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

First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

Posted on April 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795)

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Thought For the Day: Our Chief Want In Life Is Somebody Who Shall Make Us Do What We Can

Posted on April 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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Visceral Causes

Posted on April 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien. Visceral Causesby Michael DoyleThe visceral causes bits of reactionConnected to the phobias with distinctionA baby born with a visual screamBirthing the nightmare, where might have been … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It

Posted on April 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

Posted on April 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825

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Voices Speak

Posted on April 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Voices Speakby Michael DoyleVoices speak over one another requiring choiceWhere should we focus with more than one voiceIt’s wholly revolutionary moving past the situationWith disgruntled perspectives knowing absorptionThe simple man always wants to speak the truthBut so few have listened … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absorption, Alien, Awaken, Choice, Complexity, Creep, Cup, Danger, Devil Inside, Devil's Brew, Devour, Dinner Table, Focus, Intestinal Stew, Light, Listen, Night, Oppressive Days, Paths, Patriarchal, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Revolution, Scene, Simple Man, Situation, Social Anxiety, Speak, Truth, Unconscious, Voices, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Act That Your Principle of Action Might Safely Be Made A Law For the Whole World

Posted on April 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.” -Immanuel Kant, philosopher (21 Apr 1724-1804)

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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable

Posted on April 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable.” – James Madison (1788)

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Self-Stirred To Capability

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Self-Stirred To Capabilityby Michael DoyleStepping up to live and serveI walk in more blessings than I deserveIn this faith, I grow and growLiving more love than I might knowGuilt and innocence is our cultureLitigious in nature is what we nurtureCaught … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundance, Accounability, Answer, Artistry of God, Authenticity, Awarness, Best, Best Answers, Better, Blame, Blessings, Breath, Capability, Casting Blame, Chaos, Choices, Coached and Nurtured, Conceive, Confide, Confidence, Connection, Core, Culture, Cure, Dare, Disease, Distrubring, Due, Dynamic, Earth, Ease, Endure, Every Setting, Expression, Faith, Fate, Father's Kingdom, Feedback, Fierce Listener, Final Destination, Flow, Forgive, Four-Letter Word, Frame, Freedom, God, God's Love, Healthy, Hearts, Help, Humble, Image of God, Integrity, Interpersonal, Iron, Justification, Learning to Live, Legacy, Life, Life's Game, Listen, Litigious, Live Up, Lived Gently, Love, Make, Man's Search For Meaning, Measure, Ownership, Part-By-Part, Particpation, Path, Patience, Pause, Perceive, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Predictable, Probabilities, Pushing Through, Rationalization, Real-Time, Reconcile, Redemptive View, Reflection, Relationship, Rescue, Respond, Responsibility, Roll, Rusted Triangle, Self-Stireed, Sense, Shades of Blame, Shame, Sharpen, Side-By-Side, Societal Cancer, Spent, Stepping Up, Substantive, Take, Time, Triggered by, Troubles, Trust, Truth, Victim, Villain, Violation, Voices, Weight | Leave a comment

First Principles: As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Person Sharpens Another

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27: 17

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

Thought For the Day: Our Chief Want In Life Is Somebody Who Shall Make Us Do What We Can

Visceral Causes

Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It

First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

Thought For the Day: Act That Your Principle of Action Might Safely Be Made A Law For the Whole World

First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable

Self-Stirred To Capability

First Principles: As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Person Sharpens Another

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