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About alohapromisesforever

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

To Be Understood

To Be Understoodby Michael DoyleWe get carried away by the moonlightForgetting ourselves in the hope of getting it rightThe garden walls throw off our shadowsIn hopes for what we do not truly knowIn all this world’s flight or fight distractionIt … Continue reading

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First Principles: Tyrants Accomplish Their Purposes Without Resistance, Is, By Disarming the People, and Making It An Offense To Keep Arms

“One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep arms.” – Justice Joseph Story

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Thought For the Day: It Takes A Lot of Time To Be A Genius, You Have To Sit Around So Much Doing Nothing, Really Doing Nothing

“It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.” – Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet, and playwright (3 Feb 1874-1946)

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Rumor Is…

Rumor Is…by Michael DoyleRumor is that happinessIs not a preconceived moment of blissBut a journey through the yearsTaken awhile with all of your peersWho feel as though they’ve lived theirs rightWhile yours has been a constant fightFaceless and somehow namelessThey … Continue reading

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First Principles: What Lies Behind Us and What Lies Before Us As Are Tiny Matters Compared To What Lies Within Us

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Quietly Endure, Silently Suffer and Patiently Wait

“Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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Under the Banner of God

Under the Banner of Godby Michael DoyleSolid in the righteousness of divinityThe Bible spells out God’s theologyIt is rooted in its stubborn convictionOf which there is no better indicationThan the truth that is vividly toldAs God’s glorious story openly unfoldsThere … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Best Way To Renew Thought Is To Outside the Human Imagination

“The best way to renew thought is to go outside the human imagination.” —Bernard Werber

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First Principles: Do Not Conform To the Pattern of This World, But Be Transformed By the Renewing of Your Mind

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” – Romans 12:2

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In This House of Worship

In This House of Worshipby Michael DoyleIn this house of worshipWe praise the relationshipHere as we begin our healingWrapped within the Word revealingThe miracles come at an outpourAnd we know there will be moreComing alive with Jesus’s loveWe follow the … Continue reading

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