Tag Archives: Man

Ode To A Mad Dog

Posted on September 1, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Read between the lines and realize that some things just need to be said regardless… Ode To A Mad Dog by Michael Romani In the depths of a duty of silence Is the observed, held with vigilance That there are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Stick Up For What You Believe In, But, Readily Admit When You Are Wrong

Posted on August 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Acknowledge, Andrew Jackson, Believe, Better Man, Error, First Principles, Instant, Man, Reservation, Right, Stick Up, Worth | Leave a comment

Day From Night

Posted on July 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

After God said let there be light, He divided day from night… Day From Night by Michael Romani Earth in balance requires adjustment With multiple areas of entrustment But trusting in whom? Man or God? And isn’t it a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 24 Hour Day, Adjust, Balance, Cool, Day, Days, Drag, Earth, Entrust, Flow, God, Grain, Heat, History, Light, Man, Mankind, Mechanistic, Mistake, Modern Man, Moment, Moon, Night, Odd, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Right, Season, Tide, Trust | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Are Apt To Close Our Eyes Against Painful Truth That Is Capable of Transforming Us Into Beasts

Posted on July 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth — and listen to the song of that syren, till she transforms us into beasts.” – Patrick Henry (1775)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Apt, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Indulge, Man, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Shut, Siren, Song, Transform, Truth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Woman Is Lucky If She Is the Last Love of A Man

Posted on July 26, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.” – Charles Dickens

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Wolf’s Call Coming

Posted on July 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Love and life are becoming increasingly clearer in my mind as part of one and the same. Without love there is no life, without life there is no love. And what of this to a man who has been told … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Call, Choice, Circle, Courage, Death, Drum, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Fear, Fight, Gaze, Ghost, Incendiary, Last Days, Life, Limited Time, Live, Love, Man, Military Man, Mystery, Pass, Persevere, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Reflect, Sanctuary, Sight, Sound, Spectra, Time, Voice, Well, Wise, Wolf, Wonder | Leave a comment

First Principles: Nothing Stops the Man With the Right Mental Attitude; Nothing Helps the Man Who Does Not

Posted on July 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Wish That You Would Listen

Posted on July 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Everyone wants to be heard, no one wants to really listen. Wish That You Would Listen by Michael Romani You come on strong But you got it all wrong And I wish that you would listen Just wish that you … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Saying…

Posted on July 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A little something that I just felt onto paper before putting here. I’m Not Saying… I’m not saying That I need you But, what if I did And wasn’t playing About always being true It’s something I can’t keep hid … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Capacity, Choice, Compassion, Do, Empahty, Everything, Hand, Hid, Lives, Love, Man, Much, Mutuality, Need, Old Fashion, Photograph, Playing, Please, Poem, Poetry, Say, Stay, Sympathy, Talk, Touch, True, Voice, Walk, Want | Leave a comment

First Principles: Power In Our Republic Is To Be Bound By the Chains of the Constitution

Posted on June 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)

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