Tag Archives: Strength

Echoing the Grace

Posted on May 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Echoing the Graceby Michael DoyleWorthy of the Lord’s call,I am prayerful about all.I feel His joy everydayAs He changes my every way.The Holy Spirit guides me,Overflowing inside of me.There is a need for His strengthAs long as the day’s length.My … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Change, Choir of Angels, Day's Length, Doubt, Echo, Grace, Heal, Heart, Holy King, Holy Spirit, Joy, Lord's Call, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Prayerful, Sing, Strength, Voice, Worthy | Leave a comment

Until It Unfolds

Posted on May 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Until It Unfoldsby Michael DoyleLife’s biggest projectsAre a lot to figure out.Life success, not reject.Even the best life has doubt.Because of this or despite this,We don’t want to have a miss.So we find ourselves pressing onUntil all our tomorrows are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Access, Artistry, Best and Worst, Best Life, Clarity, Class, Commit, Confront, Despite, Destiny, Different Ways, Doubt, Effort, Elusive, Figure Out, Found, Friends, Grown, Inclusive, Journey, Labor of Love, Learn, Life, Meaning, Miss, Own Human Being, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Press On, Project, Puzzle, Question, Reject, Right End, Scuplt, Shown, Stay, Strength, Sublime, Success, Time, Told, Tomorrow, Trick, Uneasy Process, Unfold, Unknown, Vision, Wade, Words, Worth | Leave a comment

First Principles: All Courses of Action Are Risky, So Prudence Is Not In Avoiding Danger (It’s Impossible), But Calculating Risk and Acting Decisively

Posted on May 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Act, Ambition, Bold, Calculate, Courses of Action, Danger, Decisive, First Principles, Mistake, Niccolo Machiavelli, Prudence, Risk, Sloth, Strength, Suffer | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Nation That Destroys Its Soil Destroys Itself

Posted on April 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Air, Destroy, First Principles, Forest, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Land, Lungs, Nation, Our People, Soil, Strength | Leave a comment

The Thick of the Thin

Posted on March 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Thick of the Thinby Michael DoyleWhispered rumor has itThat we’re the thick of the thinIf you were in HellI’d come barreling inFounded on trust and loyaltyThis is what makes us a familyMy soul is resolved in this decisionYours is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barreling In, Breathe, Broken Places, Commitment, Cover You, Damage, Decision, Dying Breath, Eyes, Falling, Family, Fills, Founded, Give This To You, Hard Times, Hardships, Healing, Hearts, Hell, Holding of Hands, Honesty, Integrity, Keep Loving You, Know, Lasting Trace, Living Trust, Longest Day's Length, Loving Traces, Must, Never Betray, Never Surrender, No More To Say, Other Side of Death, Poetry and Poems, Resolve, Respectful Loyalty, Silence, Soul, Standing In Front, Stay To the End, Strength, Stronger, Struggles, Surprise, Tender, Thick of the Thin, True Friend, True Friends Do, Trust and Loyalty, Vision, Voice, Worst | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Nation That Destroys Its Soils Destroys Itself. Forests Are the Lungs of Our Land, Purifying the Air and Giving Fresh Strength To Our People

Posted on February 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Air, Destroy, First Principles, Forests, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lungs, Nation, Our Land, Our People, Soil, Strength | Leave a comment

She Learns To Survive

Posted on February 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandoned, Afraid, Agnoize, Agonizes, Almost Took Her Life, Alone, Beautiful, Beside, Blossom, Bold, Brave, Child of the Light, Confide, Creid, Darkest Depth, Daughter, Day, Dread, Eyes, Father, Feeling, Fight, Fragile Pride, Fright, Grow, Hand, Haunted, He, Head, Heat, Her, Hidden Inside, Hold, In the End, Innocence, Intended Offense, Intense, Know, Learn, Life, Light, Love, Meaning, New Meaning, Night, Poetry and Poems, Power, Remembers, Sad Eyes, Scared, She, Smile, Step Forward, Step-By-Step, Strength, Survive, Talk, Tears, The Past, This Way, Ties, Times, Told, Torment, Understood, Unfolds, Walk, Walking Alone, Worthy, Years | Leave a comment

History Dignifies the Presidents

Posted on February 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absent, America, Analyze, Beacon of Light, Best Way, Brave Men, Bullets, Cause and Pride, Comments, Compromise, Conflict, Criticism, Death, Deep Regret, Dignity, Faith, Future, Giant Steps, Hats, Hearts, Hill, History, Ideals, Imperfect, Integrity, Last, Legacy, Mantle, Moon, Nation, Nurture, Past, Present Day, Preserved, Presidents, Presidents Day, Races and Thoughts, Republic, Residence, Respect, Solemn Oath, Sovereignty, Step Back, Strength, Struggle, Sunrise, Territory, Time, Well-Shaken Past, White House, Wise, Woman | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Kind of Beauty I Want Most Is the Hard-To-Get Kind That Comes From Within – Strength, Courage, Dignity

Posted on February 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.” – Ruby Dee

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, Courage, Dignity, Hard-To-Get, Kind, Ruby Dee, Strength, Thought For the Day, Within | Leave a comment

Love In America

Posted on February 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Love In Americaby Michael DoyleAmerica’s love can seem a bit of fecklessnessFilled as it is with a bit of recklessnessTeenaged angst of not wishing to cry anymoreThe heartbreak is equitable among rich and poorSo many wish they could leave it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Ways, Angst, Bewilderment, Confrontation, Cry, Fantasy, Fecklessness, Fine Ideal, Heartbreak, Love In America, Movie Screen, Passing Days, Poetry and Poems, Recklessness, Rich and Poor, Romance, Stay, Strength, Superhuman Ecstacy, Valentine's Day, Wish | Leave a comment