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Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
Saltwater Traces
Saltwater Tracesby Michael DoyleLooking out from the edge of the ocean’s shoreThere is a vast expanse we’ve yet to exploreWe know so little about our Mother OceanAnd yet, fools like me are filled with devotionLimited as we are by human … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptized, Beginning, Begins, Blood, Board, Breadth, Brutality, Calm, Colors and Emotions, Dance, Devotion, Dip, Edge, Emotion, Ending, Eternity, Explore, Fascination, Feelings, Fools Like Me, Gaze, Graves, Hair, Human Contemplation, Human Perceptions, Humble, Immortality, Know, Length, Life, Limited, Majesty, Mankind, Measure, Moment, Mother Ocean, Ocean, Patches, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pounding Waves, Reflective, Reminder, Repeitition, Salt, Saltwater Traces, Sands, Scale, Sea, Shadow, Shallows, Shore, Strength, Sunlight, Sweat, Tears, Time and Space, Toes, Touch, Vast Expanse, Winds, Windswept, Years
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Royal Road To Learning; No Short Cut To the Acquirement of Any Art
“There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.” – Anthony Trollope
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Tagged Acquirement, Anthony Trollope, Art, Learning, Royal Road, Short Cut, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: No Nation Could Preserve Its Freedom In the Midst of Continual Warfare
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare” – James Madison.
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Tagged Continual Warfare, First Principles, Freedom, James Madison, Midst, No Nation, Preserve
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First Principles: Happiness Depends More Upon the Internal Frame of A Person’s Own Mind Than On the Externals In the World
“Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind than on the externals in the world.” – George Washington
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Tagged Depend, Externals, First Principles, George Washington, Happiness, Internal Frame, Mind, Person, World
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Thought For the Day: This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True, and It Must Follow, As the Night the Day, Thou Canst Not Then Be False To Any Man
“This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (23 Apr 1564-1616)
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Tagged Above All, Any Man, Day, False, Follow, Night, Self, Thought For the Day, True, William Shakespeare
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However Hard
However Hardby Michael DoyleHowever Hard the wind blewWe knew we’d make it throughHe who wears the victor’s crownWould never let us drownWith our strength of willWe depend on Him, and stillGod will allow to prevailOur faith is shown in our … Continue reading
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Tagged Busy Days, Community, Course, Crowd, Depend, Drown, Dust, Faith, God, God's Family, God's Gift, God's Ways, Good, Hands, Hard, Him, In the End, Make It Through, Matter, Mix, One Another, Poetry and Poem, Prevail, Shatter, Strength of Will, Strong, Tale, Understood, Victor's Crown, Ways
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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence
“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Careful, Exclude, First Principles, Foreign Influence, Grecian Horse, Influence, Republic, True
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Thought For the Day: Reason Often Makes Mistakes, But Conscience Never Does
“Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does”. -Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (21 Apr 1818-1885)
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Tagged Conscience, Josh Billings, Mistake, Never, Often, Reason, Thought For the Day
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To Keep A Godly Heart
To Keep A Godly Heartby Michael DoyleOn most days, I set God-sized goalsDoing my best to grow my stubborn soulLiving large to fill envisioned shoesAll my prayers have surely paid their duesI know my sins nailed Jesus to the crossWho … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspire, Bible, Christianity, Cross, Dsicern, Dues, Embrace, Faith, Footing, God, Godly Heart, In the Spirit, Jesus, Keep, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Sins, Son of Thunder, Stubborn Soul, Surfer, The Bible, Victory, Vision
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 