Tag Archives: Strength

The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1984, American History, Berlin, Brandenberg Gate, Budget, Bureaucratic, Coalition, Cold War, Compel, Conservative Movement, Deficit Spending, Dignity, Electorate, Empathy, Establishment, George H Bush, Gift, Glasnost, Government, Great Communicator, Greater Revenue, History, Hope, Increase, Inflation, Kennedy, Landslide, Liberal Democrat, Long Coat Tails, Lose, Lower Taxes, Mellon, Message, Mikhail Gorbachev, Military, Military Might, Nation, Opportunity, Orwell, Perestroika, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Precision, Public Confidence, Qualification, Question, Questions, Reagan, Reagan/Bush, Recession, Reformation, Regulation, Renewal, SDI, Shining Moment, Small Government, Soviet Union, Spending, Strength, Technocratic, Television, The People, Time, Transformation, Unemployment, Vision, Voice, Win, Youth | Leave a comment

Finding My Strength

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1st Samuel: Finding Strength by Michael Doyle Forever grateful for your serenity In times of fallen indignities That keeps my peace inside Keeping sure footed in my stride Finding strength in my belief In God and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1st Samuel, Attention, Belief, Blessed, Capability, Capacity, Chance, Choice, Circumstance, Comfort, Dwell, Embrace, Fallen, Father, Find, Forever, Free, Full, God, Good, Grace, Grateful, Healing, Indignity, Inside, Living, Norm, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Right, Serenity, Shelter, Small, Some Days, Spill, Still, Storm, Strength, Stride, Sure Footed, Understood, Voice, Word, Yoke | Leave a comment

A New Nation Born Pt I

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allusion, America, American Crisis, Army, Bolder, Brith, British Crown, Certainty, Change, Character, Christmas Eve, Colonial, Common Sense, Confusion, Continental Congress, Contribution, Credible, Cross, Dawn, Defense, Delaware, Delusion, Discontent, Dues, Encourage, England, Even, Exhaustion, Fabric, Family, Fragility, Fragmentation, French, General, George Washington, Glory, Hard Times, Hessians, Hope, Landing, Lead, Legacy, Length, Level, Lost, Loyalty, Nation, Navy, New, Odds, Offensive, Pay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Position, Rag Tag, Revolutionary War, Saratoga, Society, Staten Island, Story, Strength, Summer Soldier, The World Turned Upside Down, Thirds, Thomas Paine, Thrust, Tilt, Triumph, Truth, United States, Valley Forge, Van Steuben, Victory, War, Weak, Will, Winter, Words, Yorktown | Leave a comment

The Spark of Growth

Posted on March 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Luke 17:1-6: : The Spark of Growth by Michael Doyle We do not need to live in fear Rather it be from afar or near We must live by faith in our day The Lord is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Aspiration, Assure, Attention, Being, Believe, Best, Blessing, Blindness, Broke, Brother, Build, Candle, Confluence, Correct, Cross, Crumble, Dream, Embrace, Faith, Father, Fear, Final Test, Flag, Flow, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Grace, Grasp, Growth, His, Hold, Home, House, Ignite, Influence, Inspiration, Intention, Jesus, Kindness, Know, Lent, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Luke, Meaning, Meant, Measure, Mercy, Mistake, Model, Mustard Seed, Night, Offense, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pure, Reconcilation, Reptent, Reveal, Right, Righteous, Second Guess, See, Sermon, Shine, Show, Sister, Slow Train, Social, Spark, Standard, Strength, Stumble, Take, Talk, Tell, True, Truth, Upright, Value, Walk, World | Leave a comment

