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About alohapromisesforever

Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

Holding Onto the Truth

Holding Onto the Truthby Michael DoyleToo much has been made of modern complexity,While forgetting that truth rests on simplicity.In this modern age, we circle the drainAs we swear, the easiest answers are in vain.Truth tellers don’t need to hide from … Continue reading

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First Principles: If A Republican Government Fails To Secure Public Prosperity and Happiness, It Must Be Because the Citizens Neglect the Divine Commands, and Elect Bad Men To Make and Administer the Laws

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Vibrations On the Air Are the Breath of God Speaking To Man’s Soul. Music Is the Language of God. We Musicians Are As Close To God As Man Can Be.

“The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man’s soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we … Continue reading

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It’s Only A Memory

It’s Only A Memoryby Michael DoyleCracked pictures from another time,And now somehow it feels more than sublime.Once we walked under the moon, hand in hand.Where that went is hard to understand.Is it funny how love fell into a crack?And now … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We Have Solved the Mystery of the Atom and Forgotten the Lessons of the Sermon On the Mount

“We live in a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants, in a world that has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. We have solved the mystery of the atom and forgotten the lessons of the Sermon on the … Continue reading

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First Principles: If By the Mere Force of Numbers, A Majority Should Deprive A Minority of Any Clearly Written Constitutional Right, It Might, In A Moral Point of View, Justify Revolution

“If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.”- Abraham Lincoln

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Heart Made Whole

Heart Made Wholeby Michael DoyleIn the pain of endless moments,There are times of sheer torment.The things accidentally said,These echo roundabout in my head.Worse yet are the things I’ve seen.Sights that destroy my inner being.Painful recollections from the startAre the scars … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Wherever There Is A Human Being, I See God-Given Rights Inherent In That Being, Whatever May Be the Sex Or Complexion

“Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.” – William Lloyd Garrison

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First Principles: Government Has No Right To Control Individual Liberty Beyond What Is Necessary To the Safety and Well-Being of Society

“Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the … Continue reading

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Bonhoeffer, Part 4 (Dirty Hands)

Dirty Handsby Michael DoyleThe truth speaks loudly, and sometimes too much.There is a penalty for doing such.Sometimes, the things we do break us in two.That’s not too much of a price to pay for you.So, our Lord, beloved, was there … Continue reading

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