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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt

Posted on April 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson, in Letter to Samuel Kercheval (July 12, 1816) All of these trillions of dollars of debt we are currently incurring… When does the payment come … Continue reading →

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Let Us Begin

Posted on February 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many promises of the 20th century have led to false starts, broken hearts and the horror of confronting the results of our delusions. Let Us Begin by Michael Romani In pursuit of stronger minds Do we risk leaving souls … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward With Clarity

Posted on February 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on a 02022020 Sunday sermon.: Looking Forward With Clarity by Michael Romani If your eye is the light of darkness Not too speak too much in harshness But you won’t see so much with clarity That sometimes … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Not Seek To Satisfy Our Thirst For Freedom By Drinking From the Cup of Bitterness and Hatred

Posted on January 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Thought For the Day: Year’s End Is Neither End Nor Beginning But A Going On With All the Wisdom Experience Can Instill In Us

Posted on December 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland

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Thought For the Day: True Wisdom Comes At Realizing How Little We Understand About Life, Ourselves and the World Around Us

Posted on December 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates

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Thankfulness For the Season

Posted on November 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem in gratitude #17: Thankfulness For the Season by Michael Romani Memories of letters written By the likes of me and you To a certain man in red Depending on how written Always brought a toy or two Thoughts … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Like A City On A Hill, the Eyes of All People Are On America

Posted on July 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so … Continue reading →

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Writing the Pages of History

Posted on June 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Orwellian world we live in at times, isn’t it? Writing the Pages of History by Michael Romani Words come alive from my youth Whispers about the Ministry of Truth We have watched dystopia unfold And we cannot say we were … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Have Deep Gratitude For Those Who Light the Flame Within Us

Posted on May 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer … Continue reading →

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