Tag Archives: Kindness

First Principles: I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Posted on November 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Life Is Mostly Froth and Bubble, Two Things Stand Like Stone, Kindness In Another’s Trouble, Courage In Your Own

Posted on October 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is mostly froth and bubble, / Two things stand like stone, / Kindness in another’s trouble, / Courage in your own.”– Adam Lindsay Gordon, poet (19 Oct 1833-1870)

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Thought For the Day: A Single Act of Kindness Throws Out Roots In All Directions, and the Roots Spring Up and Make New Trees

Posted on August 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart

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Voice Sang Soft

Posted on August 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Voice Sang Softby Michael DoyleYour voice sang softly like a melody.It’s hard to say what it did to me.Then and there from the very start,Your love was gentle, blooming in my heart.Your smile might be your special power,As it captivated … Continue reading →

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Hoosier Rains

Posted on August 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Hoosier Rainsby Michael DoyleIt has been over twenty years nowAnd it’s on my mind still somehow.I was driving, approaching the state lineOf Indiana, determined to make it mine.Shortly before the sight of the dunes, I had plannedTo visit like some … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is the Language Which the Deaf Can Hear and the Blind Can See

Posted on June 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

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First Principles: The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth

Posted on May 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” – Thomas Aquinas

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Contamination of Life and Thought

Posted on May 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Contamination of Life and Thoughtby Michael DoyleAs a small child, often alone, I usually readThe kinds of books that put thoughts in my head.About lives well lived in their grand nobility,These were filled with love and remarkable purity.To be fair, … Continue reading →

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Time Will Tell

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Time Will Tellby Michael DoyleTo begin a familyEven in a place like Tahiti,Is something to approach gently.It will be if it’s meant to be.It was a day like any other,If your day was anotherDay filled with paradise.But if you’re looking … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Best Portion of A Good Man’s Life Is His Little , Nameless, Unremembered Acts of Kindness and of Love

Posted on April 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth, poet (7 Apr 1770-1850)

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