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Thought For the Day: We Cannot All Succeed When Half of Us Are Held Back

Posted on July 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai

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The Painful Reality of Perfectionism

Posted on July 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Painful Reality of Perfectionismby Michael DoyleThere is a need to face eventuallyWhether painful or not, the realityThat however much we have optimismThere is no such thing as perfectionismAt least so much as actually be perfectThere is only really the … Continue reading →

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A Question of Dimension

Posted on July 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Question of Dimensionby Michael DoyleA question awaits every believerIs God or Is God not a deceiverFrom this point, we’ll need evidenceConclusions must be drawn based on relevanceIs the Earth young? Or Is It Old?Are we to believe our eyes … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The World Is Full of People Who Have Never, Since Childhood, Met an Open Doorway With an Open Mind

Posted on July 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.” – E.B. White

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A Reach and Twitch

Posted on July 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Reach and Twitchby Michael DoyleA hand reaches out and twitchesHeld out toward the unseen switchesAs a life comes and then is goneAs easy as a light turned off and onWe come into this life cryingScreaming out for more and … Continue reading →

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Standing In the Light

Posted on July 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Standing In the Lightby Michael DoyleLet me share a secretThat’s hard to forgetThey say to write what you knowThis blank page only goes to showMaybe how little that isAnd how much I missIn a life that’s full motionBut often empty … Continue reading →

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How, Then, Should I Live?

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Do Not Believe There Is A Problem In This Country Or the World Today Which Could Not Be Settled If Approached Through the Teaching of the Sermon On the Mount

Posted on June 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.” – Harry S. Truman

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First Principles: You Will Never Do Anything In This World Without Courage. It Is the Greatest Quality of the Mind Next To Honor

Posted on June 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle

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Into A Pirate’s Tomorrow

Posted on June 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Into A Pirate’s Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIt’s a rough pirate’s world out thereWhen words spoken spill into loose fearMobs, it seems, are as easily turnedAs pirate shanty towns are easily burnedJust as melancholy on the azure wavesAre the boarding plans that … Continue reading →

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