Flickr Photos
Author Archives: alohapromisesforever
First Principles: Naked I Came From My Mother’s Womb and Naked I will Depart. The Lord Gave and the Lord Has Taken Away; May the Name of the Lord Be Praised
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.[a]The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” – Job 1:21
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Came, Depart, First Principles, Gave, Job 1:21, Mother's Womb, Naked, Name, Praise, Taken Away, The Lord
Leave a comment
A Void of Emptiness
A Void of Emptinessby Michael DoyleApproaching the study of the edges of space Has only begun as technology sets the paceFor the time, it must be studied in deferenceAs it is a humbling, character-building experienceThe stars we watch are like … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alive, Alone, Anguish, Approach, Bell Jars, Better Angels, Beyond, Bleak, Bond, Breathing, Burn, Character Building, Choose, Compelling, Conversations, Crash, Cruelty, Decontamination, Deference, Distant Stars, Ebb and Flow, Edge, Emptiness, Envy, Essence, Experience, Fail, Fear, Flow, Forest, Happiness, Heads, Hear, Heirs Apparent, Human Heart, Humbling, Hurt, Imagination, Intrude, Jealousy, Know, Learn, Loneliness, Love One Another, Made of Stone, Making Friends, Moments, Mortals, Moving Sea, Muddy Waters, Need, One Another, Others, Ourselves, Ovens, Overwhelming, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Shore, So Much Love, Soul Revealing, Space, Stars, Strive, Study, Suffering, Sum, Swear, Taking Form, Technology, Transparent, Trees, Vanity, Voice, Void, Voyage, Watch, Watch Back, Waves, Wear, Wore, Worn
Leave a comment
First Principles: Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Are, Can, Do, First Principles, Have, Theodore Roosevelt, What, Where
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: The Best Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Best, Create, Future, Peter Drucker, Predict, Thought For the Day, Way
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Where We Stand Is Not As Important As the Direction In Which We Are Moving
“Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Direction, Important, Moving, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Stand, Thought For the Day, We
Leave a comment
First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Did anyone else find that State of the Union Address less than unifying?
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Come, Drop of Reason, First Principles, Flood, Orator, Words
Leave a comment
There’s Been A Little Damage
There’s Been A Little Damageby Michael DoyleThere’s been a little damage to my eyesBut that’s the cost to all that I’ve seenAs with a brave heart ready for the sunriseThere have been so many places that I’ve beenThe experts say … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Been, Blind, Brave Heart, Cost, Damage, Dead, Encouragement, Estimate, Experts, Eyes, Fade, Find, First To Admit, Guess, Heartbreaks, Heavy, Joy, Larger, Life, Manage To See, Mistakes, Much Less, Not Seen Everyday, Okay, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pushing On, Quite Nice, Quite Right, Report, Seen, Seen Along the Way, Sight, Somehow, Strong, Sunrise, Sy, Travesty, Vascular Enchroachment, Wrong
Leave a comment
First Principles: The Mild Voice of Reason, Pleading the Cause of An Enlarged and Permanent Interest, Is But Too Often Drowned
“The mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – James … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Nature’s Laws Affirm Instead of Prohibit. If You Violate Her Laws, You Are Your Own Prosecuting Attorney, Judge, Jury, and Hangman
“Nature’s laws affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.” -Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Affirm, Hangman, Judge, Jury, Nature's Laws, Prosecuting Attorney, Rohibit, Thought For the Day
Leave a comment
Growing Our Intimacy
Growing Our Intimacyby Michael DoyleWe have so little time for introspectionAs we approach life with our expectationsSometimes it’s an easy flow of conversationOther times, we’re micro-managing our destinationBeing present and being openly hereIs the experiment of what might disappearAs our … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Affirmation, Alibis, Anticipating, Approach, Approach Love, Attract, Bad Girls, Becoming Us, Being Present, Comfortable Silence, Confirmation, Conversations, Cry, Dance, Destination, Disappear, Each Day, Easy Flow, Electricity, Excitement, Expectations, Experiment, Fake, Feel, Friendship, Grow, Hope, Internal Debate, Intimacy, Introduce, Introspection, Just Because, Letting Love Flow, Life, Little Time, Love, Magnet, Micro-manage, Nice Guys, Nights of Love, Open, Party, Path, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rough, Scaru, Sentimental, Sincerity, Smile, Something Much Better, Something Real, Spark, Spend Together, Sweet surrender, Take, Talk, The same, Think, Together, Touch the Flame, Try, Welcome, Why, Words
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 