Tag Archives: Happen

Thought For the Day: All That Happens To Us, Including Our Humiliations, Our Misfortunes, Our Embarrassments, All Is Given To Us As Raw Material, As Clay, So That We May Shape Our Art

Posted on August 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” – Jorge Luis Borges

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Art, Clay, Embarrassment, Happen, Humiliation, Jorge Luis Borges, Misfortune, Raw Material, Shape, Thought For the Day, Us | Leave a comment

Through Songs and Deeds

Posted on July 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arbitrator, Bindings, Blasphemy, Bringer of Life, Circle of Fifths, Decide, Deeds, Difference, Discern, Eternity, Explanation, Explore, Fear, Frequency, Future, Gamble, God's Embrace, Happen, Harmony, Hidden Truth, Hypotheticals, Interfere, Language, Learn, Life's Song, Maestro, Matter, Messages, Music, Notes, Past, Peace, Persevere, Planetary Music, Poetry and Poems, Preordained, Present, Reach, Reshape, Revelation, Ride, Sacred Duty, Shatter, Something Else, Songs, Space, Strain, Strife, Translation, War, Wash Away, Water | Leave a comment

Time Will Tell

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Time Will Tellby Michael DoyleTo begin a familyEven in a place like Tahiti,Is something to approach gently.It will be if it’s meant to be.It was a day like any other,If your day was anotherDay filled with paradise.But if you’re looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Blossom, Chose, Compromise, Day, Discovery, Door, Family, First Light, Flower, Gently, Grab On Tight, Happen, Heats, Kindness, Know, Life, Love, Love Is Love, Measure, Memories, Night, Own Way, Paradise, Path, Pearls, Poetry and Poems, Recovery, Right, Search, Sigh, Sow, Tahiti, Tell, Time, Treasure, Want | Leave a comment

Stuck In Limbo

Posted on April 23, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Stuck In Limboby Michael DoyleI believe in miracles.Since you’ve arrivedSo much has happened And somehow, I’ve survivedThe time has pastBut we’re still dancingThey said we wouldn’t lastYet, we’re still romancingI’m stuck in limboBut I keep holding onI’m so afraidThat I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arrived, Believe, Dance, Gone, Hand, Happen, Immense, Last, Life, Lightly, Limbo, Love, Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Romance, STuck, Survive, Tight, Time | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Some People Want It To Happen, Some Wish It Would Happen, Others Make It Happen

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan, from “A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths (1994), The New York Times

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Happen, Make It Happen, Michael Jordan, Some People, Thought For the Day, Want, Wish | Leave a comment

Hymn of the Taken Heart

Posted on September 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Hymn of the Taken Heartby Michael DoyleThere’s a lot to be doneI do it through the SonHailing Jesus as the kingI lift my voice and singBending like a tree in a hurricaneHoping for blessed salvation that cameTo teach me the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Beautiful Truth, Bend, Blessed, Blessed Salvation, Brightness, Done, Forever True, Forgiven, Given, Hail, Happen, His Call, Hope, Hurricane, Hymn, Jesus, King, Know, Led, Light, Listen, Lot, Love, Mercy, New, Path, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Repentance, Right, Shadow, Sing, Taken Heart, Teach, The Son, Tree, True, Turn, Us All, Voice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Abuse of Power Isn’t Limited To Bad Guys In Other Nations. It Happens In Our Own Country If We’re Not Vigilant

Posted on July 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Abuse of power isn’t limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we’re not vigilant.” – Clint Eastwood

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abuse of Power, Bad Guys, Clint Eastwood, Country, Happen, Limit, Other Nations, Thought For the Day, Vigilant | Leave a comment

Flip Flops and Cold Drinks

Posted on June 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Flip Flops and Cold Drinksby Michael DoyleFlip flops and cold drinksCan only be borne of summer daysThis season makes you thinkOf stolen pleasures in so many waysMy favorite flavor, cherry redWas kissable from her lipsSo went the thoughts in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baseball, Borne, Cherry Red, Cold Brunch, Cold Drinks, Dock, Eyes, Fantatsy, Favorite Flavor, Flip Flops, Hands, Happen, Head, Hips, honeyed necatar, Keeps, Kiss, Kissable, Linger, Lips, Love, Magic, Metaphor, Microcosm, Mind, Miss, Mystery, Optimism, Personal History, Poetry and Poems, Season, Smile, Stay, Stolen Pleasures, Summer Days, Summer Girl, Summer Heat, Summer Months, Think, Thoughts, Time Thief, Today, Trace, Ways, Wise | Leave a comment

At First Sight…

Posted on April 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

At First Sight…by Michael DoyleAt first sight, it is the love expectedAfter a life of being unrequitedI feel it with the kiss of your lipsThe sparks run to my fingertipsI pay attention to what my heart tells meWhile praying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Believe, Better, Blind, Close, Come Out Well, Control, Destiny, Do, Don't, Emotions, Expected, Eyes, Fade, Fail Me, Fairytale, Feel, Finger Tips, First Sight, God, Good Season, Guiding Light, Happen, Heart, Hero, Just As Well, Kiss, Kiss Farewell, Life, Lips, Look, Love, Love Is Kind, Night, Overhelming, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prevail, Reason, See, Smile, Soul, Sparks, Together, Touch, Unrequited, Warmth, With My Heart, Worse | Leave a comment

Like Wanderers Seeking

Posted on October 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Like Wanderers Seekingby Michael DoyleLike wanderers wandering a lovelier wayWe plant the seeds that bring the new daysWith a fullness of dreams filling our heartsWe loosely planned how the days would startBut kept the freedom breathing in and outNever steadfastly … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Arrive, Better, Breathe, Care, Change, Cold, Curves, Days, Desrve, Doubt, Dream Together, Dreams, Drive, Earn, Family, Flow, Freedom, Future, GPS, Guide, Happen, Heart, Hours, Journey, Late, Myself, Nurture, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Pth, Seeds, Seek, Show, Start, State, Straight Roads, Talk, Wanderer, Way, Wiggle Room, World | Leave a comment