ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

Thought For the Day: I Hope That In This Year To Come, You Make Mistakes

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” – Neil Gaiman

Thought For the Day: Tomorrow Is the First Blank Page of A 365-Page Book. Write A Good One.

“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” – Brad Paisley

First Principles: Write It On Your Heart That Every Day Is the Best Day In the Year

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought For the Day: Art Should Be Like A Holiday: Something To Give A Man the Opportunity To See Things Differently and To Change His Point of View

“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee, painter (18 Dec 1879-1940)

First Principles: We Should Never Despair, Our Situation Before Has Been Unpromising and Has Changed For the Better, So I trust, It Will Again

“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.” – George Washington

Thought For the Day: Anyone Can Be Passionate, But It Takes Real Lovers To Be Silly

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” – Rose Franken, author and playwright (28 Dec 1895-1988)

First Principles: Where the Press Is Free and Every Man Able To Read, All Is Safe

“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.” – Thomas Jefferson, to Charles Yancey (1816)

The Times We’re Living Through

The Times We're Living Through
by Michael Doyle

The times we're living through are not permanent
Still, I need you to this solid sentiment
As a Christian, it is okay to grieve and lament
In these days, this is a place that has become intimate

Sometimes it seems that God is
The only one that we know is there
As we cry out, knowing that God is
Our Father and protector from fear

We feel it is as we cry out in song
Knowing that at least there's one place we belong
God is there in our darkest contemplation
Holding out His blessed hand of redemption

Taking our time to know and feel our pain
Holding as strong as we can against the strain
God listens with loving, patient ears
As we feel our way through all of our tears

Trusting in God, despite the world's false narrative
Staking that claim in the simple declarative
He has a bigger plan in His semi-hidden upper story
Ours is but to live out our days to His glory

Though some nights we toss and know no rest
We must have faith that we are indeed blessed
Even King David cried out to the Lord in his pain
And we know now that it was not and is not in vain

It is righteous to live in our honesty
Staying true to all nuances of integrity
God loves us quite compassionately
Embracing each of us as part of His beloved family

(c) December 28, 2020  Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

Thought For the Day: If We Would Have New Knowledge, We Must Get Us A Whole World of New Questions

“If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions.” -Susanne Langer, philosopher (20 Dec 1895-1985)

First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Common Good; For the Protections, Safety, Prosperity and Happiness of the People; and Not for Profit, Honor or Private Interest of Any One Man, Family or Class of Men

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams