Tag Archives: Half

Thought For the Day: Half the Truth Is Often A Great Lie

Posted on January 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Half the truth is often a great lie.” -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (17 Jan 1706-1790)

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Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Is, After All, Only Half His Book. The Other Half Is the Reader and From the Reader the Writer Learns

Posted on August 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.” -P.L. Travers, author (9 Aug 1899-1996)

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Thought For the Day: America Would Be Better Off As A Country and Americans Happier and More Prosperous As A People If Half of Our Government Boards, Bureaus and Commissions Were Abolished

Posted on June 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, … Continue reading →

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Slips of the Tongue

Posted on August 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Slips of the Tongueby Michael DoyleSlips of the feeble tongueCome more often when no longer youngThings ill thought should often not be saidBut instead kept inside one’s headOur lives are played out like a movieSometimes hellbent though that doesn’t move … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If You Want Your Children To Turn Out Well, Spend Twice As Much Time With Them and Half As Much Money

Posted on April 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.” – Abigail Van Buren

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Moved By Authenticity

Posted on November 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In this season of gratitude and humility, it is our prayer that we all be moved more by humility than ego and more toward love, away from hate. Moved by Authenticity by Michael Romani In that container of love we … Continue reading →

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Stage Craft

Posted on October 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Halloween Poem #27: Stage Craft by Michael Romani All of the magic in hocus pocus Is merely that of diverting focus Legendary in its sleight of hand It’s all just illusion; understand? Like guns on a stage in the first … Continue reading →

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Echoed Reflections

Posted on June 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Saw a movie that inspired some beautiful thoughts, I think maybe? The thought of being so joined that you could see the world through the eyes of the one you want to share life with anyhow might be kinda very … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Half the Harm In the World Is Caused By People Who Want To Be Important

Posted on August 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.” – T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965) … Continue reading →

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