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Thought For the Day: Life Is Like A Library By An Author. In It Are A Few Books Which He Wrote Himself, But Most of Them Were Written For Him

Posted on May 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is like a library owned by an author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick, preacher and author (24 May 1878-1969)

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Writing Our Own Stories

Posted on March 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Fight Your Superficiality, Your Shallowness, So As To Try To Come At People Without Unreal Expectations, Without An Overload of Bias or Hope or Arrogance

Posted on March 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You fight your superficiality, your shallowness, so as to try to come at people without unreal expectations, without an overload of bias or hope or arrogance, as untanklike as you can be, sans cannon and machine guns and steel plating … Continue reading →

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Surrendered To the Knife

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrendered To the Knifeby Michael DoyleOnce you’ve surrendered to the knifeYour silent pleas won’t save your lifeThis, then, is the solemn price paidFor the best-laid plans never madeThis is what it is to be done with mankindTo take the bitter … Continue reading →

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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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Thought For the Day: You Think Your Pains and Heartbreaks Are Unprecedented In the History of the World, But Then You Read

Posted on August 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is No Remedy So Easy As Books, Which If They Do Give Cheerfulness, At Least Restore Quiet To the Most Troubled Mind

Posted on May 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, author (26 May 1689-1762)

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Thought For the Day: The Walls of Books Around Me, Dense With the Past, Formed A Kind of Insulation Against the Present World and Its Disasters

Posted on December 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” – Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983)

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Thought For the Day: Some Books Are To Be Tasted, Others To Be Swallowed, and Some Few To Be Chewed and Digested

Posted on October 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”-Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)

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Thought For the Day: The Problem In Our Country Isn’t With Books Being Banned, But With People No Longer Reading

Posted on August 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. … You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (22 … Continue reading →

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