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About alohapromisesforever

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

Happy Father’s Day 2024!!

To all the fathers out there who realize being a daddy isn’t just to bring a child into the world. It is to raise them. It is to love them. It is to teach, clothe, and help them blossom into … Continue reading

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First Principles: What Makes You A Man Is Not the Ability To Have A Child – It’s the Courage To Raise one

“What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child – it’s the courage to raise one.” – Barak Obama

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Thought For Today: Fathering Is Not Something Perfect Men Do, But Something That Prefects the Man

“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” – Frank Pittman

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No News, Anxiety Blues

No News, Anxiety Bluesby Michael DoyleEven though they tell meThat I wear victory’s crownThey’ll never totally sell meThat I should not feel downYes, I survived and stand aliveI can’t say the same for friendsPatriotic to the point of deep diveNow, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Step In Avoiding Periodic Wars, Which Are Inevitable In A System of International Lawlessness, Is To Make Statesmen Responsible to Law

“The ultimate step in avoiding periodic wars, which are inevitable in a system of international lawlessness, is to make statesmen responsible to law. And let me make clear that while this is first applied against German aggressors, the law includes, … Continue reading

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First Principles: Let the American Youth Never Forget, That They Possess A Noble Inheritance, Bought By the Toils, and Sufferings and Blood of Their Ancestors

“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial … Continue reading

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Scargiver’s Fight

Scargiver’s Fightby Michael DoyleTo fight and then to live to fightEven while knowing we cannot winTo hold pride in the battleEven though knowing pride is a sinThis is the way of warriorsWilling to bear the costEven while knowing the truthHonor … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Clearest Way To Show What the Rule of Law Means To Us In Everyday Life Is To Recall What Happened When There Is No Rule of Law

“The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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First Principles: You Have Heard That It Was Said, ‘Love Your Neighbor and Hate Your Enemy.’ But I Tell You , Love Your Enemies and Pray For Those Who Persecute You

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.“ – Matthew 5:43-44

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Profit and Schemes

Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading

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