Tag Archives: Lead

Reflections On the Aftertaste

Posted on June 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Reflections On the Aftertasteby Michael DoyleIt was just one of those endless nightsI sat feasting on a garden of fried delightsTurning the channel to hear a bit of debateSurreally hoping to help decide the nation’s fateThere on the stage were … Continue reading →

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Writing Our Own Stories

Posted on March 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading →

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Ever True

Posted on March 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Ever Trueby Michael DoyleChasing the stars to see where they leadDreaming the dreams needed to take seedAnd grow into what it’s meant to meanThe moves to be made are yet to be seenWith a turn of the page come the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chasing the Stars, Chilled, Close, Connection, Contemplation, Days, Direction, Dream, Embrace, Ever True, Feeling, Forever, Harbor, Home, Keep Love Alive, Knowing Heart, Lead, Life's Temptations, Love, Made, Mean, Moves, Old School, Passions, Play, Poetry and Poems, Rules, Safe, Seed, Seen, Should, Soul-Felt, Spak, Spend, Survive, Trace, Turn of the Page, Understood, Vibes, Wait | Leave a comment

First Principles: Those Who Are Wise Will Shine Like the Brightness of the Heavens, and Those Who Lead Many To Righteousness, Like the Stars For Ever and Ever

Posted on February 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”- Daniel 12:3 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bright, Daniel 12:3 (NIV), Ever, First Principles, Heavens, Lead, Righteousness, Shine, Stars, Wise | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Poor Is the Power of the Lead That Becomes Bullets Compared To the Power of the Hot Metal That Becomes Type

Posted on February 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes type.” -Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (4 Feb 1842-1927)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bullets, Compare, Georg Brandes, Hot Metal, Lead, Poor, Power, Thought For the Day, Type | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Plans of the Diligent Lead To Profit As Surely As Haste Leads To Poverty

Posted on December 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” – Proverbs 21:5 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Diligent, First Principles, Haste, Lead, Plans, Poverty, Profit, Proverbs 21:5 (NIV), Sure | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Art of Poetry Is To Touch the Passions, and Its Duty To Lead Them On the Side of Virtue

Posted on December 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.” – William Cowper

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Art, Duty, Lead, Passions, Poetry, Side, Thought For the Day, Touch, Virtue, William Cowper | Leave a comment

In This Dance

Posted on November 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In This Danceby Michael DoyleEven rivers know to ramble slowlyThe end comes soon enoughIf in the end, this world knows meSomeday, that will be enoughIn the interrupted dream shades of the nightI wander alone through this twilightBreathless as the thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acrid Ice, Break Down, Breathless, Chance, Compel, Dance, Destinty, Dice, Dreams, End, Enough, Fal, Felt, God-Given, Hand, In This Dance, Interrupt, Know, Lead, Love of Life, Magic, Melt, Met, Moment, Night, Offer, Poetry and Poems, Ramble, Reminisce, Risk, River, Roll, Shadows, Slow, Someday, Spell, Sweet Kiss, Tears, The Bridge, Thoughts, Twilight, Us, Walls, Wander Alone, World | Leave a comment

Step Inside A Haunted Mansion

Posted on October 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Step Inside A Haunted Mansionby Michael DoyleWhat if death was not the endingBut instead, just a new beginning?What if the paranormal was realAnd not just something that we feel?Skepticism has its own kind of turningIn all walks of life, we … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Of All the Dispositions and Habits Which Lead To Political Prosperity, Religion and Morality Are Indispensable Supports

Posted on September 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports.” – George Washington (1796)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Dispositions, First Principles, George Washington, Habits, Indispensable Supports, Lead, Morality, Political Prosperity, Religion | Leave a comment