Tag Archives: Circumstances

On Hearing Without Listening

Posted on May 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Hearing Without Listening: In the modern age, we are constantly in a state of ‘hearing’. The best adapted of us have learned to listen to what is important and tune out the rest of the aural bombardment we live in. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Happily For Mankind, Liberty Is not…Confined…But Lies Within Extremes, Which Afford Sufficient Latitude For All the Variations Which May Be Required

Posted on April 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Happily for mankind, liberty is not, in this respect, confined to any single point of time, but lies within extremes, which afford sufficient latitude for all the variations which may be required by the various situations and circumstances of civil … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Circumstances, Civil Society, First Principles, Happily, James Madison, Liberty, Lies Within Extremes, Mankind, Required, Single Point of Time, Sufficient Latitude, Variations, Various Situations | Leave a comment

First Principles: Never Suppose That In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing, However Slightly So It May Appear To You

Posted on December 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Appear, Best, Circumstances, Dishonorable, Earth, Fame, First Principles, Immoral Act, Money, Science, Situation, Slightly, Suppose, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The People Who Get On In This World Are the People Who Get Up and Look For the Circumstances They Want and If They Can’t find them, Make Them

Posted on July 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blame, Can't Find Them, Circumstances, Don't Believe, George Bernard Shaw, Get On In This World, Get Up, Look For, Make Them, People, Their Circumstances, They Want, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

A Twinge of the Mundane

Posted on July 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing series on seeing the world through a photographer’s eyes, we look at the question as to what is to be done about the mundane… A Twinge of the Mundane by Michael Doyle Seeing the mundane into extraordinary … Continue reading →

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On Attempting To Be A Good Father

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As Father’s Day approaches, I am thinking a lot on what it means to be a father to my two daughters. I am woefully aware that as they approach their teenage years, there are things I might have said and … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Parents Have A Duty To Maintain Children Decently In Accordance With Their Circumstances

Posted on August 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Children, Circumstances, Duty, Educate, First Principles, James Wilson, Maintain, Parents, Protect | Leave a comment

Chance Encounter

Posted on June 23, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

For most of us, it seems from time to time that life is often a string of circumstances in which we try our best to make sense of it all… Chance Encounter by Michael Romani Like anonymous walls Meeting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibis, Alienation, Alone, Association, Blue Dollar, Chance, Circumstances, Connection, Encounter, Gap, Heart, Life, Love, Mourn, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Resonance, Scars, Squalor, Stars, Stumble, Telephone, Together, Wall | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Words Are Skins of Living Thoughts Subject To Change

Posted on April 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.” – Oliver Wendell … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Circumstances, Living Thought, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Skin, Thought For the Day, Time, Transparent, Unchanged, Usage, Vary, Word | Leave a comment

Rules of Femininity

Posted on January 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Rules of Femininity by Michael There is something best told Directly and with complete clarity Of how the unspoken happens and unfolds With greatest inadvertent transparency That femininity has its own set of rules That which they don’t teach at … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Circumstances, Clarity, Empower, Femininity, Gratitude, Helplessness, Observations, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Princes, Princesses, Rules, Towers, Transparency, Violated | Leave a comment