Tag Archives: World

Thought For the Day: Embrace Life and Live Everyday With Passion

Posted on June 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The best thing in life is to go ahead with all your plans and your dreams, to embrace life and to live everyday with passion, to lose and still keep the faith and to win while being grateful. All of … Continue reading →

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What of the Children?

Posted on June 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sins of the fathers? Matter of karma or fate? A lost sense of ethical balance? Children come into this world as blessings and deal with the corruptive influences that are out of their control. Don’t we owe them so … Continue reading →

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To Find Peace

Posted on June 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Book of Philippians 4:4-7 : To Find Peace by Michael Romani This world is filled with turmoil Where tempers find their boil And peace is so hard to find How did do we leave this behind … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Kindness I

Posted on June 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

When life gets down to the fundamentals, isn’t kindness what we most need? Like so many say, be that change. Cultivating Kindness I by Michael Romani In this world, filled with sin And perhaps too much blindness One clarion thought … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Make the World A World A Little Better For Our Presence Through Tolerance, Charity, Temperance, Peace and Kindliness

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one’s weight on the scale of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Be the Change In the World That You Want To See

Posted on May 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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The Love of One So Good

Posted on May 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Learning again and again the difference between fool’s gold and real gold when it comes to the heart. In this case, I believe the proof is in the deeds done and love shown gracefully time and again. The Love of … Continue reading →

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Empire State’s Eternity

Posted on April 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

I missed Day 24 of the Na/GloPoWriMo 2019. The challenge that day was to pick a reference book and blindly choose something from any given page. Having no reference books currently handy, I turned to Wikipedia. One of today’s featured … Continue reading →

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World of Poetry Haiku

Posted on April 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Like the thud of a well earned door.. today is Na/GloPoWriMo Day 30 and like many good things, the month comes to its end. Both in short order and short form (per the dictates of the challenge given). World of … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The World’s Frowns Are Less Dangerous Than Its Smiles and Flatteries

Posted on April 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.” – Phillis Wheatley The world is filled with those who … Continue reading →

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