Tag Archives: People

Facing Fear Toward Tomorrow

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A review of race history in America is a mix of hope and of fear; rights and wrongs; in short and in truth a mixed story. Today, we confront that which was wrong. Still, we should do so not in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor

Posted on June 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Canker, Constitution, Degenarcy, Eat, First Prinicples, Heart, Laws, manners, People, Preserve, Republic, Spirit, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Has Been the Great Tragedy of Our Time That People Were Taught To Read and Not Taught To Reason

Posted on June 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It has been the great tragedy of our time that people were taught to read and not taught to reason.” – G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged G.K. Chesterton, Great, Our Time, People, Read, Reason, Taught, Thought For the Day, Tragedy | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is Necessary To Have the Principles of Virtue Early Inculcated On the Minds of Children and Morality Kept Alive

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Since private and publick Vices, are in Reality, though not always apparently, so nearly connected, of how much Importance, how necessary is it, that the utmost Pains be taken by the Publick, to have the Principles of Virtue early inculcated … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alie, Children, Connected, Diffuse, Encourage, First Principles, Government, Inculcated, Knowledge, Liberties, Minds, Moral Sense, People, Preserve, Principles, Private, Public, Samuel Adams, Surrender, Vices, Virtues, Wise Institutions | Leave a comment

Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I heard an interesting global reading of Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. From this contrasted with the pandemic lockdown came: Sailing An Impersonal Apocalypse by Michael Doyle As is the way of many a hero’s journey Enduring the … Continue reading →

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A Cowboy Slips Into Easy

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some of my heroes have been cowboys. At least one of them was a cowgirl. My sister. She’s likely riding the North Back 40 in heaven now looking down on us all and encouraging us to ride through this storm … Continue reading →

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A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty

Posted on May 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: On Each Part of the Human Race Is Laid the Duty To Keep Alight Its Own Lamp of Mind As Its Part In the Illumination of the World

Posted on May 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of the world. To break the lamp of any people is to deprive it of its rightful place in … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Have To Move Forward and Get People Back To Some Sense of Normalcy

Posted on April 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We don’t have a choice. We have to move forward and get people back to some sense of normalcy.” – Dan Crenshaw To live in fear, boxed in without hope, without pursuing our dreams and loves and all the goodness … Continue reading →

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To Become A Knight

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

To be a knight is to be a servant for the country and its people. To Become A Knight by Michael Doyle The darkness is coming There’s no use in running Ruthlessly conquering as it comes It brings us to … Continue reading →

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