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About alohapromisesforever

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

First Principles: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit

Posted on June 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

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Rated Pain

Posted on June 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Rated Painby Michael DoyleSitting here tonight after the injuryI know that it won’t require surgeryBut all the same, I don’t like the painYet, asking me to rate it feels insaneThe trouble is as I stumbled and talkedIs that the path … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ache, Bad Choice, Bones, Break, Broke, Choices, Complicated, Crumble, Definitive, Experiences, Fall In, Foot, Goal, Human Being, Hydrea, Individual, Infinitive, Injury, Insane, Life's Choices, Limestone, Lucky, Meaning, Measure, Opioids, Pain, Path, Poetry and Poems, Rating, River, Scale, Sedated, Squirrely, Stumble, Surgery, Talk, Tears, Three Weeks, Trouble, Tumble, Voice, Walk | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It’s Like, At the End, There’s This Surprise Quiz: Am I Proud of Me? I Gave My Life To Become the Person I Am Right Now. Was It Worth What I Paid?

Posted on June 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s like, at the end, there’s this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?” – Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)”

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged At the End, Life, Me, Paid, Person, Proud, Richard Bach, Right Now, Surprise Quiz, Thought For the Day, Worth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Never Suppose In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing

Posted on June 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Appear, Circumstance, Dishonorable, Earth, Fame, First Principles, Immoral Act, Money, Science, Situation, Slight, Suppose, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Like A River Overflowing

Posted on June 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A River Overflowingby Michael DoyleLike a river overflowingMy soul is always growingListen carefully to the Holy SpiritIf you listen close, you will hear itProclaiming the Lord’s blessingThere’s no need for guessingGod is present in our blissIn our joy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bliss, Breath, Bring, Close, Comes My Way, Done, Every Breath, Every Day, Everything, God, Good Things, Goodness, Goodness of God, Grow, Guess, Happiness, Hear It, Holy Spirit, Joy, Laughter, Listen, Lord's Blessing, Love, Make, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Proclaiming, Promises, Remain, River, Sing, Soul, Tak, The Father, The Son | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Our Nation Is Being Led Astray By Ungodly Judges, Mayors, and Governors, Who Are Given To Change, Defying the Constitution

Posted on June 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.” – David Wilkerson

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Astray, Change, Constitution, David Wilkerson, Governors, Judges, Mayors, Our Nation, Thought For the Day, Ungodly, Wicked Agendas | Leave a comment

First Principles: Blessed Is the Nation Whose God Is the Lord; and the People Whom He Hath Chosen For His Own Inheritance

Posted on June 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” – Psalms 33:12

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Blessed, Chosen, First Principles, God, Inheritance, Lord, Nation, Psalms 33: 12 (NIV), The People | 1 Comment

Flip Flops and Cold Drinks

Posted on June 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Flip Flops and Cold Drinksby Michael DoyleFlip flops and cold drinksCan only be borne of summer daysThis season makes you thinkOf stolen pleasures in so many waysMy favorite flavor, cherry redWas kissable from her lipsSo went the thoughts in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baseball, Borne, Cherry Red, Cold Brunch, Cold Drinks, Dock, Eyes, Fantatsy, Favorite Flavor, Flip Flops, Hands, Happen, Head, Hips, honeyed necatar, Keeps, Kiss, Kissable, Linger, Lips, Love, Magic, Metaphor, Microcosm, Mind, Miss, Mystery, Optimism, Personal History, Poetry and Poems, Season, Smile, Stay, Stolen Pleasures, Summer Days, Summer Girl, Summer Heat, Summer Months, Think, Thoughts, Time Thief, Today, Trace, Ways, Wise | Leave a comment

First Principles: Truth Is Ever To Be Found In the Simplicity, and Not In the Multiplicity and Confusion of Things

Posted on June 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton

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Thought For the Day: Truth Is So Obscure In These Times, and Falsehood So Established, That, Unless We Love the Truth, We Cannot Know It

Posted on June 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” – Blaise Pascal

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blaise Pascal, Established, Falsehood, Know, Love, Obscure, Thought For the Day, Times, Truth | 1 Comment

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First Principles: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit

Rated Pain

Thought For the Day: It’s Like, At the End, There’s This Surprise Quiz: Am I Proud of Me? I Gave My Life To Become the Person I Am Right Now. Was It Worth What I Paid?

First Principles: Never Suppose In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing

Like A River Overflowing

Thought For the Day: Our Nation Is Being Led Astray By Ungodly Judges, Mayors, and Governors, Who Are Given To Change, Defying the Constitution

First Principles: Blessed Is the Nation Whose God Is the Lord; and the People Whom He Hath Chosen For His Own Inheritance

Flip Flops and Cold Drinks

First Principles: Truth Is Ever To Be Found In the Simplicity, and Not In the Multiplicity and Confusion of Things

Thought For the Day: Truth Is So Obscure In These Times, and Falsehood So Established, That, Unless We Love the Truth, We Cannot Know It

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