Tag Archives: Primary

For the Love Of God

Posted on January 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For the Love of Godby Michael DoyleWe are offered advice every dayThere is no end to what people sayThough some things said are wiseOther things should open our eyes”For the love of God”, said in frustrationShould be redeemed without hesitationBecause … Continue reading →

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Selective Slackerism

Posted on June 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Selective Slackerismby Michael DoyleWhen every word that has been written and readAnd when every loss has been found in things saidIt comes down to something less than intellectualBetween the discipline and the passing ineffectualWins and losses are shared within life’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arbitrary, Challenges, Characteristic, Condescension, Discipline, Every Word, Fair Share, Inattention, Ineffectual, Intellectual, Loss, Mundane, Passing Regrets, Poetry and Poems, Primary, Process, Qwichanist, Satisfaction, Selective, Slackerism, Sloth, Stigma, Success, Tasks, Things Said, Wins and Losses | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abraham, Admission, Birthright, Blessings, Broken Road, Building, Caterpillar, Circles, Concession, Condition, Contention, Courage, Crises, Daybreak, Destination, Devotion, Discipline, Dropping the Label, Embrace, Eyes, Ezekiel, Face, Faith, Faithful, Family, Fights, Flow, Forget, Forgot, Forward, Fulfilled, Generations, Glory, God, God's Good Plan, Good Book, Grace, Great Nation, Heartbreaks, Hearts, Holy Perfection, Honest Story, Intention, Knights, Life, Listening, Loved and Forgiven, Metamorphosis, Metaphysical, Moment, Nothing, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Prayer, Premises, Prevail, Primary, Process, Profit, Promises, Prophecies, Purposes, Real Selves, Realize, Repentance, Revealed, Running, Situation, Solitude, Something, Spiritual, Stars, Stillness, Storm, Strife, Stubbornness, Superstar, Surrender, Truth, Twin Conceptions, Undertow, Wings, Wonderful, Wrestle | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Best Thing We Can Do With the Failures of the Past Is To Let Them Be History

Posted on January 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The best thing we can do with the failures of the past is to let them be history.”– Gary Chapman, quote from The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Acts of Service, Best Thing, Express, Failure, Feel Loved, Five Love Languages, Gary Chapman, History, Past, Physical Touch, Primary, Quality Time, Receive, Receiving Gifts, Thought For the Day, Words of Affirmation | Leave a comment

First Principles: There Are Certain Primary Truths, Or First Principles, On Which All Subsequent Reasoning Must Depend

Posted on September 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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First Principles: There Are Primary Truths, Or First Principles, On Which All Subsequent Reasoning Must Depend

Posted on January 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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Thought For the Day: Generally, Societies Flourish and Decline To the Degree These Exercise the Duties of Justice and Humanity

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity.” – William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Community, Decline, Degree, Duty, Humanity, Justice, Practice, Primary, Prosper, Thought For the Day, Truth, William Henry Seward | Leave a comment

An Elegy To Common Sense

Posted on February 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Defense of Oneself and Others Is the Primary Law Of Nature and Cannot Be Abrogated

Posted on January 19, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The defense of one’s self, justly called the primary law of nature, is not, nor can it be abrogated by any regulation of municipal law. This principle of defense is not confined merely to the person; it extends to the … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abrogate, All Other Persons In Danger, Attack, Defense, First Principles, Indvidiuals, James Monroe, James Wilson, Law of Nature, Liberty, Municipal Law, Nations, Never Ceases, Not Confined, Person, Primary, Property, Regulation, Sacred, Self | Leave a comment