Tag Archives: Care

Thought For the Day: When A Poor Person Dies From Hunger…(I)t Has Happened Because Neither You Nor I Wanted To Give That Person What He Or She Needed

Posted on May 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.” – … Continue reading →

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In Processes Already Fought and Lost

Posted on May 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In Processes Already Fought and Lostby Michael DoyleThere stuck in the muddle of successionWere hints of insight from past electionsInside stories to elections that were lostStolen as it were to the People’s costFury builds to crescendo spilling into riotWhere the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bluff, Capable, Care, Circumstance, Cost, Crescendo, Critical Moment, Destruction, Elit, Fabriacation, Facts, Fate, Fine Wine, Fought, Frame, Fury, Gate, Incendiary Stuff, Infomration, Inside Stories, Investigation, Limited Abilities, Lost, Mass Media, Natural, News Hour, Page, Past Elections, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Power, Processes, Questions, Quiet, Rage, Riff Game, Riot, Shake, Slight, Stench, Sucession, Swag, Tak, Target, Temptations, Top This, True, Waltz, War, Wicked, Words | Leave a comment

Trauma and Perspective

Posted on May 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Trauma and Perspectiveby Michael DoyleIt’s a public testimony of faith in baptismWe embrace our faith with optimismAs we join hands in this great conversationWalking every step toward our destinationDoing the hard work going on in the insideThe core of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authentic, Baptism, Care, Conversation, Core, Destination, Events, Faith, Fate, Feel, Grace, Hands, Hard Work, Hid, Inside, Memories, Moment, Moments, Optimism, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Public Testimony, Real, Reflective, Regret, Secrets, Step, Story Straight, Trauma, Vulnerable, Wear | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Nuclear Family Is the Best Form of Governance Known To Mankind, Not the State

Posted on April 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The nuclear family is the best form of governance known to mankind, not the state. 25% of kids in America & over 70% of black kids don’t have a dad in the house. One of BLM’s self-stated goals was to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Best Form, Black Lives, BLM, Care, Dad, Goals, Governance, Nuclear Family, State, Tear Down, Thought For the Day, Vivek Ramaswamy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring…To Turn A Life Around

Posted on March 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government

Posted on January 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)

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First Principles: Take Care, Lest You Forget the Lord Your God By Not Keeping His Commandments and His Rules and His Statutes, Which I Command You Today

Posted on January 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today.” – Deuteronomy 8: 11

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Thought For the Day: We Are So Vain That We Even Care For the Opinion of Those We Don’t Care For

Posted on December 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.” -Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, writer (1830-1916)

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First Principles: If We Suffer Their Minds To Grovel and Creep In Infancy, They Will Grovel All Their Lives

Posted on December 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Amition, Capacity, Care, Children, Contempt of Meanness, Courage, Excel, Faculty, First Principles, Govel, Industry, Infancy, Inhumanity, Injustice, John Adams, Lives, Minds, Virtue | Leave a comment

Kalavale

Posted on December 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Kalavaleby Michael Doyle In a Finnish woodWhere life is understoodTo be a magical thingThere were songs to singAnd laughter filled the airThe night washed away careAs we looked on the beautyThere amidst the trees A different music filled the airWith … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arttist, Beat, Beauty, Care, Celebration, Colors, Dance, Dreams, Fascination, Finland, Finnish, Finnish Folk Art, Fire, Inspire, Kalavale, Laughter, Magical, Mead, Music, Night, Paint, Poetry and Poems, Pop, Romance, Satisfied, Sigh, Smoke, Songs, Stem van Helsinki, Strangers, Trance, Trees, Understood, Why, Wood | Leave a comment