Tag Archives: Compassion

Cats, Dogs, and Pizza

Posted on September 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Cats, Dogs, and Pizzaby Michael DoyleThere’s a storm brewing between right and wrongAnd where it is that we are best and truly belongMoreso, we struggle to know ourselves in identityAnd what furry and non-furry friends to keep as our familyPeople … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alley Rats, Angels, Animals, Beauty, Belong, Better, Better People, Blind Man, Care, Cat, Cats, Celebration, Change, Compassion, Dare, Deserve, Dogs, Familial Relationship, Family, Fellow Animals, Furry Friends, Gentleman, God, Grateful and Loyal, Greedy, Happy, Headfirst, Heaven Above, Human, Identity, Inferior Creatures, Kitten, Leash, Linger, Live Up To, Lonelines, Love, Loved, Masterpiece, Me and You, Meander, Nappy, Needy, Obligation, Observation, Offer, Other, Outward Sense, Pastiche, Pets, Petting, Pizza, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Question, Reeling, Rhyme, Right and Wrong, Sense of Space, Simplest Moments, Sleepy, Slice, Standards, Storm, Tense, Thought and Feeling, Time, Twain, Unconditional Love, Undying Affection, Unrestrained, Watch, Weather, Whatever, Whole of Nature, Words, Worship | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Well Taught Philosophic Mind To All Compassion Gives; Casts Round the World An Equal Eye, and Feels For All That Lives

Posted on June 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The well taught philosophic mind / To all compassion gives; / Casts round the world an equal eye, / And feels for all that lives.” – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, poet, essayist, and editor (20 Jun 1743-1825)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All That Lives, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Compaasion, Compassion, Equal Eye, Feel, Mind, Philosophic, Thought For the Day, Well Taught, World | Leave a comment

Facedown With Mediocrity

Posted on April 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Facedown With Mediocrityby Michael DoyleIn every town and in every cityWe find challenges met with mediocrityThese are the moments of losses takenAnd near certainty of a world wanting and mistakenFor some, this is hard to be faced head onWhile others … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Actors, Alright, Bad Science, Break, Challenges, Chice, City, Compassion, Confidence, Conscience, Defiance, Desist, Diffidence, Dragged Into the Light, Easy, Excellence, Facedown, Force, Forge, Get In the Way, Gone, Hard, Hard to Know, Head-On, Hellion, Impressed, Life, Loss, Loud, Mediocrity, Mistaken, Must, New Day, Out of Fashion, Path, Play, Poetry and Poems, Push the Boundaries, Reasons, Resist, Role, Salute, Say, Seasons, See, Simple, Study, Stuffed Ballot Boxes, Sunglight, Suppressed, Tied UP, Tow, True Hearts, Trust, Unanswered Questions, Victories, Voice, Walking Shaodow, World, Youthful Rebellion | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Make No Judgments Where You Have No Compassion

Posted on April 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” – Anne McCaffrey, writer (1 Apr 1926-2011)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Anne McCaffrey, Compassion, Judgment, Make, Thought For the Day, Where | Leave a comment

Grief and Memory

Posted on March 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Grief and Memoryby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I have never really been oneTo follow the lives of those holding celebrityFor the most part, when it’s all said and doneI’ve had even less time for British royaltyBut the turn of news imparted quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beach, Bleed, British Royalty, Canncer, Casual Jeans, Celebrity, Civility, Colbert, Compassion, Crass, Cruel, Decency, Dignity, Example, False Headlines, Family, Follow, Grief and Memory, Hope and Dignity, Kate Middleton, Late Night, Malady, Media Strategy, Mercy, Mindset, Modest Truth, Mongrels, Mother With Young Children, News, No Stranger, Paparazzi, Poetry and Poems, Posture, Pray, Preach, Regret, Reject, Respect and Dignity, Said and Don, Strong, Strong As We Must Be, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treat, TV Comedy, Underpass, Unfeeling, Whispered Wounds | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Is Great Joy In Helping People, But No Joy In Doing It At Gunpoint

Posted on March 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we’re compassionate we’ll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Clothed, Compassion, Educated, Fed, Gunpoint, Helping People, Joy, Moral Credit, Penn Jillette, People, Right, Sheltered, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

A New Horizon

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A New Horizonby Michael DoyleOpen up your eyes and seeLook into the new horizonThe morning light brings possibilityShining on without corruptionThe purity of this new dayLies in your hands to be madeThe rain may fall along the wayBut don’t hide … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arc, Begin Again, Believe, Bound, Childhood, Compassion, Corruption, Darkness, Ears, Eyes, Fears, Forget, Future, Hand In Hand, Hands, Hate, Hide Away, Hoome, Keep, Known, Late, Leave, Light, Look, Love, Made, Morning Light, New Day, New Horizon, Northern, Ourselves, Past, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Purity, Rain, Run, See, Shadow, Shine, Stars, Today, Truth, Understand, Understood, Way, Whisper, Win, Woods | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: One’s Life Has Value So Long As One Attributes Value To the Life of Others, By Means of Love, Friendship, Indignation, and Compassion

Posted on January 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion.” -Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (9 Jan 1908-1986)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Attribute, Compassion, Friendship, Indignation, Life of Others, Love, Means, One's Life, Simone de Beauvoir, Thought For the Day, Value | Leave a comment

Happy New Year 2024!

Posted on January 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I wish all my readers, thinkers, followers, and fellow leaders, the very best In this new year, 2024! Let’s rock it with all that we have! And remember No matter your circumstances, how you act and react is ultimately your Choice. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Affirm, Be Better, Choices, Circumstances, Compassion, Deserve, Happy New Year 2024, Kindness, Kindness Is Free, Kindness Movement, Pledge, Respect, Rock It, The Rose Parade, Thought For the Day, Walking Life, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: In Your Relationships With One Another, Have the Same Mindset As Christ Jesus

Posted on December 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Imitating Christ’s Humility “1Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Christ Jesus, Comfort, Compassion, Encouragement, First Principles, Humilty, In, Interests, Joy, Like-Minded, Love, One Another, Philippians 2:5, Relationship, Same Mindset, Selfish Ambition, Share, Spirit, Tenderness, United, Vain Conceit, Value | Leave a comment