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First Principles: No Experiment Can Be More Interesting Than…That Man May Be Governed By Reason and Truth

Posted on May 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be, to leave open … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions; Watch Your Actions, They Become Habits

Posted on April 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw, paraphrasing a 19th Century English … Continue reading →

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Every Day With You

Posted on September 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Every Day With Youby Michael DoyleIn every way, people try to push apartIn all the ways that break our heartsIt’s one in a million who stay the courseInstead of changing out that tired horseToo many dreams they just fall apartIn … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Person May Cause Evil To Others Not Only By His Actions But By His Inaction

Posted on August 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” -John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (1806-1873)

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A Cry for Uvalde

Posted on May 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Cry for Uvaldeby Michael DoyleSomewhere beyond a world of feelingIs the way of knowing healingThese are the times for being an exampleThe differences made will be ampleFighting not with fists but with prayerPeeling back the onion of life, layer … Continue reading →

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Looking For Words

Posted on May 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Looking For Wordsby Michael DoyleI see you looking for wordsBut more than the wordsYou want to read the actionsThat bleed like a rose with satisfactionMaking a difference, plain to seeTo live, love, and dream is to beOne with this universal … Continue reading →

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The Geometry of Divine Form

Posted on January 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Geometry of Divine Formby Michael DoyleEveryone it seems makes their mistakesBut is is the what we do with the heartbreaksThat makes all of the most meaningful differenceA life well lived holds this with reverenceSuch is the same even of … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Just Be You

Posted on January 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t You Just Be Youby Michael DoyleFaith forms logic and actionsSometimes it’s less easy with life’s distractionsDoing what we really want and needLooking at the fine print we must readSeek instead to always be your bestIt’s just reality and not … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Let Us Not Love With Words or Speech But With Actions and In Truth

Posted on November 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18

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First Principles: We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer or Die… Let Us Therefore Rely Upon the Goodness of the Cause, and the Aid of the Supreme Being, In Whose Hands Victory Is

Posted on November 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die. … Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and … Continue reading →

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