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First Principles: I Have Told You These Things, So That In Me You May Have Peace. In This World You Will Have Trouble. But Take Heart. I Have Overcome the World

Posted on January 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

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Thought For the Day: Things Which Do Not Grow and Change Are Dead Things

Posted on October 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” – Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota

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Thought For the Day: Labels Are For Things Men Make, Not For Men. The Most Primitive Man Is Too Complex To Be Labeled

Posted on December 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.”- Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975

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Things of Sisterhood Observed In Nashville

Posted on October 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Things of Sisterhood Observed in Nashvilleby Michael DoyleA resplendent marble temple sits in full scaleIn Centennial Park, centering beautiful NashvilleWith Athena’s legendary wisdom in its representationAs a timely reminder of the city’s due stationBuilt in thanksgiving for this modern Athens’ … Continue reading →

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Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Elephants Mourn Their Dead (Happy the Elephant)by Michael DoyleNo freedom, no libertyNo right to fundamental dignityHappy the Elephant pays the costAnd the decision it seems is lostThere will be no sanctuaryPersonhood has been denied capacityRegardless of intelligence, elephants are thingsSubstantially … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Set Your Minds On Things Above Not On Earthly Things

Posted on February 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Set your minds on things above not on earthly things.” – Colossians 3:2

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Musing My Articulation

Posted on September 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Musing My Articulationby Michael DoyleFilled with intense moments of suspensePut aside as real and yet it’s just pretenseThere is the much to do about all these thingsMusical, be it instrumental or songs I singI approach forward in my matriculationLooking at … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Us Not Mistake Words For Things, Nor Accept Doubtful Surmises As the Evidence of Truth

Posted on August 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not mistake words for things, nor accept doubtful surmises as the evidence of truth.” – Alexander Hamilton Compromise was necessary at this juncture in American History in order to become and stay a nation. To indict all of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Was Books That Taught Me That the Things That Tormented Me Were the Very Things That Connected Me

Posted on August 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the … Continue reading →

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All Life Is Sacred

Posted on June 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Perhaps I repeat myself in saying that elevating one skin tone or sex over another is as wrong as having the first offense kept in place. Love and respect for each other is what is needed. All lives are sacred. … Continue reading →

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