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Thought For the Day: Your Eyes Saw My Substance, Being Yet Unformed. And In Your Book They All Are Written, the Days Fashioned For Me

Posted on October 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” – Psalm 139:16

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Dragged Into the Streets

Posted on May 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking a lot on education and civilization and why and how there seems to be quite a bit of confusion as to how each is allegedly to work out. Fairly serious stuff and yet how can a person not … Continue reading →

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A House Divided

Posted on March 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The worse war America has ever fought was the war against ourselves, the American Civil War. A House Divided by Michael Doyle Lincoln’s inaugural was an attempt at reconciliation The mystic chords of memory were bonds of affection The siege … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1864, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Affection, American History, Anaconda, Appomattox, Arms, Atone, Brothers, Charity, Chord, Civil War, Claim, Conciliation, Courage, Dawn, Dedicate, Depression, Disdain, Effort, Emanicipation Proclamation, Empathy, Eyes, Fold, Fort Sumter, Fortune of War, Free, General, General McClellan, Gettsyburg Address, Humanity, Humiliation, Ideals, Inaugral, Insinuation, Liberty, Linger, Malice, Memory, Mutual Respect, Nation, National, Naval Blockade, Neglect, None, North, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Proud, Provoke, Rebels, Reconciliation, Reelection, Regain, Regional, Rely, Remain, Robert E Lee, Sacred, Second Inaugural, Sentimentality, Siege, Sinner, Slavery, Slaves, South, Stack, Steadfast, Support, Textile Industry, The People, Trust, Ulysses Grant, Union, Vain, Victory, War, Winner, Won, Wounds of War | Leave a comment

Broken Sparrow Down

Posted on February 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A few couplets were spotted dancing across the page….Dedicated to those who recognize that suicide is among the top reasons for death in the United States and work so diligently to lower these numbers and give up to the tired, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Body, Borrow, Broken, Clown, Convention, Down, Dreamers, Fly, Glass, Good Intention, Happiness, Hell, Hope, Know, None, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shatter, Sparrow, Stop, Story, Suicide, Tomorrow, Top, Toss | Leave a comment

First Principles: Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None

Posted on January 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)

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First Principles: Wrong None Through Injury Or Omission of Duty

Posted on December 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” – Benjamin Franklin

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Daily Prompt – Blind

Posted on September 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There are none so fully blind As those who think they truly see Beyond the illusions of our minds Into the unfiltered and pure reality Losing those things that make up conscience As we stand here blinded by science Somehow … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Assertions, Blind, Conscience, Daily Prompt, Dogma, Filters, Free, Illusions, Key, Minds, None, Perceptions, Principles, Reality, Reliance, Science, See, Think, Truth, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It’s Better to Have Half A Loaf of Bread Than None At all

Posted on May 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There are some people who would have you so stand on principle that if you don’t get all that you’ve asked for … you jump off the cliff with the flag flying. I have always figured that a half a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Compromise, Democratic Process, Loaf, None, Principle, Ronald Reagan, Some, Thought For the Day, Uncompromising | Leave a comment