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First Principles: A Love of Truth and A Veneration of Virtue Are the Latent Spark For People Capable of Understanding

Posted on April 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the “latent spark”… If … Continue reading →

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To Become A Knight

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

To be a knight is to be a servant for the country and its people. To Become A Knight by Michael Doyle The darkness is coming There’s no use in running Ruthlessly conquering as it comes It brings us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Awaken, Become, Blame, Boy, Brave, Burn, Call, Can, Come, Conquer, Consign, Country, Crush, Cunning, Darkness, Day, Destruction, Devour, Do, Eyes, Far, Fate, Fight, Fire, Flame, Found, Ground, Heart, Heed, Hero, Hold, Hour, Instincts, Knees, Knight, Knighthood, Knock, Learn, Lesson, Lust, Martial Styles, Mind, Need, Noble, Numb, Pass, People, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Power, Prepare, Prophecy, Protector, Rider, Role, Run, Savage, See, Servant, Servant of God, Sign, Soul, Spread, Start, Straight, Surplus, Survive, Take, Trial, True, Unholy, Warrior, Way, Weak, Will, Word, World, Zero | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Love Another Person Is To See the Face of God

Posted on April 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Always, Bodies, Eyes, Face of God, Faith, Hand, Hands, Hearts, Hold, Light, Love, Love Another, Palm, Passion, Promise, Rose Garden, See, Sincerity, Sky, Smile, Star, Thought For the Day, Victor Hugo, Water | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Real Hope Is Not In Something We Can Do, But In God, Who Is Making Something Good Out of It In Some Way We Cannot See

Posted on April 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some way we cannot see.” – Thomas Merton

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Do, God, Real Hope, See, Something, Think, Thomas Merton, Thought For the Day, Way, We | Leave a comment

On Found Light

Posted on April 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Reviewing my camera chops in real brought me to write this. On Found Light by Michael Doyle It’s not so much the light But where you’re in it To get this just right You have know where to bend it … Continue reading →

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Silence Is Our Reply

Posted on April 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What was once thought the end is but the beginning and all the words make no difference when silence is our final reply. Silence Is our Reply by Michael Doyle In the black and white of integration There is a … Continue reading →

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Cross Shaped of An Imperfect Heart

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On the ninth day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020, the optional prompt is to “write a “concrete” poem – a poem in which the lines and words are organized to take a shape that reflects in some way the theme of the … Continue reading →

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Mathing the COVID-19 Curve

Posted on April 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Day 7 of Na/GloPoWriMo! The target objective? “…a poem based on a news article.” My subject today can be drawn on any number of articles plastered throughout our daily news periodicals to the point it cannot be escaped really. But, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Secret of Success…Lies In the Ability To Get the Other Person’s Point of View and See Things From That Person’s Angle As Well As Your Own

Posted on April 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – Henry Ford

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Ability, Angle, Henry Ford, One, Other Person, Point of View, Secret, See, Success, Thought For the Day, Your Own | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Hope Has Two Beautiful Daughters; Their Names Are Anger and Courage. Anger At the Way Things Are and the Courage To See They Not Remain As They Are

Posted on April 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” – Saint Augustine

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Anger, Beautiful, Courage, Daughters, Hope, Remain, Saint Augustine, See, Thought For the Day, Two, Way Things Are | Leave a comment