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What One Bullet Can Do
What One Bullet Can Doby MichaelIt’s funny,What one bullet can do,Taking away peace…As it stunned me.Watching time run out for youAnd taking from me, my peace.Replacing peace with strife,Removing what had been bliss.What’s left is a gaping hole.It should have … Continue reading
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First Principles: A Strong Defense Is the Surest Way To Peace. Strength Makes Detente Attainable. Weakness Invites War
“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation – my generation – knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America’s will for peace is second to none, so … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Armed Forces, Bitter Experience, Detente, First Principles, Forbearnce, Gerald R. Ford, Nation, Peace, Power, Resolve, Security, Strength, Strong Defense, War, Weaknesss
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Hula Memories
Hula Memoriesby Michael DoyleThe modern age has its share of complexity.But not enough to warrant Hawaiian anxiety.The sacred duty held with great veneration,Is the sacred duty felt by each generation.Hula is the language of the Hawaiian heart.It has remained so … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestors, Art, Beauty, Call and Response, Chant, Choice, Complexity, Connection, Courage, Dance, Dancers, Direction, Express, Fear, Feel, Found, Generation, Gourd, Grave, Ground, Guard, Harmony, Hawaiian Anxiety, Heart, Heiau, Heritage, Hula, Language, Loosen the Key, Love, Memory, Million Stars, Modern Age, Move, Musician, Night, Peace, Pig Roast, Poetry and Poems, Polynesian, Postion, Real, Return Home, Sacred Duty, Save, Slack Key Guitar, Spirituality, Step, Strife, Symbolic, Tale, Temple Stone, The Islands, Travel, Ukuleles, Unison, Way of Life, Writing
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Positivity In Action
Positivity In Actionby Michael DoyleThis evening, as I took myself on a hike,I put my mind toward what I do and don’t like.Deciding to take the course of satisfaction,I have decided to put positivity into action.I will set new limits … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Adventure, Aspiration, Baby Steps, Comfort Zone, Commitment, Contentent, Darkness, Desintation, Determination, Dignity, Discern, Embrace, Evening, Explore, Fear, Gratitude, Guiding Light, Hasrhness, Hike, Hour, Inspiration, Lean, Lifetime, Light, Limits, Mind, Mindful Attitude, Movtivation, Notoriety, Patterns, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Positivity, Potter's Hand, Purpose, Rearranging, Remember, Right and Wrong, Right Changes, Satisfaction, Service, Shap, Sustance, This and That, Thought, Tribute, Understand, Universe, Unknown, Verse
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First Principles: Let Us Ever Remember That Our Interest Is In Concord, Not In Conflict; and That Our Real Eminence Rests In the Victories of Peace, Not Those of War
“Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.” – William McKinley
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Tagged Concord, Conflict, Eminence, First Principles, Interest, Peace, Remember, Victory, War, William McKinley
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Full of Moments
Full of Momentsby Michael DoyleLife is full of momentsOf “I can’t understand”.Maybe I don’t need toAs long as I’m holding your hand.There’s so muchThat I don’t know.From the mistakes that I’ve madeI’d guess it shows. I’ve made my peaceWith most … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Belssing, Death, Done, Full, Hide, Holding Your Hand, I Can't Understand, Inside, Knives Out, Know, Left, Mistakes, Moments, Momets, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Show, Standing, Strong, Victory, Walled Up, Wrong, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: The Soul, At Peace, Reflects the Peace Without, Forgetting Grief As Sunset Skies Forget The Morning’s Transient Shower
“The soul, at peace, reflects the peace without, Forgetting grief as sunset skies forget The morning’s transient shower.” – Emma Lazarus
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Tagged Emma Lazarus, Grief, Morning, Peace, Peace Without, Reflection, Shower, Soul, Sunset Skies, Thought For the Day
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Thought for the Day: Better Than A Thousand Hollow Words Is One Word That Brings Peace
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha
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Tagged Better, Buddha, Hollow Words, One Word, Peace, Thought For the Day, Thousand
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First Principles: To Be Prepared For War, Is One of the Most Effectual Means of Preserving Peace
“To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” —George Washington (1790) (I believe the Trump Administration just adequately demonstrated the veracity of this statement quite well.)
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Tagged Common Defense, Effectual Means, First Principles, George Washington, Peace, Preparation, Preservation, War
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 