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First Principles: Knowing What’s Right Doesn’t Mean Much Unless You Do What’s Right

Posted on October 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: The Right To Do Something Does Not Mean That Doing It Is Right

Posted on September 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.“ – William Safre

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Laughing At Life

Posted on September 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Laughing At Lifeby Michael DoyleHere I am, sitting on the floor.I’m lost in numbers, collating the score.I’m not saying that I need it easy.But wish for once it would even up to please me.We’re laughing at all of life’s dramady,But … Continue reading →

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Speaking Up From the Heart

Posted on July 3, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Speaking Up From the Heartby Michael DoyleSometimes life flies at me undeserved,And my viewpoint seems a bit underservedSo I find myself, as I have from the start,Speaking my mind straight from the heart.We might be in opposition, and that’s okay.But … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Just Cause You Got the Monkey Off Your Back Doesn’t Mean That the Circus Has Left Town

Posted on March 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Just ‘cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean that the circus has left town.” – George Carlin

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One True Love

Posted on November 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

One True Loveby Michael DoyleIn understanding your painIt makes it quite plainYou are all that means anything to meThe worthy answer to my questions for meYou fill up my mindLike nothing else I findThese are the secrets we revealFeeling like … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction and Frankenstein’s Creature

Posted on October 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Science Fiction and Frankenstein’s Creatureby Michael DoyleThough literary snobs can find it less than delectableScience Fiction has grown up as quiet respectableSnobbery has ever been fashionable even at HalloweenStill science fiction’s limitations certainly don’t meanThat there is nothing really scary … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should, Therefore, Be Construed By the Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Every Student Needs Someone Who Says, simply, “You Mean Something. You Count.”

Posted on July 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Every student needs someone who says, simply, “You mean something. You count.” – Tony Kushner, playwright (b. 16 Jul 1956)

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Stone Cast

Posted on June 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Stone Castby Michael DoyleMemory building on this June’s nightYou walk beside under the pale moonlightThat you’re not troubled seems clearBut there’s something to the something thereThese things are important to youLet’s talk about how it is we will doThis life … Continue reading →

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