Tag Archives: Courage

Resting on Holy Ground

Posted on June 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Resting on Holy Groundby Michael DoyleThe best assurance that is yet to comeComes when we first step into the kingdomThe blessings will come to breakthroughMiracles are coming for those like me and youThe promises prevail as these are heaven madeWe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Assurance, Blessings, Breakthrough, Certainty, Courage, Holy Ground, Kingdom, Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Promises, Resting, Step | Leave a comment

In Remembrance of Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 2023, America, Built, Courage, Determination, Fear, Harry S. Truman, Imagination, Job At Hand, Memorial Day, Rmemebrance, Unbeatable | Leave a comment

Universal Testimony

Posted on April 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Universal Testimonyby Michael DoyleLet the record reflect without acrimonyThat words left on page leave universal testimonyTo the lives lived with delicate deliberationCausally shifting from generation to generationDaunting as seen through a faded literary lensThe words set on paper allow the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Finding the Occasional Straw of Truth Awash In A Great Ocean of Confusion and Bamboozle Requires Intelligence, Vigilance, Dedication, and Courage

Posted on January 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Carl Sagan, Courage, Dedication, Habits of Thought, Intelligence, Ocean of Confusion, Straw of Truth, Thought For the Day, Vigilance | Leave a comment

In the Focus and Calm (Are Moments of Truth)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In the Focus and Calm (Are Moments of Truth)by Michael DoyleThere in the focus and calmIs a remembrance of who you areIt comes back like a twist of balmThat you reach for, no matter how farOnce this fortress has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balm, Breach, Cage, Calm, Conspsiracy, Control, Courage, Crashing Down, Far, Focus, Fortitude, Grafitti, Help, Home, Jaded, Moments of Truth, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Questions, Remebrance, Sand, Save | Leave a comment

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 →

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Thought For the Day: I Learned That Courage Was Not the Absence of Fear, But the Triumph Over it. The Brave Man Is Not He Who Does Feel Afraid, But He Who Conquers That Fear

Posted on November 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – former South African President Nelson Mandela

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Thought For the Day: It Is Curious That Physical Courage Should Be So Common In the World and Moral Courage So Rare

Posted on September 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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We Are Who We Are

Posted on September 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

We Are Who We Areby Michael DoyleWe are who we areNot from our ancestorsBut because of who we cultivateAs our souls travel among the starsScratched and scrapped in our courageSearching for hope we might encourageTo remove the malignant tumorThat spreads … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ancestors, Company of Elves, Control, Courage, Cultivate, Darkness, Days of Battle, Encourage, Evil, Glory, Hope, Known, Met, Misfortunes, Poetry and Poems, Pursuit, Rumor, Sail, Shown, Skies, Souls, Stars, Sweet Secrets, Tales, Tumor, We, Weight, Who | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Rightness Of A Thing Isn’t Determined By the Amount of Courage It Takes

Posted on September 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The rightness of a thing isn’t determined by the amount of courage it takes.” -Mary Renault, novelist (4 Sep 1905-1983)

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