Tag Archives: Past

First Principles: It Is Not Easy To Be Wise For All Times. Not Even For the Present ; Much Less For the Future: and Those Who Judge the Past Must Recollect That When It Was Present, the Present Was Future

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not easy to be wise for all Times. Not even for the present; much less for the future: and those who judge of the past must recollect that when it was present, the present was future.” – Gouverneur … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is the Happy Memories of the Past, the Joyful Moments of the Present, and the Hope and Promise of the Future

Posted on December 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Bruce Barton (Imagine the joy in having two daughters with different interests and beautiful hearts.)

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First Principles: Language Is the Armory of the Human Mind, and At Once Contains the Trophies of Its Past and the Weapons of Its Future Conquests

Posted on December 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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To Make A Man Invincible

Posted on November 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Make A Man Invincibleby Michael DoyleYou know that a moon full of madnessAnd a heart filled with sadnessAin’t never done any man no goodFrom that gun in your handIt seems you just might understandYour eyes say it is understoodRiding … Continue reading →

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To Preserve His Will

Posted on November 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Preserve His Willby Michael DoyleMy king is wonderfulAs merciful as He is powerfulI join the chorus to singHymns to the glory of my kingIn His glorious kingdomHe brings us liberty and freedomAs He shepherds our pathTo put the darkness … Continue reading →

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A Tale of the Floods

Posted on November 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Tale of the Floodsby Michael DoyleA backstory in humanity’s pagesTells of an advanced people of mythic agesWe study these times with optimismBelieving that humanity survived a great cataclysmThe time considered the dawn of historyIs imprecise and filled with mysteriesHuman … Continue reading →

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Wondering About My Errors

Posted on November 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Wondering About My Errorsby Michael DoyleI have been looking in the mirrorRevisiting all my errorsI have been thinking about the pastAll the beliefs that didn’t lastThe Devil visits my mindShowing ruins that I left behindBurning bridges to yesterdayIt seems so … Continue reading →

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Demons, When They’re Not Concealed

Posted on October 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Demons, When They’re Not Concealedby Michael DoyleCreatures of the night, they dareTo truly live; knowing life is rareHaving taken enough of it to knowThey are here to enjoy death’s showIt’s important to know saints have a pastAnd every sinner has … Continue reading →

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The Memory Is Bittersweet

Posted on October 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Memory Is Bittersweetby Michael DoyleI wish I could erase the darkness I have feltThat somehow, some way, I could escape the hand dealtAll the good and the bad that makes us who we areLeaves me wishing forlorn on that … Continue reading →

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Thought For Today: Most of All, Perhaps, We Need Intimate Knowledge of the Past. Not That the Past Has Any Magic About It, But Because We Cannot Study the Future

Posted on October 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that … Continue reading →

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