Tag Archives: I

I of the Camera

Posted on April 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

It’s the first official day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! So what’s the prompt, right? “… a self-portrait poem in which you make a specific action a metaphor for your life – one that typically isn’t done all that often, or only … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Those To Whom Evil Is Done, Do Evil In Return

Posted on February 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn, / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return.” – W.H. Auden, poet (21 Feb 1907-1973) It might be better phrased that it’s best to act and … Continue reading →

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Mind Games Played

Posted on January 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Recent developments in science and in a virtual environment I spend some time on has led me to question a few things pertinent to ethical behavior or actually the lack thereof on the part of certain people I have come … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Resolution One: I Will Live For God. Resolution Two: If No One Else Does, I Still Will

Posted on December 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.” – Jonathan Edwards

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Thought For the Day: I Have Chosen To Be Happy Because It’s Good For My Health

Posted on November 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” — Voltaire

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Thought For the Day: I Shut My Eyes In Order To See.

Posted on November 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I shut my eyes in order to see.” – Paul Gauguin

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First Principles: Resolution One: I Will Live For God

Posted on August 24, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.” – Jonathan Edwards

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Thought For the Day: If You Live To Be A Hundred, I Want To Live To Be A Hundred Minus One Day

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne

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Between Heaven and Earth

Posted on August 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A whisper of a prayer… Between Heaven and Earth by Michael Romani Between Heaven and Earth There is a gate Between light and dark There falls a shadow Between faith and sin A whisper speaks a prayer My deepest confession … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: In Your Light, I Learned How To Love

Posted on July 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” – Rumi

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