Tag Archives: Life

Bring On the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Bring On the New Yearby Michael DoyleAs my daughters and I take our moment to reconnectThe newsman sings his warnings about a polar vortexWe don’t care because we are warm and safe insideIn our cozy corners, where each of us … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2025, Adventure, Amusement, Bring On, Care, Confide, Cozy Coerners, Daughters and I, Each Other, Everyone, First Day of the Next Year, Friends, Good Times, Joy, Laughter, Life, Love, Mine, Moment, Music, New Year's Eve, Newsman, Offer, Place, Poetry and Poems, Polar Vortex, Reconnect, Secrets, The New Year, The Sound of Music, Tomorrow, Tradition, Trust, Warm and Safe, Warning, Whenever They're With Me, Without Condition, World of Pretends | Leave a comment

First Principles: Where Is the Security For Property, For Reputation, For Life, If the Sense of Religious Obligation Deserts the Oaths…?

Posted on December 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths…?” – George Washington (1796)

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Christmas Island Memory

Posted on December 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas Island Memoryby Michael DoyleEven Christmas Island has its rulesThough they’re not type you learn in schoolsBut the types that build useful toolsThe type needed by wise men, common folk, and foolsOne of these is to drop the guessingAccepting each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begin, Blessing, Christmas Island, Common Folk, Days, Each Moment, End, Fools, Guessing, Know, Learn, Lesson, Life, Memory, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Rules, School, Special Way, Tools, Ways, Wise Men | Leave a comment

First Principles: In the End, It’s Not the Years In Your Life That Count. It’s the Life In Your Years

Posted on December 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln (Happy Birthday to me?)

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A Road of Traveled Story

Posted on December 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Road of Traveled Storyby Michael DoyleThis universe isn’t made of cosmic dustThough we all depend on God as we mustThis universe is a road of traveled gloryEach of us has our own part in this storyGiven our roles, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Answer, Beautiful Mind, Beauty, Blind, Broken Arrow, Challenges, Choice, Choices, Cosmic Dust, Crash, Cure, Dark, Days, Decision, Devil's Train, Door, Duty, Fate, Friends, God, Gypsy Tears, Hate, Hope, Hurt, Imprisoned, Life, Light, Love, Mine, Morning, Narrow, Night, Opportunity, Own Part, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prism, Refrain, Road, Roles, Shine, Sighted, Sky, Still Live, Story, Time, Traveled Story, True Love, Ugly, Universe, Veil, Voice, Walls, Ways, Weight, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Love the Life You Live. Life the Life You Love.

Posted on December 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” – Bob Marley

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First Principles: Life Is A Succession of Lessons Which Must Be Lived To Be Understood

Posted on December 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Imagination, Not Invention, Is the Supreme Master of Art As of Life

Posted on December 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.” – Joseph Conrad

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A Jingle Bell Sort of Love

Posted on December 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Jingle Bell Sort of Loveby Michael DoyleThe city lights shine so brightBringing a little Christmas to my nightThere’s joy in how the sleigh bells ringAnd I love the happy way the children singStill, life happens as it doesThere’s no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Blessed, Bright, Care, Carrying On, Children, Chords, Christmas, Christmas S;pirit, Christmas Tree, City Lights, Close, Does, Factually, Fall In Love, Family, Feel, Feeling Blue, Game, Gathered, Gone, Hand of God, Hanging On, Happiness, Happy Ending, Impossible Deadlines, Jangle, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bells, Joy, Kept, Life, Living, Love, Magic, Moving On, Music, Night, Poetry and Poems, Promises Made, Right Side, Rumor, Same, Sing, Sleigh Bells, Smile, Snowy Air, Tears, Time, True, Wept, Winning, Wish | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies, Those Transcendent Moments of Awe That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on December 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

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