Monthly Archives: August 2024

Thought For the Day: Do Unto Those Downstream As You Would Have Those Upstream Do Unto You

Posted on August 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.” -Wendell Berry, farmer and author (b. 5 Aug 1934)

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In Beginning To Chill Hostility

Posted on August 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Beginning To Chill Hostilityby Michael DoyleIn truth, Christ came to save us allBringing us peace, as we might recallChrist has already graced us as He’s doneIn the name of the Father, the Spirit, and the SonIn this world, hanging … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Bestow Upon Me, O Lord My God, Understanding To Know Thee, Diligence To Seek Thee, Wisdom To Find Thee, and A Faithfulness That May Finally Embrace Thee

Posted on August 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.” – Thomas Aquinas

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First Principles: Let Love and Faithfulness Never Leave You; Bind Them Around Your Neck, Write Them On the Tablet of Your Heart

Posted on August 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart”– Proverbs 3:3-6

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Moments In Joe Rogan’s Mind

Posted on August 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Moments From Joe Rogan’s Mindby Michael DoyleLife is the near-death experienceIn which you always stay aliveThe truth of this is felt by preferenceEven when uncertain that you’ll surviveThe backhand data feels a little missingBut no matter how, it feels a … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It is Natural To Abuse It, When Acquired

Posted on August 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)

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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Define Electricity. The Same Can Be Said of Art. It Is A Kind of Inner Current In A Human Being, Or Something That Needs No Definition

Posted on August 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You cannot define electricity. The same can be said of art. It is a kind of inner current in a human being, or something which needs no definition.” – Marcel Duchamp

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Intoxicatingly Lost

Posted on August 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Intoxicatingly Lostby Michael DoyleWe paraded all of our songsSinging on the trail to each otherStrumming our tunes to one anotherWondering where we might belongWe were tripping over the costFeeling intoxicatingly lostAs we fished for the starsInventing our stories on our … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Spirit of Encroachment Tends To Consolidate the Powers of All the Departments In One, and Thus To Create Whatever the Form of Government, A Real Despotism

Posted on August 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“”The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism.” – George Washington

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Thought For the Day: So Long As Men Worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons Will Duly Arise and Make Them Miserable

Posted on August 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly rise and make them miserable.” – Aldous Huxley, novelist (26 Jul 1894-1963)

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Monthly Archives: August 2024

Thought For the Day: Do Unto Those Downstream As You Would Have Those Upstream Do Unto You

In Beginning To Chill Hostility

Thought For the Day: Bestow Upon Me, O Lord My God, Understanding To Know Thee, Diligence To Seek Thee, Wisdom To Find Thee, and A Faithfulness That May Finally Embrace Thee

First Principles: Let Love and Faithfulness Never Leave You; Bind Them Around Your Neck, Write Them On the Tablet of Your Heart

Moments In Joe Rogan’s Mind

First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It is Natural To Abuse It, When Acquired

Thought For the Day: You Cannot Define Electricity. The Same Can Be Said of Art. It Is A Kind of Inner Current In A Human Being, Or Something That Needs No Definition

Intoxicatingly Lost

First Principles: The Spirit of Encroachment Tends To Consolidate the Powers of All the Departments In One, and Thus To Create Whatever the Form of Government, A Real Despotism

Thought For the Day: So Long As Men Worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons Will Duly Arise and Make Them Miserable

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