Tag Archives: Strong

Thought For the Day: To Survive In Peace and Harmony, United and Strong, We Must Have One People, One Nation, One Flag

Posted on June 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.” – Pauline Hanson Happy Flag Day!

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First Principles: Permanence, Perseverance and Persistence In Spite of All Obstacles, Discouragements, and Impossibilities.

Posted on April 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle

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Signs of Peace In An Artificial World

Posted on February 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Signs of Peace In An Artificial Worldby Michael DoyleI grew up strong and being taught what it meansTo walk justly and forthright with other human beingsThis meant that one didn’t have to fight to be a manThrowing one’s weight around … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agreed Pillars, Alone, American, Artificial World, Bluster, Brave Man, Change, Choice, Consequence, Dignity, Evidence, Fight, Freedom, Given DAy, Good Negotiator, Government, Honor and Glory, Human Rights, Independent State, Integrity, Issues, Just, Kept By Me For Mine, Leverage, Line, Living Art, Market, My Life' s Deal, National Self-Determination, Negotiation, Peace, Playing Field, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Real, Reason, Rule of Law, Russia, Same Principles, Signs of Peace, Strong, Taught, The Art of the Deal, The Other's Voice, Think Big, Today, Ukraine, Values, War, Writing, Yield | Leave a comment

Emptiness Revealed

Posted on January 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Emptiness Revealedby Michael DoyleMomma says, “kneel and pray”The last words after a long dayLife finds its way, however unkindSometimes, I don’t know how I’ll findMy way to keep on standingThe forces that push me are demandingThat I be strong despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art of Cruelty, Believe, Broken Society, Chase, Cling, Connection, Deceive, Deception, Edge, Embrace, Emptiness, Fooling Myself, Forces, Lifee, Living Years, Long Day, Miss, Momma Says, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sensation, Serpent, Stand, Strong, Suffered, Surface, Temptation, Truth, Unkind, World | Leave a comment

Seasons Lived

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Seasons Livedby Michael DoyleLife comes and goesDefined in seasonsIt has its reasonsAs our life sowsThat which we reapComes with joy that we’ll keepKeeping goodness as our laneHoping all the others try to do the sameStepping forward into the greatnessWe know … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, All Due Appreciation, Belong, Biblical Stewardship, Blind, Blind Spots, Broken Feels, Cause and Effect, Certainty, Comes and Goes, Conversation, Correction, Correctly, Days, Destination, Direct, Discipline, Divinity, Every Sesnse, Eyes, Familiarity, Family, Filters of Pain, Forward, Genuine Community, God, Goodness, Greatness, Heal, Heresy, History, Intentional Prayer, Joy, Keep, Last Days, Lies, Life, Limit, Live Right, Logical Song, Long Road, Looking Ahead, Love, Manage, Mankind, Measure, Open Eyes, Open Minds, Optimism, Poetry and Poems, Polarity, Pressure, Question, Reap, Reasons, Rebuke, Recognize, Relationally, Schism, Seasons, See, Serve, Sexuality, Sin, Social Institutions, Sow, Stand Firm, Strong, Study God, Theology, Truth, Unblemished, Victory, Ways, Worldly Ways | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: No Fathers Or Mothers Think Their Own Children Ugly; and This Self-Deceit Is Yet Stronger With Respect To the Offspring of the Mind

Posted on October 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.” – Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (29 Sep 1547-1616)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Children, Father, Miguel de Cervantes, Mind, Mother, Offsrping, Respect, Self-Deceit, Strong, Think, Thought For the Day, Ugly | Leave a comment

Nine Lives

Posted on October 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nine Livesby Michael DoyleIt wasn’t exactly love at first biteBut it took an encouraging inviteShe wanted a man who loved her brainAt long last, the search wasn’t in vainIt was a love affair made for a fewIt was time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged After, Alive, Beliefs, Brain, Broken Hearts, Conscience, Disaster, Done, Door, Families, Fate, First Bite, Gone, Grain, Grief, Haiti, Hang On, Hell, Hope, Horde, Invite, Lies, Lives, Love, Love Affair, Love Is Blind, Meant, New Tomorrow, Nine Lives, Optimists, Poetry and Poems, Ripped Apart, Say, Science, Scientist, Secrets, Sense of Humor, Sorrow, Strong, Struggle, Sun, Teeth, Think On, Vain, Way, What For, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Cannot Think of Any Need In Childhood As Strong As the Need For a Father’s Protection

Posted on September 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud

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The Loss of His Voice

Posted on September 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Loss of His Voiceby Michael DoyleThinking on this, I must confessThe icon’s death has left a messLike Poitier and Belafonte goodJames Earl Jones rose above HollywoodWith the loss of a singular voiceBlack and white Hollywood became lessThough lives end … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aspiration, Battle of Poitiers, Belafonte, Brute, Confess, Confidence, Darth Vader, Dead Men, Deal, Death's Kiss, Denial, Disturbing, Easy Pace, Embrace, Far Away, Fear, Galaxy's Night, Gant, Hide, Hollywood, Human, James Earl Jones, Lack of Faith, Last Flight, Loss, Mess, Movies, Mut, Nation's Father, Overcame, Page, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Popular Culture, Prominence, Promises, Proper, Ranger's Tab, Role, Singular Voice, Stage, Star Wars, Star-Filled Light Inside, Stellar Ruin, Strong, Tear Soaked Eyes, The Force, Tragic Childhood, Unnerving, Vader, Voice | Leave a comment

In the Armor of Christ

Posted on September 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the Armor of Christby Michael DoyleUnpacked in a letter to predicateThe good news the Bible indicatesIs the bridging of the gap to build our communityIt’s a story of starting as one to become a familyI am a wealthy man … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Armor of Christ, Bible, Born, Bridge, Challenge, Choice, Community, Consequence, Context, Determination, Devil, Devil's Army, Evil Hour, Faith, Faithful, Family, Fight, Gap, God's Power, Good News, Heaven, Letter, Light, Live, Love, Personal History, Poetry and Poems, Recompense, Resistance, Score, Shaped, Spiritual Measure, Strong, Trace, Treasure, Truth and Righteousness, Unpacked, Victims of Sin, Victory, War, Weak, Wealthy | Leave a comment