Tag Archives: Another

Thought For the Day: When the Eyes Say One Thing, and the Tongue Another, A Practiced Man Relies On the Language of the First

Posted on February 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: No One Is Useless In This World Who Lightens the Burdens of Another

Posted on January 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. “ – Charles Dickens

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Life Under the Black Sail

Posted on June 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life Under the Black Sailby Michael DoyleUnder the black sailIt’s hard to trustBut if you’re to surviveYou find you really mustIn this world There is always doubtBut it’s never acknowledgedOr often talked aboutThis is a placeWhere among the plans conceivedAnd … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Life of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He Means To Write One Story, and Writes Another, and His Humblest Hour Is When He Compares the Volume As It Is With What He Vowed To Make It

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” -J.M. … Continue reading →

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Growing Vulnerability

Posted on April 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Growing Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleSome fools say that men don’t cryBut let me tell you, that’s just a lieIt’s so hard to express inner truthAnd it’s played that way since youthWe need to get the curtains down and outMoving hard beyond … Continue reading →

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The Morning Only Brings Bad

Posted on October 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Morning Only Brings Badby Michael DoyleFor some, the morning only brings badThese are those who are persistently sadIndulging only those things that will kill themAs if they missed the call of life’s good hymnInstead, they hear nonstop voices in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: No Man Is Good Enough To Govern Another Man Without That Other’s Consent. I Say This Is the Leading Principle – the Sheet Anchor of American Republicanism

Posted on October 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“(N)o man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. I say this is the leading principle—the sheet anchor of American republicanism.” – Abraham Lincoln, Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise ( October 16 1854)

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I’m Not the Kind of Father

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

I’m Not the Kind of Fatherby Michael DoyleI’m not the kind of fatherWho can spend a lot of moneyHowever much I love my daughtersMy ex thinks this is funnyShe complains about the money she spendsDespite the child support givenAnd I … Continue reading →

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First Principles: As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Person Sharpens Another

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27: 17

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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice, and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous and Mistaken Policy

Posted on March 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suitedto the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and … Continue reading →

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