Tag Archives: Less

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)by Michael DoyleCropper laid the template for rock-n-roll.Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our soulsAs Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.He proved that sometimes more … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged America, Bare Necessities, Belong, Certainty, Chugging Patterns, Clutter, Complexity, Console, Cry, Dissonance, Essential Groove, Feel, Flashy Solo, Green Onions, Guess, Jump Up, Language, Less, Licks, Madness, More, Move, Note, Otis Redding, Play, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Precious and Tight, Primal Puriity, Remembrance, Right Place, Rock-n-Roll, Say, Siimple, Simply Right, Sitting On the Dock of the Bay, Space, Steve Cropper, Style, Succinct, Swagger, Template, Timing | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Less Government Interferes With Private Pursuits, the Better For General Prosperity

Posted on February 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” – Martin Van Buren

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Better, First Principles, General Prosperity, Government, Interfere, Less, Martin Van Buren, Private Pursuits | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Found I Had Less and Less To Say, Until Finally, I Became Silent, and Began To Listen. I Discovered In the Silence, the Voice of God

Posted on November 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God” – Soren Kierkegaard

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Discover, First Principles, Found, Less, Listen, Say, Silence, Silent, Soren Kierkegaard, The Voice of God | Leave a comment

Periodic Burn Offs

Posted on September 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Periodic Burn Offsby Michael DoyleIt is all about maintaining our true wealthWhen we cooperate with our natural healthKeeping the functions on which we dependIs absolutely necessary, or we will all surely endWith a world less desirable for all to liveAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Benefit, California, Capability, Capable, Compete, Controversy, Cooperate, Depend, Desire, Development, Earth, End, Environment, Every Tool, Fire, Forgive, Function, Future, Good and Wise Government, Good Stewards, Greed, Human, Improvement, Land, Learning, Less, Less Desirable, Listening To Others, Livability, Live, Mesophication, Natural, Natural Health, Natural Spaces, Nature, Necessary, Necessity and Use, Needs, Observation, Out-Of-Control Wildfires, Periodic Burn Offs, Poetry and Poems, Progress, Progressive, Reap, Responsibility, Sustainable, True Wealth, Uncertainty, World | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Season

Posted on February 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Valentine’s Seasonby Michael DoyleIn a circular society, there are seasonsSome of these devoid of sensible reasonsAs to why there is plenty or there is lessLove to be found, yet if I had to guessIt’s more worth quietly learning to resignAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Age, All of This, Alone, Anguish, Apartment Wall, Argument, Attention, Call, Capuccino, Chances, Circular Society, Complete, Constant Denial, Cry, Design, Devoid, Do Not Disturb Sign, Dream, Easy, Efforts, Evade, Failed To Say, Falling In Love, Father, Feelings, Find Her, Follow, Found, Four Course Dinner, Friends, Good Turn, Guess, Happiness and Joy, Human Condition, Journey, Learn, Less, Life, Loneliness, Love, Love Depends, Loveable, Manage, Mine, Miss, My Daughters, My Fault, Plenty, Poetry and Poems, Point, Prayer, Quiet Moments, Reasons, Reminder, Replete, Resign, Season, Seasons, Secret, Self-Sedition, Shadows, Silver Moonlight, Sip, Smile, Someone, Stone, Trip, Try, Tyle, Valentine, Wish | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When You Hurt People, They Begin To Love you Less. That’s What Careless Words Do. They Make People Love You A Little Less

Posted on November 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” – Arundhati Roy

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Arundhati Roy, Begin, Careless Words, Happens, Hurt, Less, Love, People, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Think the Best Way of Doing Good To the Poor, Is Not Making Them Easy In Poverty, But Leading or Driving them Out of It

Posted on August 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Many Who Have Spent A Lifetime In It Can Tell Us Less of Love Than the Child That Lost A Dog Yesterday

Posted on April 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.” -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Child, Dog, Less, Lifetime, Lost, Love, Many, Spent, Thornton Wilder, Thought For the Day, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Screaming the Dream

Posted on April 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Screaming the Dreamby Michael DoyleWho would have believed Were my eyes deceivedCould this really beWithin any possibilityScreaming the dreamWho would have believedThe nutritional value of ice creamFactually known, not deceivedNow isn’t this something niceA glycemic index less than brown riceMaybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accommodation, Ask, Believed, Brown Ric, Bulge, Child, Chill, Churning, Cultural Bias, Deceived, Dream, Energy, Factually Known, Findings, Glycemic Index, God's Grace, Good, Good Conscience, Goodness, Half A Cup, Healthy, Hunger, Ice Cream, Indulge, Insult, Know, Less, Messy Process, Minerals, Moderation, Modest, Nice, Nutritional Value, Obsess, Poetry and Poems, Possibile, Result, Scientists, Scream, Show, Skip Past, Stigma, Treat, Tummy, Understood, Urge, Wealthy, Willing | Leave a comment

Mountain Top Revelations

Posted on January 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mountain Top Revelationsby Michael DoyleUnknown mountain tops to exploreIs an answer and a prayer for the moreThat comes from a world knowing lessIs actually more, the function search of a guessAs if there is still a peak yet to existIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Answers, Babble, BE Me, Clever, Corrupt, Disappear, Doubt, Duplicate, Exist, Explore, Forever, Forgiven, Freedom's Shout, Function, Guess, Hobbits, Laugh, Less, Mountain Tops, Outside World, Peak, Persist, Place, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Questions, Replcate, Revelations, Self-Control, Shire, Soul | Leave a comment