Tag Archives: Happiness

Each Moment’s Thankfulness

Posted on November 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Each Moment’s Thankfulnessby Michael DoyleIn this world folded into blindnessToo many have forgotten kindnessI think it begins with gratitudeLooking on the world with right attitudeBefore this, there is the participationThat slowly seeps into relaxationPeace comes with every breath takenAllowing this … Continue reading →

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First Principles: To Suppose That Any Form of Government Will Secure Liberty or Happiness Without Any Virtue In the People, Is A Chimerical Idea

Posted on November 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Chimerical Idea, First Principles, Form, Government, Happiness, James Madison, Liberty, Render, Secure, Suppse, The People, Theoretical Checks, Virtue, Wretched Situtation | Leave a comment

Happy Halloween 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Happy Halloween 2023by Michael DoylePumpkin, ghosts, and black catsCoffins, ghouls, and witches hatsIt’s a dizzying juxtapositionOf death in a freeform composition Each holiday has its own marked placeThat helps society’s children embraceThe traces of life that we all knowThat shift … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Black Cats, Children, Coffins, Composition, Death, Dormancy, Embrace, Fall, Fear, Freeform, Frivolity, Ghost, Ghouls, Grow, Halloween, Happiness, Happy Halloween 2023, Holiday, Horror Tales, Juxtaposition, Know, Laughter, Life, Magic, Marked Place, Mean, Memento Mori, Mortality, Movies, Nonsensical, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Pumpkins, Reminder, Saint, Scare, Scares, Scattered, Shift, Smile, Society, Soul, Stitches, Teach, Trace, Whimsical, Winter, Wish, Witches, Witches Hats | Leave a comment

Strength and Prosperity For Freedom

Posted on September 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Strength and Prosperity For Freedomby Michael DoyleThere is a foundation that truly servesTo give the America this nation deservesThough it doesn’t have much complexityDoing this will bring strength and prosperityThe road to freedom begins with cultured opportunityIt takes leadership to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Acrimony, Afghanistan, America, American Dream, American Readiness, American Troops, Ash Heap, Biden, Border-Changing Agression, Budgetary Flat Line, Capability, Champions of Freedom, Choices, Complexity, Cornerstones, Crime On the Border, Culture, Decline, Dedication, Deserve, Dignity, Dishonor, Downstream, Dreams and Hopes, Economy, Education, Evil, Fall, Flourish, Foundation, Freedom, Gas Prices, God's Gift, Happiness, Healthy Economy, History, Illuminate, Impression, Inflation, Innovation, ISIS, Law, Leadership, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Middle East, Military Readiness, Misery, Nourish, Opportunity, Parents, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Points, Politics, Poor, Possible, Principle, Prosperity, Protection, Proven, Putin, Questions, Restore, Road To Freedom, Roe v. Wade, Rule of Law, Sanctity of Life, Security, Specter, State Level, Strength, Strenth, Strong National Defense, The Left, Toxicity, Unalienable Rights, Understood, Waste, Weakness, Withdrawal, Wokeness | Leave a comment

First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and the Course of Nature, An Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness…and the Solid Rewards of Public Prosperity and Felicity

Posted on September 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … 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 July 18, 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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Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently, and According To Their Circumstances

Posted on July 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The People Alone Have An Incontestable, Unalienable, and Indefeasible Right To Institute Government and To Reform, Alter, Or Totally Change the Same

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“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

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Thought For the Day: The Only Way That You Can Have A Joy That Doesn’t Fade Away Is From the Lord

Posted on June 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The only way that you can have a joy that doesn’t fade away is from the Lord. Any other type of joy is actually happiness that comes from circumstances and outcomes. … Joy from the Lord is really the only … Continue reading →

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