Monthly Archives: October 2025

Happy Halloween 2025!

Happiest of Halloweens to everyone from Aloha Promises Forever!! I hope your tricks are all happy and filled with joy, and that your treats are pleasing yet somehow healthy(..ier??)!! Turns out that added sugar can do a number on your … Continue reading

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First Principles: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship With All Nations; Entangling Alliances With None

“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: A Thing of Beauty Is A Joy Forever, Its Loveliness Increases; It Will Never Pass Into Nothingness

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” – John Keats

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It Feasts On Fear

It Feasts On Fearby Michael DoyleI.Watch for signs of corruption in the morning,In all the troubles that come without warning.American Sign Language signals the meaningOf all the challenges for us human beings.Small towns brush life with their mercy,Sipping whiskey from … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Only Sure Way To Avoid Making Mistakes Is To Have No New Ideas

“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.” – Albert Einstein

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First Principles: One Useless Man Is A Shame, Two Is A Law Firm, and Three Is A Congress

“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.” – John Adams

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It’s A Wonderful Wonder

It’s A Wonderful Wonderby Michael DoyleThe works at God’s handsAre a wonder to understand.I worship all that the Lord has made,And my love for this will never fade.It’s a wonderful wonderFilled with love and grace.There is no unforgiven blunder,Just an … Continue reading

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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Discusses My Art and Pretends To Understand, As If It Were Necessary To Understand, When It is Simply Necessary To Love

“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” – Claude Monet

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Promises Made

Promises Madeby Michael DoyleI remember the fateful dayThat I finally decidedTo embrace your heavenly waysAs God, you confronted me, and providedThe answers to all of my doubt.I dove under the murky water,But you eased my way out.I give my promise … Continue reading

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