Tag Archives: World

First Principles: Nothing Is Certain But Death and Taxes

Posted on April 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin (1789)

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All My Little Fails

Posted on April 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes even I’m amazed at mistakes that I make. Have you ever had moments when you just want to fall on your knees and pray that God doesn’t give up on you cause you’re a step away of giving up … Continue reading →

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Joy In the Gifts of Hard Times

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 7 is to write a poem about gifts and joy. Above this challenge was a bit about how poetry can prove quite the therapeutic tool. I can see this easily from my own life. From this … Continue reading →

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If We Would Wish To Heal

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Playing a bit of catch up from yesterday in that my life changed dramatically and not for the better, I am combining the sixth day of Na/GloPoWriMo’s goal of a poem about if and the woulds, coulds, and shoulds of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Stoop Low To Rise High

Posted on April 5, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.” – Lady Marguerite Blessington, writer (4 Apr 1789-1849)

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In A Question of Liberty

Posted on April 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

On this second day of Na/GloPoWriMo, we are invited to explore writing a poem that avoids closure by providing the open end of the question. I believe that as an invitation to explore a significant question raised by a far … Continue reading →

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Beginning To Heal

Posted on March 27, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In the 21st century as research into Quantum physics and all that goes on and has become combined with a turn from the mechanical and toward biology. It is a fantastic era to live in. So much promise and so … Continue reading →

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First Reasons Lost

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

What becomes of our individual worlds when our first reasons are lost? First Reasons Lost by Michael Romani First reasons have been lost And with that loss comes a cost The giving up when it becomes Too much to be … Continue reading →

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A Prayer For the Healing

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

No use whining about life’s complications really, right? So let me just encourage everyone to love when they can and cry when you feel it’s needed. Keep your hearts open and find that bit of truth that works to make … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Believe In the Power of the Imagination

Posted on March 21, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.” … Continue reading →

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