way Destination by Michael Romani What is preached will be lived in Lessons learned even though forgiven Constantly serving as lessons learned We thank you for all that’s discerned In every way we … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Care of Human Life and Happiness Is the Only Legitimate Object of Good Government

Posted on February 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)

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Wishing The Maybe

Posted on January 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Do you ever have moments where you stop and pause and think on things like maybe things might have been different or maybe this or that? I do. Those are the moments to be quiet and listen in. Trying to … Continue reading →

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