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Thought For the Day: To Be Yourself In A World That Is Constantly Trying To Make You Something Else Is the Greatest Accomplishment

Posted on January 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To Stay Alive In All Seasons

Posted on December 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Stay Alive In All Seasonsby Michael DoyleWe give up our courageTrying hard to discourageOurselves or any othersAmong those we call our brothersBut not a single John Wayne aspirationWould save Pearl Harbor or our nationThe men present mostly fought to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is Something In the Nature of Tea That Leads Us Into A World of Quiet Contemplation of Life

Posted on November 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” – Lin Yutang

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First Principles: There Are More Quarrels Smothered By Just Shutting Your Mouth, and Holding It Shut, Than By All the Wisdom In the World

Posted on October 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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Nine Lives

Posted on October 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nine Livesby Michael DoyleIt wasn’t exactly love at first biteBut it took an encouraging inviteShe wanted a man who loved her brainAt long last, the search wasn’t in vainIt was a love affair made for a fewIt was time to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To Be Nobody But Myself – In A World Which Is Doing Its Best, Night and Day, To Make You Everybody Else – Means to Fight the Hardest Battle Which Any Human Being Can Fight, and Never Stop

Posted on October 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. “– … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Most Dangerous Condition For A Man Or A Nation Is When His Intellectual Side Is More Developed Than His Spiritual. Is That Not Exactly the Condition of the World Today?

Posted on October 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?” – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thought For the Day: I’m So Glad I Live In A World Where There Are Octobers

Posted on October 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L. M. Montgomery, in Anne of Green Gables

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Thought For the Day: In A World of Fugitives, the Person Taking the Opposite Direction Will Appear To Run Away

Posted on September 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In a world of fugitives, the person taking the opposite direction will appear to run away.” – T.S. Eliot, poet (26 Sep 1888-1965)

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First Principles: The Bible Contains the Most Profound Philosophy, the Most Perfect Morality, and the Most Refined Policy That Ever Was Conceived Upon Earth. It Is the Most Republican Book In the World

Posted on September 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The Bible contains the most profound Philosophy, the most perfect Morality, and the most refined Policy, that ever was conceived upon Earth. It is the most Republican Book in the World.” – John Adams, in a letter to Benjamin Rush … Continue reading →

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