Tag Archives: Long

First Principles: Wish Not As Much To Live Long As To Live Well

Posted on May 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Wish not as much to live long as to live well.” – Benjamin Franklin, in Poor Richards Almanack (1746)

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Remonstration

Posted on April 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The 28th Day of Na/GloPoWriMo asks for optional prompt of recalling our favorite bedrooms in the manner of our choosing. Mostly what I remember growing up shouldn’t be. Remonstration by Michael Doyle Looking back without much remonstration I recall how … Continue reading →

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Manuscripts Don’t Burn

Posted on April 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 22 of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020! The optional prompt being to use an idiomatic phrase from another language or popular in another country as a starting point. Manuscripts Don’t Burn by Michael Doyle Years ago when I was younger Words ate … Continue reading →

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Love Suffers Long

Posted on March 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Corinthians 13:4-5: Love Suffers Long by Michael Doyle The greatest thing is the truest love Not superficial love but the real love That love which God gives to us all The kind of love needed … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Laugh As Much As You Breathe and Love As Long You Live

Posted on February 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” – Johnny Depp

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Thought For the Day: When One Door Closes, Another Opens

Posted on January 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

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First Principles: An Independent Judiciary Protects the Interests of the People

Posted on December 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“So long as we may have an independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe.” – John Rutledge When the Democrats attempt to pack the USSC as with FDR and the current move in Congress, we need to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Does Not Matter How Slowly You Go As Long As You Do Not Stop

Posted on October 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius

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Happiest of Mother’s Days 2019!!

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12)

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Much To Do With Everything

Posted on April 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Day 28 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2019… and what’s the goal.. to write a poem about poetry and poets and who is this what is that and does it have any meaning or is it only seeming or.. wait.. that could be … Continue reading →

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