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About alohapromisesforever

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

First Principles: Never Abandon Your Vision. Keep Reaching To Further Your Dreams

“Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.” – Benjamin Banneker

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Thought For the Day: Of All the Frictional Resistances, the One that Most Retards Human Movement Is Ignorance

“Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance.” – Nikola Tesla

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To Our Feet

To Our Feetby Michael DoyleWe stand to our feetHanding Satan his defeatSinging our redemptionRising up in contemplationAs we think of our freedomHere in the Lord’s kingdomWe find the Lord in praiseSinging throughout our daysWe have defeated the graveThrough the power … Continue reading

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First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt

“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)

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Thought For the Day: A Happy Marriage Is the Union of Two Good Forgivers

‘A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Robert Quillen, journalist and cartoonist (25 Mar 1887-1948) There appears to be more than one person claiming to be the origin of this quote but Good Reads attributes this … Continue reading

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Crossing Palms On Purim

Crossing Palms On Purimby Michael DoyleThis blessed day of Purim is also Palm SundayOffering mercy and majesty in God’s own wayA reversal of fortune arises by way of definitionIn how Esther was able to avoid the annihilationOf God’s people on … Continue reading

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First Principles: Be Joyful In Hope, Patient In Affliction, Faithful In Prayer

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” – Romans 12:12

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Thought For the Day: Simplicity of Life, Even the Barest, Is Not A Misery, But the Very Foundation of Refinement

“Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.” – William Morris, designer, poet, and novelist (24 Mar 1834-1896)

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First Principles: We Can Easily Forgive A Child Who Is Afraid of the Dark; the Real Tragedy Is When Men Are Afraid of the Light

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato

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Thought For the Day: Science Gives Us Knowledge, But Only Philosophy Can Give Us Wisdom

“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”– Will Durant

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