Finding Joy In the Tears

Posted on March 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Ecclesiastes 3:4: https://flic.kr/p/gsQDkz Finding Joy In the Tears by Michael Doyle In looking back on my many years I am finding joy in the tears There in the sweet music for my ears Is the finding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Belief, Believe, Born, Comfort, Conceive, Contemplation, Cry, Cure, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Ears, Ecclesiastes, Find, Flash, Gone, Grieve, Hope, Joy, Laugh, Laughter, Life, Live, Love, Meaning, Moments, Mourn, Mourning, Music, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Pray, Redemption, Relief, Reply, Secret, Smile, Strength, Stress, Sweet, Tears, Think, Tomorrow, While, Why, Years, Yesterday, Your Love | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Real Man Smiles In Trouble, Smiles In Trouble, Gathers Strength From Distress and Grows Brave By Reflection

Posted on March 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine Allowing of the context of the mores of the time and circumstances, please extrapolate this to his real meaning, ‘real people with true … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Brave, Character, Distress, First Principles, Gather, Grow, People, Real, Reflection, Smile, Strength, Thomas Paine, Trouble | Leave a comment

New Day Begun

Posted on February 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A trend in the 21st century is finding ever increasing value in team and cohesion working in collaboration to finding needed solutions. While I’ll never devalue the power of one, I think there is also much merit in working together. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 21st Century, Affirmation, Begun, Belong, Choice, Co-Creator, Cohesion, Collaboration, Connection, Conversation, Direction, Everyone, Faces, Find, Fragments, Gentle, God Flow, Imagination, Incantation, Integration, Know, Lace, Merit, Mingle, Mix Tape, Moments, Multi-Verse, New, New Day, Notes, Participate, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Power of One, Random, Ring, Roots, Safe, Small Talk, Solution, Song, Strength, Tingle, Together, Universe, Value, Vibration, Voice, Yes | Leave a comment

Looking Forward With Clarity

Posted on February 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on a 02022020 Sunday sermon.: Looking Forward With Clarity by Michael Romani If your eye is the light of darkness Not too speak too much in harshness But you won’t see so much with clarity That sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 02022020, Accurate, Align, Bend, Best, Clarity, Cloud, Complacency, Connect, Conviction, Correction, Cost, Create, Cross, Darkness, Deception, Deserve, Dream, Duty, Embrace, Equally Yoked, Eventual, Eye, Face, Fear, Fill, First Step, Focus, Forward, Free, Gear, Gentle, God, God's Truth, God's Will, Good, Grace, Grow, Guide, Harshness, Hear, Heart, Hearts, Holy Spirit, Humble, Inner, Intent, Know, Lesson, Light, Listen, Live, Lives, Look, Lord, Love, Matter, Mind, Missed Mark, Moment, Need, New Year, Noble, North Star, Pastor, Perfect, Persevere, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Points of Grace, Power, Precision, Preseence of Mind, Protect, Pure, Reception, Rest, Reveal, Right Thing, See, Seed, Serve, Sin, Sincere, Skill, Soft, Sowing, Speak, Spiritual, Stare, Strength, Struggle, Submit, Sufficient, Teach, Think, Thorns, True, Tune, Understanding, Us, Vision, We, Weakness, Worse, You and Me | Leave a comment

Rules of the Beast II

Posted on January 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A poetic retelling of Dracula continues…. Rules of the Beast II by Michael Romani Fresh blood can be so invigorating As the new day’s path is exhilarating Ghostly mirages are fleeting in sight Proofs of things that fill the night … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Ask, Bad, Beast, Belief, Blood, Claw, Clever, Coffin, Consciousness, Contamination, Count, Dark, Death, Dracula, Drain, Epitaph, Eternity, Faith, Fever, Ghost, Good, Gravedigger, Indignity, Labyrinth, Laugh, Listen, Lives, Madness, Mask, Middle, Night, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Puzzle, Question, Riddle, Rule, Sad, Salvation, Salve, Scratch, Shadow, Sight, Smile, Strength, Tombstone, Truth, Undead, Understood, Victim, Whisper | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Must Keep United To Attain Our Objectives Or Become An Easy Conquest

Posted on January 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Attain, Break, Conquest, Easy, First Principles, Mass, Move, Numbers, Object, Path, Strength, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Unity | Leave a comment