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Thought For the Day: If Life Had A Second Edition, How I Would Correct the Proofs

Posted on July 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.” – John Clare, poet (13 Jul 1793-1864)

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Remember To Forget

Posted on July 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Remember To Forgetby Michael DoyleAs long as there is lifeThere is, at least, some hopeRegardless of our strifeThis helps us to quietly copeThose things that bring us to edgeWe need to forgive as our sinThat which as brought us to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begin Again, Brashness, Break, Caught On Fire, Circle, Comedy, Common Man, Contradiction, Cope, Dante, Dawn, Deranged, Doing Good, Doing Unto Others, Dramas, Edge, Eternity, Fake, Forget, Forgive, Found, Ghosts, Goethe, Golden Rule, Good, Grow, Hope, Human Operation, In the Flesh, Infinity, Informal Philosophy, Inspire, Jealousy, Know, Lack, Learn, Ledge, Lessons, Life, Long, Mist, Motifs, Nations, No Getting Past, No Live and Let Live, Our Condition, Payback, Poetry and Poems, Precious Time, Puzzled Complexities, Remember, Revenge, Secret Alphabet, Secret Seeds, Shakespeare, Sin, Sincere, Souls, Spoken About, Stories, Strange, Strife, Sublime, Vengeage, Vexatious World, Words of Wisdom, World, Worthy To Hear | Leave a comment

First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty

Posted on July 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gift of God, God, Just, Justice, Liberties of A Nation, Liberty, Life, Reflect, Secure, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble | Leave a comment

Another Whispered Truth About Love

Posted on June 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Another Whispered Truth About Loveby Michael DoyleListen very closelyClosely to me as I say thisOur love is our strengthIt is not our weaknessIt’s a not so hiddenSacred kind of truthHeld openly with hopeBurning from our youthThough life often teaches usHow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amble, Another, Burning, Closely, Cloud, Difficult Times, Each Tear, Ease, Fear, Find Our Way, Gives Us, Harshness, Held Openly, Hesitancy, Hold Us Back, Hope, It Is Only Love, Life, Listen, Love, Love's Grace, Not So Hidden, Our Day, Poetry and Poems, Reminds, Sacred, Storms of Darkness, Strength, Teaches, Truth, Us, What We Lack, Whisper, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If You Break Your Neck, If You have Nothing To Eat…Then You’ve Got A Problem. Everything Else Is An Inconvenience

Posted on June 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Break Your Neck, Breast, Difference, Everything Else, House Is On Fire, Inconvenience, Learn, Life, Lumpy, Not the Same, Nothing To Eat, Oatmeal, Robert Fulghum, Thought For the Day, Throat, You've Got A Problem | Leave a comment

A Call To Revamp General Healthcare Public Policy Subsequent to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Posted on May 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

A Call To Revamp General Healthcare Public Policy Subsequent to the Covid-19 Pandemic Under the broader heading of healthcare policy are the concerns related to general health which includes obesity. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, approximately 17-20%% of the nation’s … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Greater Love Has No One Than This: To Lay Down One’s Life For One’s Friends

Posted on May 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-14

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Perspective Revisited

Posted on May 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Perspective Revisited by Michael Doyle Float to the top Or sink to the bottom The rest is just churn This is a lesson in life One that is usually earned It’s our decision in how we learn Everyone dreams, big … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bottom, Change, Churn, Cloud, Concern, Decision, Done, Dream, Earned, Float, Focus, Foot, Hide, Learn, Lesson, Life, Other's Hero, Poetry and Poems, Prespective, Pretend, Reflect, Rest, Revisited, Save, Secrets, Sink, Top of the Mountain, Top of the World, Zero | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #30: While By Rhyme We Say Goodbye

Posted on April 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #30: While By Rhyme We Say Goodbyeby Michael DoyleMoving ever towardBy inching forwardIn a sideways slideWhere up tells down to hideLife becomes its hide and seekThough we remain afraid to speakWords we really want to sayThe truths that get … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Word Or Two, Afraid to Speak, Astray, Cheer, Day by Day, Down, Fresh, Get Us Through Our Days, Given To Poetry, Hide, Hide and Seek, Inching Forward, Legends, Life, Moving, Na/GloPoWriMo, Next Year, Once Again, Peeks, Poetry and Poems, Prophecy, Quite Outspoken, Raised, Rhyme, Say, Share, Sideways Slide, Slightly Broken, Thirty Days of Rhymes, Time, To Fly, Toast, Toward, Truths, Up, Want To See, We Always Do, We Say Goodbye, Well Played, Words | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #29: From This Side of the Window

Posted on April 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #29: From This Side of the Windowby Michael DoyleThere was a time as a younger manWhen life excited me as it no longer canThat I would climb up into that buildingA hotel in which bargains were no longer yieldingThe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bargains, Books Read, Building, Changed Directions, Cheap Trick, Climb, Clothes, Deals, Deepest Meaning, Distracting Words, Edge, Excited Me, Hotel, Illusions, Know Where To Go, Life, Lifetime, Magical, Magician, Na/GloPoWriMo, No One Really Knows, Now and Then, Older Man, On the Fly, Pass, Plain To See, Played Guitar, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Rhyme, Scheming, See Beyond, Stacking the Cards, Still the Boy, This Side of the Window, To and Fro, Too Busy Dreaming, Watching the Show, Words, World, Younger Man | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Life

Thought For the Day: If Life Had A Second Edition, How I Would Correct the Proofs

Remember To Forget

First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty

Thought For the Day: If You Break Your Neck, If You have Nothing To Eat…Then You’ve Got A Problem. Everything Else Is An Inconvenience

A Call To Revamp General Healthcare Public Policy Subsequent to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Thought For the Day: Greater Love Has No One Than This: To Lay Down One’s Life For One’s Friends

Na/GloPoWriMo #29: From This Side of the Window

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