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Happy and Blessed Independence Day 2023, America!!

Wishing each and all of my American friends a very happy and blessed Independence Day 2023!! Rather today was spent in reverent quietude or in joyous celebration, I hope each of you has spent a moment’s contemplation on the principles … Continue reading

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Happiest of Father’s Days 2023!

To all the dad’s out there who stick around to love and nurture your children as they grow and have grown! Aloha Promises Forever wishes each of you a very Happy Father’s Day 2023!!

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First Principles: Be In General Virtuous, and You Will Be Happy

“Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.” – Benjamin Franklin (1768)

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Have A Happy and Blessed Resurrection Day Sunday 2023!!

It is not the cross that should signify this day, not nearly so much as the empty tomb found when the stone was rolled away. The cross brought death. But it led the victory of the risen Christ who does … Continue reading

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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths, and Make Us All In Our Several Vocations Useful Here

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)

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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thomas Cooper, 1802

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Thought For the Day: All That We Call Human History…Is the Long Terrible Story of Man Trying To Find Something Other Than God Which Will Make Him Happy

“All that we call human history … [is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

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Thought For the Day: Do You Wish the World Were Happy? Then Remember Day By Day, Just To Scatter Seeds of Kindness As You Pass Along the Way

“Do you wish the world were happy? / Then remember day by day, / Just to scatter seeds of kindness / As you pass along the way.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet (5 Nov 1850-1919)

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First Principles: The Best Means of Forming A…Virtuous, and Happy People Will Be Found In the Right Education of Youth

“The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.” – George Washington (1784) The only thing needed to … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Before We Set Our Hearts Too Much On Anything, Let Us Examine How Happy Are Those Who Already Possess It

“Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.” – Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, moralist (15 Sep 1613-1680)

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