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Dropping the Label

Posted on June 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dropping the Labelby Michael DoyleIn every moment, any given momentCan become the truth of a holy momentGod is with us wherever we areWhether in a building or under starsLife may not be fair, but God is faithfulBringing to our lives … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty

Posted on June 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)

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First Principles: Hard Words Are Very Rarely Useful. Real Firmness Is Good For Everything. Strut Is Good for Nothing.

Posted on May 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.” – Alexander Hamilton

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Thought For the Day: One Day Work Is Hard, and Another Day It Is Easy; But If I Had Waited For Inspiration I Am Afraid I Should Have Done Nothing

Posted on May 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Until the Sky Cracks

Posted on April 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Until the Sky Cracksby Michael DoyleI get the factThat it’s not an actWhile the sun still glowsYour pessimism growsUntil the sky cracksAlong the back tracksThat play like yesterdayAnd its charades along the wayIt sounds like somethingWe had decided was nothingBrought … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Back Track, Better, Bone, Can't Know, Charades, Cling, Cracks, Dog, Fact, Fear, Glows, Gone, Grows, Know, Left It Alone, Let It Go, Melancholy, Nothing, Passive Aggressive, Pessimism, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Sky, Something, Sun, There, Think, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Important To View Knowledge As A Sort of A Semantic Tree – Make Sure You Understand the Fundamental Principles…Before You Get Into the Leaves/Details

Posted on April 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree — make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nothing Could Be More Ill-Judged Than That Intolerant Spirit, Which Has, At All Times, Characterized Political Parties

Posted on March 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives, not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well upon those who support as upon those who oppose the right side of a question. Were there not even … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Unless Someone Like You Cares A Whole Awful Lot, Nothing Is Going To Get Better. It’s Not

Posted on March 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (2 Mar 1904-1991)

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We’ll Burn Our Memory

Posted on February 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

We’ll Burn Our Memoryby Michael DoyleThere is nothing more humanThen knowing that you are brokenAs time slips by as it canAnd words meander or are unspokenTime is fleeting and not to squanderLet me entreat you to spend yours wellThere are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For Evil To Triumph Is For Good Men To Do Nothing

Posted on January 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke

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