Tag Archives: If

Thought For the Day: We Didn’t Love Freedom Enough. And Even More – We Had No Awareness of the Real Situation…We Purely and Simply Deserved Everything That Happened Afterward

Posted on January 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more — we had no awareness of the real situation… We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” – Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

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Thought For the Day: If the Doors of Perception Were Cleansed Everything Would Appear To Man As It Is, Infinite

Posted on November 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827)

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Pandemic 2020

Posted on March 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The days are dark but we will get through this. Pandemic 2020 by Michael Doyle Mass graves mark the passing through Of the last major outbreak of flu There are not moments relegated to history But a devastating part of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If You Would Be Loved, Love and Be Loveable

Posted on February 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Resolution One: I Will Live For God. Resolution Two: If No One Else Does, I Still Will

Posted on December 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.” – Jonathan Edwards

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First Principles: If Truth Be Not Diffused, Error Will Be

Posted on September 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If truth be not diffused, error will be.” – Daniel Webster

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Thought For the Day: If You Live To Be A Hundred, I Want To Live To Be A Hundred Minus One Day

Posted on August 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne

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First Principles: If There Must Be Trouble, Let It Be In My Day, That My Child May Have Peace

Posted on May 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine

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If We Would Wish To Heal

Posted on April 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Playing a bit of catch up from yesterday in that my life changed dramatically and not for the better, I am combining the sixth day of Na/GloPoWriMo’s goal of a poem about if and the woulds, coulds, and shoulds of … Continue reading →

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