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About alohapromisesforever

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

Imagine Love, Live Love

Imagine Love, Live Loveby Michael DoyleImagine all love if you wouldAll His Love, if you only couldImagine if you can Heaven’s placeWhere God’s kingdom, we could embraceParables are stories with heavenly meaningTo learn kernels of truth for every human beingWhere … Continue reading →

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Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty, – That Is All

“Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all. “ – John Keats, Ode On A Grecian Urn (1819)

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First Principles: Jesus Saith Unto Him, “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; No Man Cometh Unto the Father, But By Me

“Jesus saith unto him, ‘I am the way the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me’”. – John 14:6

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A Ghost Ship Seen

A Ghost Ship Seenby Michael DoyleIThe mind can be deeper than an oceanWhen it comes to being lost inside emotionIn these fears of being left behindSome place deep within a wounded mindMorphic in its senseless sensationsWhere security clings for its … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed To It

“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To Be A Socialist Is To Submit The I To the Thou; Socialism Is Sacrificing the Individual To the Whole

“To be a socialist is to submit the I to the thou; socialism is sacrificing the individual to the whole.” – Joseph Goebbels

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Mountain Top Revelations

Mountain Top Revelationsby Michael DoyleUnknown mountain tops to exploreIs an answer and a prayer for the moreThat comes from a world knowing lessIs actually more, the function search of a guessAs if there is still a peak yet to existIt … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Bosom of America Is Open To Receive Not Only the Opulent and Respectable Stranger, But the Oppressed and Persecuted

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted … if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.” – George Washington (1783)

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Thought For the Day: The Lights of Stars That Were Extinguished Ages Ago Still Reach Us

“The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.” – Kahlil Gibran, poet and artist (6 Jan … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Four…Stumbling Blocks In the Way of …Truth,…Weak and Unworthy Authority, Longstanding Custom, the…Ignorant Crowd, and the Hiding of Our Own Ignorance

“There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy … Continue reading →

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