Tag Archives: Excellence

Beyond the Thunder Dome

Posted on May 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Beyond the Thunder Domeby Michael DoyleIt took a day to really sink inTo catch my peace and reach ZenA private dancer left the buildingTo rest in Heaven, if God be willingRock-n-roll has lost its acid queenThe hips that hollered a … Continue reading →

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A Montage of Selective Outrage

Posted on March 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Selective Montage of Selective Outrageby Michael DoyleHave we finally got to the turn of the pageLiving life cut by cut of selective outrageIt seems so, or at least I have this hunchThat a few bad apples have spoiled the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged "Victim", Addiction, Affordable, Attention, Bad Apples, Bunch, Businesses, Class, Comedians, Corporate Social Screed, Crass, Cross-Cultural, Cut By Cut, Deception, Distracting, Doom, Drama, Emergency Room, Excellence, Face, False, Fatal, Feeling, Feigned Attention, Glory, Hate, Hate-Filled, Hit Parade, Hunch, Infamous, Ism, King, Lazy Thighs, Lies, Likes, Love, Lowest Common Denominator, Meant, Misappropiation, Modern World, Montage, Need, Offend, Overflow, Paper Cuts, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Pretend, Proficiency, Profit, Rap, Reaction, Roost, Rule, Safe Space, Satisfaction, Scare, School, Selective Outrage, Show, Slave, Social Media Trolls, Speak Truth, Spell Out, Stance, Story, Thinking, Thoughts, Too Late, Trauma, Triggered, Truant, Turn of the Page, Tweet, Vapid Clones, Victim, Woke Wash, Wolf Traps, Yoga Pants | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Excellence Demands Competition. Without A Race There Can Be No Champion, No Records Broken, No Excellence

Posted on November 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence — in education or in any other walk of life.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Champion, Competition, Demand, Education, Excellence, Race, Records Broken, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Walks of Life | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence Then, Is Not An Act, But A Habit

Posted on February 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

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Thought For the Day: Excellence Demands Competition

Posted on November 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence — in education or in any other walk of life.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Any Other Walk of Life, Broken, Champion, Competition, Deman, Education, Excellence, Race, Records, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Must Learn To Honor Excellence In Every Socially Accepted Human Activity, However Humble the Activity, and to Scorn Shoddiness, However Exalted the Activity

Posted on October 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We must learn to honor excellence in every socially accepted human activity, however humble the activity, and to scorn shoddiness, however exalted the activity. An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Exalt, Excellence, Honor, Human Activity, Humble, John W. Gardner, Learn, Shoddiness, Socially Accepted, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Pushed and Pulled

Posted on September 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Yesterday, September 27, 2021, was the last day of prescribed cardiac rehab. They tell me that I am doing excellently. The only admonishment given was that I should keep in mind not to work out as hard as my spirit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admonishment, Allow, Bluff, Brought, Cardiac Rehab, Caught, Change, Do Good, Enough Is Enough, Every Inch of Ground, Every Struggle, Excel, Excellence, Feel, Found, Grown, Habits of A Lifetime, Hard, Heed, Higher Ground, Hope, Less, Life, Little More, Live, Live Another Day, Living, Making of Life, Misunderstood, Moderately, More, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Pull, Push, Range, Reach, Road, Seek, Seldom, Shore, Shown, Spirit, Strain, Strive, Sufficiency, Taught, Teach, Time | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Are What We Repeatedly Do. Excellence, Then, Is Not An Act But A Habit

Posted on October 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

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A Twinge of the Mundane

Posted on July 7, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the continuing series on seeing the world through a photographer’s eyes, we look at the question as to what is to be done about the mundane… A Twinge of the Mundane by Michael Doyle Seeing the mundane into extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Abound, All Places, Artistic, Atttention, Background, Being, Camera's Eye, Circumstances, Clarity, Clutter, Connections, Creative, Details, Done, Excellence, Extraordinary, Eyes, Flow, Focal, Forgot, Found, Glad, Grab Shots, Heart, Humans, Inane, Infinite, Known, Latitude, Life Lived, Meaning, Middle of Nowhere, Moments, Mundane, No Such Thing, Nuances, Opportunity, Ordinary, Page, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Question, Quietude, Shown, Simple, Sky, Soft Light, Something, Something In the Something, Somewhere, Sought, Split Open, Stage, Stand Out, Subject, Surround, Tales, Truth, Twinge, Unexpected Moments, Where, Wide Open Spaces, World Is An Oyster, Zest | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Be A Yardstick of Quality

Posted on January 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Environment, Excellence, Expect, People, Quality, Steve Jobs, Thought For the Day, Yardstick | Leave a comment