Flickr Photos
Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
First Principles: The Moment That Government Appears At Market, the Principles of the Market Will Be Subverted
“The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.” – Edmund Burke (After January 20th, watch with me and see that the “supply chain” crisis dissipates and the free market begins to restore the … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Appear, Edmund Burke, First Principles, Government, Market, Moment, Principles, Subverted
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Authority That Does Not Exist For Liberty Is Not Authority But Force
“Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.” – Lord Acton
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Authority, Exist, Force, Liberty, Lord Acton, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
My Heart and Mind’s Connection
My Heart and Mind’s Connectionby Michael DoyleMy heart and mindHave left this world behindCrossing as I followJesus from out of the shadowsFinding my good causeAs I gently start to pauseKnowing I must change my waysFor all my coming daysStep-by-stepI turned … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ask, Behind, Blind, Change, Connection, Cross, Days, Deep, Faithfulness, Finish Line, Follow, Forgiven, Good Cause, Heart, Hungry, Jesus, Know, Lane, Left Behind, Life's Choice, Lord Jesus, Mind, Mine, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Press On, Right Direction, Run, Shadow, Sight, Start, Step-By-Step, Stride, Tremble and Shake, Turn, Voice, Ways, World
Leave a comment
First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom, Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams (July 7, 1775)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Abigail Adams, Changed, Constitution, First Principles, Forever, Freedom, Government, John Adams, Liberty, Lost, Restored
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: You Don’t Get To Choose How You’re Going To Die. Or When. You Can Only Decide How You’re Going To Live. Now.
“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.” – Joan Baez, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. January 9, 1941)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Choose, Decision, Die, Joan Baez, Live, Now, Thought For the Day, When
Leave a comment
About A Death
About A Deathby Michael DoyleToday, I watched a show about deathI have to admit, it took away my breathAs I try to write this bit of poetryIt’s weird to think how much it’s hitting meIt’s hard to write with tears … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged About A Death, Abyss, Admit, Alone, Anguish, Breath, Certain, Death, Disguise, Each of Us Starts, Eternity, Eyes, Favorite Human Being, Harder, Hold, Hope, Jaded, Jaded Heart, Lost, Meant, Miss, My Smile, Near, Only Yesterday, Our Woods, Passing Years, Photographs and Memories, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puddle of Tears, Real Meaning, Show, Solitude, Stage, Standing Here, Stood, Sum, Talking, Tears, Today, Traces of You, Walking, Weird, Wish, Woods, Words On My Page, World, Write, Yeterday
Leave a comment
First Principles: It Is Not Easy To Be Wise For All Times. Not Even For the Present ; Much Less For the Future: and Those Who Judge the Past Must Recollect That When It Was Present, the Present Was Future
“It is not easy to be wise for all Times. Not even for the present; much less for the future: and those who judge of the past must recollect that when it was present, the present was future.” – Gouverneur … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged All Times, Easy, First Principles, Future, Gouverneur Morris, Judge, Past, Present, Recollect, Wise
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: There Is Nothing So Confining As the Prisons of Our Own Perceptions
“There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions.” – William Shakespeare
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Confine, Nothing, Own, Perception, Prison, Thought For the Day, William Shakespeare
Leave a comment
Dark Sources
Dark Sourcesby Michael DoyleThe optics make me cringe.Almost every newscast is on the fringeIt seems that we’re invited into the conspiracyWhile they really don’t care about historyEveryone vents and is set on blamingIt’s that PR game known as framingTruth, it … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged :Profound, Blame, Captains of America, Care, Complexity, Connective Tissue, Conspiracy, Constitution, Cringe, Dark Sources, Downed, Endangered, Every Night, Explanation, Fleshed Out, Foundation, Framing, Fringe, Gangrene, Groove, Hide, History, Honest Brokers, Huddle, Invitation, Life, Looking In, Media, My Side, Neighbors, Newscast, Nowhere, Objective, Optics, Optimism, Original Sin, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Poison, Polluted Air, Power, Public Relations, Quizzically Smile, Roots, Rumors, Runaway, Shots, Society, Souls, Stay, Strategic, Subjective, Systemic Racism, Team, Television, Texts, Truth, Vent, Walls, Your Side
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities; and For This Reason, the Heart Should Be Cultivated With More Assiduity Than the Head
“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” – Noah Webster (1788) (Virtues to be cultivated are courage, patience, and … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Ability, Assiduity, Consequence, Cultivation, First Principles, Head, Heart, Mankind, Noah Webster, Reason, Society, Virtues
Leave a comment
