Tag Archives: Understand

Thought For the Day: The Hardest Thing To Understand About the Universe Is We Might Come To Understand It

Posted on November 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” – Albert Einstein

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First Principles: Love of Truth and Veneration of Virtue Are the Sparks of Discernment of Right and Wrong and True and False

Posted on November 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the ‘latent spark’… If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what … Continue reading →

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Thanks In Everything

Posted on November 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There are times when it seems awfully hard to find gratitude for the things and situations God puts into our lives. Here’s a little something on that topic and to make up for not having my mid-week Christian poem yesterday. … Continue reading →

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Matter of Life and Death

Posted on October 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 John 3:11-18 Matter of Life and Death by Michael Romani Ours is to live in Holy Love Here on earth as above It’s a matter of life and death And of what life has left … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Class

Posted on September 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The universe measures us in a thousand weighs We’ll never really understand through our days We stand here hopeless about being helpless; it’s true Relying on half truths of a class we never really ever knew Taking our journey in … Continue reading →

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Ekphrastic Workshop – Sparkle Dim

Posted on September 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The Tuesday night short poetry workshop tonight has to do with the Ekphrastic form of deriving a poem based on a work of art including digital art/photographs. From this I came up with the following: Sparkle Dim Ekprhastic by Michael Romani … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Butterfly

Posted on August 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In the garden, she loves to watch them flutter by As she holds up her hand softly waiting on a butterfly To quietly, softly glide into a landing on her hand My beautiful daughter seems to sweetly understand That some … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Rabbit

Posted on July 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

She sensed a certain degree of danger When she trusted in that stranger Following him down the rabbit hole And becoming consigned to her role Now she knows why the Cheshire cat smiles She’s gotten her own claws sharpened by … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: What Matters Is To Be Respected, Not If We Are Liked

Posted on July 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“What liberals don’t understand is that it matters very little whether or not the rest of the world likes us, as long as they respect us.” – Allie Beth Stuckey

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Thought For the Day: It Is Best To Speak The Language That Goes To the Heart of Others

Posted on June 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (1918-2013) … Continue reading →

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