Tag Archives: Learn

First Principles: With Those Who Wish To Think Amiss of Me, I Have Learned To Be Perfectly Indifferent

Posted on August 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learned to be perfectly indifferent; but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, and to need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be passive.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Amiss, First Principles, Indifferent, Ingenuous, Learn, Mind, Need Only Truth, Passive, Perfectly, Set To Rights, Think, Thomas Jefferson, Those, Wish | Leave a comment

To My Not So Anonymous Enemy

Posted on August 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Don’t worry. I have a pretty good idea who you are. shrugs… Your game is all but washed out…Incidentally, if you think being an ocean apart somehow protects against slander and libel in an electronic communication, well, I guess I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accusation, Afraid, Anonymous, Arguments, Blackmail, Blankly, Chorus, Couple of Times, Crumble, Doesn't Believe, Don't Cry To You, Electronic Communication, Enemy, False Relation, Falter, Fears, Fool's Game, Game Over, Gives You, Gossip, Honest Man, Hurt, Impersonation, Implied Demands, Innuendo, International Law, Karma, Learn, Libel, Lost, Loud Mouth, Made Up, Made Up Tears, Makes One Think, Mildly Waits, Mirror, Mocking, Mocking Jubilation, Photograph, Play, Played, Playing the Victim, Poem, Poetry, Proves Nothing, Shadow, Slander, Someone Who Cares, Speak, Stalking, Stares, Stares Back, Stinks, Stumble, Thankfully, Too Much Time On Your Hands, Wanting No Part, Warning, Weak, What You Say, Your Just Deserts, Your Own Voice | Leave a comment

Lessons From Sonic and Zen

Posted on August 6, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based on a conversation and then watching a movie as I was there sharing it: Lessons From Sonic and Zen by Michael Doyle Large popcorn, extra butter Tasty treat and then another Settled in blanket to watch the show Cuddle … Continue reading →

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Learning To Do the Math

Posted on August 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

2nd poem from the work shop: Learning To Do Math by Michael Doyle She spoke eloquently of her calculations While I sat mystified; musing on the math That is found in music and in so much art Wondering how it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anyone Else, Art, Blind Man, Calculations, Cat, Consistent, Dark Room, Eloquent, Error, Fact, Fascinate, Found, Heart, Learn, Little, Math, Middle, Muse, Music, Mystified, Persistent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Replace, Schrodinger, Search, Simply, Smarter, Something Else, Spoke, Theory, There, Truly, Two Ways, Understanding, Wonder, Wondering, Work Shop, Workable | Leave a comment

Awkward Silence Felt

Posted on August 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Does anyone else ever get into routines? I suppose there is good and bad to these things. Awkward Silence Felt by Michael Doyle The awkward silence between Feels down, dirty and mean In pop culture’s references We’re coming down to … Continue reading →

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Wild Winds

Posted on August 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As mentioned before, it is birthday weekend for a very sweet daughter whose gentle spirit and artistic ways make me a better man in every way. I am so proud to be her father. I thought it might be, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrive, Assured, Back and Forth, Banter, Birthday Weekend, Bison, Blessed, Brought Back From the Edge, Buffalo, Buffalo Dreams, Buffalos, Calamity, Charge, Conversation, Cows, Daughters, Distinction, Drive, Eldest Daughter, Embrace, Explain, Explore, Extinction, Faint Marks, Family, Fascination, Father, Few Remaining, Flicker, Forward, Fremont, Friends, Future, Future Trips, Great Beasts, Horns, Indiana, Journey, Kayaking, Learn, Less Dim, Liberty, Long Drive, Love, Mile by Mile, Moment, Move Along, Nation, No Complaining, Old, Once Was A Time, Open Door, Outside, Photograph, Playfully, Plentiful, Poem, Poetry, Present, Preserve, Proud, Quicker, Raining, Risks, Rivers, Rus, Safer, Salvation, Saturday, Song, Soul, Stormy, Strength, Talking, Teach, Tenacity, Thankful, The Girls, The Great Creator, Their, Time Spent, Torment, Toward, Trace, Tragedy, Treasure, Vulnerability, Wild Winds, Wilderness, Wonderful, World | Leave a comment

Lessons From Life’s Jungles

Posted on July 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are laws that are met in all jungles be these forested or concrete. The two most vital are survival and truth. Lessons From Life’s Jungles by Michael Doyle The jungle has two laws Survival and truth There is no … Continue reading →

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To Keep the Sacred Near

Posted on July 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A look at life’s lessons. To Keep the Sacred Near by Michael Doyle Life thrusts us into situations Thigh deep in aggravations But then there’s a lesson even in that One felt deep even if you’re not an empath Another … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggravations, Another Day, Bambi, Care, Country, Dear, Doe, Doesn't Really Matter, Empath, Endless Days, Eyeball, Eyes, Felt Deep, Go Far, Good Enough, Heart, Holding On, Home, Instinct, Keep, Last Night, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Mortality, Near, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realization, Sacred, See, Situation, Slip By, Spare, Surprise, Thigh Deep, Thrust, Time, True, Wonder, Yearling | Leave a comment

The God Smiles

Posted on July 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A bit of a story about Celtic magic derived from a much larger story: The God Smiles by Michael Doyle The God smiles in sanctification Blessing His love in its purification Lessons taught in the Garden’s tending Such is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessing, Burn, Burning Embers, Celtic, Dawn, Death, Demons, Face, Garden, Go On, Greater, Inside, Learn, Lessons, Life, Love, Magic, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretending, Pretense, Pride, Purification, Rage, Santification, Sleepy Village, Smiles, Taught, Tending, The God, Timbers, Wakes, Wish, Wolf | Leave a comment

To Learn To Love

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading →

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