Tag Archives: Truth

Thought For the Day: Those Who Don’t Want to Disclose Truth Have Something To Hide

Posted on September 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.” – Barak Obama Can I get a witness? Calling Mr. Barak Obama to the witness stand. His presidency is over. We can now subpoena … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Science Opens Eyes To Truth

Posted on August 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles … Continue reading →

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Flood Protection

Posted on August 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Luke 6:47-49 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A47-49&version=NIV Flood Protection by Michael Romani Beyond the shallows of the surface There is a life lived with Holy purpose Applying the words we have read Keeping these thoughts in my head It gives me that special flood … Continue reading →

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Bleach Headed Coral Blues

Posted on August 11, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Bleach Headed Coral Blues by Michael Romani Airport Reef Bleached white My heart knows grief At this horrifying sight White, as far as the eyes can see White, in a way that should never be There in all of its … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All Life Is Sacred and Inalienable

Posted on July 31, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We hold these truths to be self-evident . . . that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these life . . .” ~ Declaration of Independence After struggling with what to say exactly about … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: When What You Write Is Truer Than Truth, You’re A Writer

Posted on July 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: When Media Lies It Becomes Impotent

Posted on July 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805) Increasingly, we … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: True Friendship Rests On Understanding and Being Understood

Posted on July 13, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca The more that things change; the more they stay the same. This is just as true today as it was … Continue reading →

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Intimacy of Connection

Posted on July 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Intimacy of Connection by Michael Romani There in the camera’s click Is that silent subtle trick It rests in an intimacy That to be put quite delicately Is an intimacy of connection Brought by the artist’s dedication A dedication of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Doing Wrong Can Be All Too Comfortable

Posted on June 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Novelist, Nobel Laureate (1918-2008)

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