Tag Archives: Problem

Thought For the Day: Life Is Not A Problem To Be Solved But A Mystery To Be Lived. Follow the Path That Is No Path, Follow Your Bliss

Posted on September 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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First Principles: Think About Every Problem, Every Challenge We Face. The Solution To Each Starts With Education

Posted on June 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education.” -George H.W. Bush

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Thought For the Day: Life Is Inconvenient. Life Is Lumpy. A Lump In the Oatmeal, A Lump In the Throat and A Lump In the Breast Are Not the Same Kind of Lump, One Needs To Learn the Difference.

Posted on June 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: See Every Problem As the Opportunity To Find A Solution

Posted on January 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution.” – Walt Disney

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First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, But Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect

Posted on August 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Do Not Believe There Is A Problem In This Country Or the World Today Which Could Not Be Settled If Approached Through the Teaching of the Sermon On the Mount

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.” – Harry S. Truman

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Thought For the Day: The Hardest Single Part of Building A Software System Is Deciding Precisely What To Build

Posted on April 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build the most important function that software builders do for their clients is the iterative extraction and refinement of the product requirements. For the truth is, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Ignorance More Frequently Begets Confidence Than Does Knowledge

Posted on February 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” – Charles Darwin, naturalist and author (12 Feb 1809-1882)

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One By One

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

One By Oneby Michael DoyleWe work the problemsOne by oneOne at a timeThat’s how it’s doneWe face the worldOne step at a timeRemaining undefeatedWe struggle for primeThe point of no returnComes fast as we learnThere’s no turning backFrom the life … Continue reading →

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Truth of War

Posted on November 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Truth of Warby Michael DoyleMost of the world’s problems start with warIt’s a noteworthy thing that it takes moreThen dreamy words offering a shallow victoryTo come out on the winning side of historyMany a fool has believed themselves betterWhen cooler … Continue reading →

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