Tag Archives: Good

Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

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Rewarming Miracles On the Street

Posted on December 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Rewarming Miracles On the Streetby Michael DoyleI don’t want to seem to be too contraryOr an old-fashioned grump who is orneryBut does it seem creativity is stuck on repeatIs anyone questioning the miracle of any streetHollywood’s latest contributions seem derivative … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abusive, Acceptance, Angst, Believe, Blessings, Burst, Capable, Care, Charm, Christmas, Conceive, Conservaive, Contest, Contrary, Creativity, Crumbs, Deceive, Derivative, Destroy, Discern, Dissastisfaction, Dream, Embrace, Epidemic, Face, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Festival, Forget, Formula, Good, Grump, Hallmark, Harm, Heart, Heartbreak, Hollywood, Immense, Joy, Jurassic, Kindness, Kris Kringle, Layers of Complexity, Learn, Lessons, Life, Lost, Love, Loyalty, Magic, Masks, Miracles, Money, Music, Ornery, Parade, People, Pessimism, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Question, Regret, Repeat, Repentance, Rewarm, Season, Secret, Share, Story, Streets, Stuffed Away, Teach, Toys, Trace, Trade, Tragic, Treasure, Treat, Truth, Understood, Yesterday | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

Posted on December 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” – George Washington

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Character, First Essential, First Principles, George Washington, Good, Important, Learned, Man, Mankind, Moral, Virtuous | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Life Is Composed of Lights and Shadows, and We Would Be Untruthful, Insincere, and Saccharine If We Tried To Pretend There Were No Shadows

Posted on December 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I don’t believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn’t treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Adults, Children, Compose, Evil, Fragile Flowers, Good, Insincere, Learn, Life, Lights and Shadows, Mental Stature, Motion Pictures, No Shadows, Parent, Playing Down, Pretend, Reach, Reality, Saccharine, Shield, Strongest, Thought For thee Day, Understand, Untruthful, Walt Disney | Leave a comment

On Foundations Known

Posted on November 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On Foundations Knownby Michael DoyleRevolutions come from old foundations knownAnd the principles of justice clearly shownThis then is society’s first sense of dutyPart and parcel to the truth of American beautyAnd equally distributed across humanityWhen philosophers talk about braveryThere is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged American Beauty, Bravery, Cardinal Attribute, Commodity, Devotion, Distribute, Duty, English Common Law, Equal, Eternal Vigilence, Fascism, Few, Fiefdom, Forever Absolute, Foundations, Freedom, Furture, Good, Heritage, Humanity, Immortality, Justice, Known, Many, Morality, Motion, Nurture, O, Optimism, Philosopher, Physical Sense, Poetry and Poems, Price of Liberty, Principles, Recall, Republic, Revolution, Seedlings, Self-Rule, Society, Soul, Theft, Trample, Understood, Universe, Virtue, We The People, Wheels | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Every Man Is Guilty of All the Good He Didn’t Do

Posted on November 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.” -Voltaire, philosopher (21 Nov 1694-1778)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Did Not Do, Every Man, Good, Guilty, Thought For the Day, Voltaire | Leave a comment

A Split Decision Left Standing

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Split Decision Leaves Us Standingby Michael DoyleIn self-awareness, we look into the mirrorUnwilling to walk this world in errorBut instead, seeking to understand, not undermineUnderstanding first as the defining lineLoving one another as part of our worshipPaul and Barnabas … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Antioch, Apostle, Christ, Conflict, Contrary, Defining Line, Dignity, Disagree, Embrace, Encouragement and Light, Error, Eyes, Forward, God, Good, Heart, Heroes of Faith, Holiness of Doubt, Insight, Jesus, Jounrey, Killer, Leadership, Left Standing, Look, Loving One Another, Mirror, Missionaries, Model, Not Undermine, Paul, Paul and Barnabas, Poetry and Poems, Relationsip, Road to Damascus, See, Self Awarness, Split Decision, Step-By-Step, Three Days Grace, Timing, Understand, Understood, Unwilling, Walk, Wise, World, Worship, Wrong To Right | Leave a comment

First Principles: Do Not Be Overcome By Evil, But Overcome Evil With Good

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Romans 12:21

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First Principles: No Number of Wreaths, No Amount of Music and Memorializing Will Ever Do Them Justice, But It Is Good For Us That We Honor Them and Their Sacrifice

Posted on November 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No number of wreaths, no amount of music and memorializing will ever do them justice, but it is good for us that we honor them and their sacrifice.”- Ronald Reagan, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication (1982)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Amount, First Principles, Good, Honor, Justice, Memorialize, Music, Number, Ronald Reagan, Sacrifice, Wreaths | Leave a comment

Wandering In the Night

Posted on November 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Wandering In the Nightby Michael DoyleWeary souls wandering in the nightIn need of a healing lightWe are not ever truly aloneThanking God, we are not on our ownWe are unburdened from bitternessOur saved souls have felt the tendernessWalking each moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Another One, Bitterness, Childhood, Christ, Days, Done, End, Fee, Final Days, Friend, God, Good, Gratitude, Great, Healing Light, Hell, Instances, Journey, Know, Lives, Lost, Love, Night, Own, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Push, Right Attitude, Saved Souls, Tenderness, Thank, Understood, Walk, Wander, Weary Souls, Worthy | Leave a comment