Tag Archives: Self

Questions Pouring

Posted on December 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Is there any question but that art makes the heart grow bigger and deeper? Questions Pouring by Michael Romani Do you hear the questions pouring? Do you fear the questions boring? Do you find the questions scoring No longer worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bore, Care, Choose, Escape, Explore, Feeling, Hours, Know, Lair, Life, Long Hair, Lose, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pour, Questions, Repeat, Score, Self, Show, Soar, Tower, Voice | Leave a comment

Stranger To Myself

Posted on November 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Little something picked up on watching a horror show and thinking. I’m often guilty of thinking way too much. 😉 Stranger To Myself by Michael Romani Purest instincts undone A stranger to myself As divorced from me as from anyone … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Think and Act For Yourself and Our Nation In the Pursuit of Right Over Wrong

Posted on October 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775) … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: True Honor Is Formed In Our Hearts Not In Other People’s Opinions

Posted on October 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions, form our true honor.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

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Thought For the Day: When You’re In A Hole, Stop Digging

Posted on September 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.” – Will Rogers

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Thought For the Day: You Have Turned All the Corners Left When You Run Into Yourself

Posted on September 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“When you turn the corner / And you run into yourself / Then you know that you have turned / All the corners that are left.” – Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967)

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Thought For the Day: We Are the Masters of Our Fate and Captains of Our Souls

Posted on August 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll, / I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, poet, critic, and editor (23 Aug … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Absent Reason We Become Bigots, Fools or Slaves

Posted on July 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” – Lord Byron, poet (22 Jan 1788-1824)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Ability, Bigot, Choice, Courage, Fool, Lord Byron, Reason, Responsibility, Self, Slave, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Guard Well Your Treasure of Kindness

Posted on July 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” – George Sand [pen name of Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin], novelist (1 Jul 1804-1876)

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Thought For the Day: Don’t be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.

Posted on June 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t be yourself. Be someone a little nicer.” – Mignon McLaughlin

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