Tag Archives: Yourself

Thought For the Day: Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose

Posted on August 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Thought For the Day: There Is Nothing Like Returning To A Place That Remains Unchanged To Find the Ways In Which You Yourself Have Altered

Posted on July 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (18 Jul 1918-2013)

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First Principles: Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail

Posted on July 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself and Your Country More Than Yourself

Posted on July 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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For Fear That We Will Fall

Posted on September 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

For Fear That We Will Fallby Michael DoyleListen to the world as you doBut in the end to yourself be trueNeither a borrower or lender beBecause debt destroys harmonyWords of wisdom to follow farAs true as truth is the northern … Continue reading →

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First Principles: War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself

Posted on January 31, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

” War Is When the Government Tells You Who the Bad Guy Is. Revolution Is When You Decide That For Yourself” – Benjamin Franklin

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Faithful and Good

Posted on July 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

God’s words fill our souls like some sort of universal melody at times. Faithful and Good by Michael Doyle Faithful and good in what you do to me Filling my heart with your melody Every beat of my heart is … Continue reading →

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Back Chat of Eternal Insomnia

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many of us spend countless hours into the we hours of the night staving off the limited hours until the morning light. Insomnia and its accompanying sleep exhaustion have claimed many of us and leading into less good than … Continue reading →

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On Being Eleventeen

Posted on May 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest daughter turns 11 tomorrow. She’s brilliant, witty, charming in her own ways and has a bright future ahead of her. Yes. I am a very proud father of both of my princesses. The only kingdom I … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Only Aim To Do Your Duty And Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail

Posted on January 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Act, Aim, Art of Government, Counsel, Credit, Duty, First Principles, Honest, Legible, Manking, People, Principle, Right, Think, Thomas Jefferson, Wrong, Yourself | Leave a comment