Tag Archives: Self

First Principles: It Is By Grace You Have Been Saved, Through Faith – and This Is Not From Yourselves, It Is the Gift of God – Not By Works, So That No One Can Boast

Posted on August 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

” For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9

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Autarkeia

Posted on August 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Autarkeiaby Michael DoyleIn these days of enhanced pushes for creativityWe slip and slide in our moral relativityGetting dazed and pushed by sex and violenceWe confuse this with mistaken social turbulenceYesterday’s logic is puzzled by the push and pullOf opinions and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Many A Book Is Like A Key To Unknown Chambers Within the Castle of One’s Own Self

Posted on July 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” – Franz Kafka

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First Principles: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself and Your Country More Than Yourself

Posted on June 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

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Thought For the Day: This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True, and It Must Follow, As the Night the Day, Thou Canst Not Then Be False To Any Man

Posted on April 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (23 Apr 1564-1616)

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Thought For the Day: Everything Considered, Work Is Less Boring Than Amusing Oneself

Posted on April 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. “– Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic, and translator (9 Apr 1821-1867)

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Happy Death Day!

Posted on March 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Death Day!by Michael DoyleSplitting hangover starts the dayAgain and again in instant replayYou’re certain you have been here beforeFrom what’s seen, you don’t need thinking any moreDespite appearances, you won’t feel better tomorrowYour two choices are either fear or … Continue reading →

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Against All Hope

Posted on February 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Against All Hopeby Michael DoyleAll alone, by myselfI searched on the shelfFor the words to knowJust how I might growTo start over in this testTo come through with the restIn a crash of my identityI lived my life renewing sincerityThere … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Self-Conquest Is the Greatest of Victories. Mighty Is He Who Conquers Himself

Posted on January 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.” – Bruce Lee

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Thought For the Day: Becoming A Star May Not Be Your Destiny, But Being the Best You Can Be Is A Goal That You Can Set For Yourself

Posted on December 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best you can be is a goal that you can set for yourself.” – Brian Lindsay

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