Tag Archives: Life

The Secret Woes of Regret

Posted on May 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Secret Woes of Regretby Michael DoyleKept silence about better daysAre still remembered for the better waysWe once so happily lived inBefore the days of blood and drunken sinsWe clean the ship’s hull on the beachTo gain that extra knot … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Beach, Better Days, Better Way, Better Ways, Blind, Blood, Breach, Dead Men, Died, Dread, Dreams, Drunken Sins, Fair Weather, Faith, False Promises, Forget, Friends, Gamble, Gold, Happy, Honor, Integrity, Intention, Knot, Legendary, Lied, Life, Loss, Men, Misdeed, Mystic Power, November's Rain, Pain, Pirate, Pirates, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Prevails, Ramble, Regret, Remember, Require, Secret, Ship's Hull, Silence, Strong Wind, Suffering, Tales, Tears, Truth, Woe, Yesterday | Leave a comment

First Principles: If I Believe In God and Life After Death and You Do Not, and If There Is No God, We Both Lose When We Die. However, If There Is A God, You Still Lose and I Gain Everything

Posted on May 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.” – Blaise … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged A God, Believe, Blaise Pascal, Death, Die, Do Not, First Principles, Gain Everything, God, Life, Lose, No God, Still | Leave a comment

An Albatross Weighs Me Down

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Albatross Weighs Me Downby Michael DoyleOnce again, I stand reminded of a weightThat my days are numbered and have a dateOn which no more effort will be to my gainI push forward that my life is not in vainIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Albatross, Ancient Mariner, Behind, Beseiged, Best Friend, Blind, Capability, Ceiling, Conscience, Cost, Date, Death, Done, Down, Each Tiime, Effort, Every Day Opportunities, Fan-Boy, Gain, Head, Inner Convictions, Invitations, Last Breath, Leave Alone, Life, Life's Bangers, Listen, Memories, Mess, Mind, My Days, My Soul, Naked Trauma, Numbered, Once Again, Poetry and Poems, Push Forward, Quiet Drama, Reminded, Sage Advice, Said, Serve, Shape, Sight, Soul, Soul Undressed, Strength, Tears, Tortured Poet, Troubles, Visions, Weigh, Weight, Whisper | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Life of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He Means To Write One Story, and Writes Another, and His Humblest Hour Is When He Compares the Volume As It Is With What He Vowed To Make It

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” -J.M. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Another, As It Is, Compare, Diary, Every Man, Humblest Hour, J.M. Barrie, Life, Mean, One Story, Thought For the Day, Volume, Vowed To Make It | 3 Comments

In This Love’s Connection

Posted on May 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In This Love’s Connectionby Michael DoyleWhat’s it going to be likeThe moment that we touchWhen the electricity reveals usWill it be too muchWhen you think of meWill I feel it in my soulWe know that it’s supposed to beAs my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Bow, Box, Calling, Connection, Constellations, Decision, Desire, Direction, Down To the Wire, Dreams, Electricity, Falling, Feel, Feeling, Fire, Free, Froever, Give, God, God's Power, Grace, Hand, Heart, Hide, Higher, Hour, Imagine, Inside, Less Than Clever, Life, Live, Long, Love, Love's Connection, Meant, Meet, Moment, Poem, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Reach, Reveal, Rock, Roll, Shake, Shaking In My Boots, Soul, Strong, Supposed To Be, Surprised, Think, Touch, Truth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: What Sunshine Is To Flowers, Smiles Are To Humanity

Posted on May 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.” – Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1 May 1672-1719)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Flowers, Good, Humanity, Inconceivable, Joseph Addison, Life, Pathway, Scattered, Smiles, Sunshine, Thought For the Day, Triffles | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Have But One Candle of Life To Burn, and I Would Rather Burn It Out In A Land Filled With Darkness Than In A Land Flooded With Light

Posted on April 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.” – John Keith Falconer

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aaron Copland, Alight, Burn, Candle, Darkness, Faith-Filled, Flooded, John Keith Falconer, Life, One, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Facedown With Mediocrity

Posted on April 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Facedown With Mediocrityby Michael DoyleIn every town and in every cityWe find challenges met with mediocrityThese are the moments of losses takenAnd near certainty of a world wanting and mistakenFor some, this is hard to be faced head onWhile others … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Actors, Alright, Bad Science, Break, Challenges, Chice, City, Compassion, Confidence, Conscience, Defiance, Desist, Diffidence, Dragged Into the Light, Easy, Excellence, Facedown, Force, Forge, Get In the Way, Gone, Hard, Hard to Know, Head-On, Hellion, Impressed, Life, Loss, Loud, Mediocrity, Mistaken, Must, New Day, Out of Fashion, Path, Play, Poetry and Poems, Push the Boundaries, Reasons, Resist, Role, Salute, Say, Seasons, See, Simple, Study, Stuffed Ballot Boxes, Sunglight, Suppressed, Tied UP, Tow, True Hearts, Trust, Unanswered Questions, Victories, Voice, Walking Shaodow, World, Youthful Rebellion | Leave a comment

Tandy 100

Posted on April 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Tandy 100by Michael DoyleI watched a show the other dayThat reminded me of life lived another wayI smiled on this journey bringing me backTo the late 80s, and Radio ShackThe Tandy 1000 was the trend of the hourIt had an … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affordabiity, Allure, Apologize, Argument, Attention, Back, Bicker, Biggest Catch, Bright Light, Budget, budgeting, Calculate, Capability, Computers, Confusion, Consumerism, Day, Devour, Dimes, Discover, Dollars, Drift, Earnest, Fall Apart, Family, Finance, First, Floor, Forced Ability, Fright, Future, Hand-In-Hand, Harmonious Relationships, Hearts, Helpful, Hope, Hour, Inanimate Objects, Intrusion, Journey, Just Enough, Know, Late 80s, Lawn, Life, Living Paycheck to Paycheck, Love, Modern World, Money, Nurture, Obsession, Path of Technology, People, personal-finance, Poetry and Poems, Possession, Radio Shack, Reconcile, Rejects, Rely, Remind, Salesmen, Saving, Sentiment, Show, Slumber Land, Smile, Society, Start, Startling, Street, Strife, Tandy 1000, Technological, Teenaged Boy, Time, Toy, Trend, Understand, Utility, Value, Watch, Way, Will, Wise, Worth, Wrong Questions, You and Me, Young Einsteins, Young Girls | Leave a comment

Saltwater Traces

Posted on April 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Saltwater Tracesby Michael DoyleLooking out from the edge of the ocean’s shoreThere is a vast expanse we’ve yet to exploreWe know so little about our Mother OceanAnd yet, fools like me are filled with devotionLimited as we are by human … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baptized, Beginning, Begins, Blood, Board, Breadth, Brutality, Calm, Colors and Emotions, Dance, Devotion, Dip, Edge, Emotion, Ending, Eternity, Explore, Fascination, Feelings, Fools Like Me, Gaze, Graves, Hair, Human Contemplation, Human Perceptions, Humble, Immortality, Know, Length, Life, Limited, Majesty, Mankind, Measure, Moment, Mother Ocean, Ocean, Patches, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pounding Waves, Reflective, Reminder, Repeitition, Salt, Saltwater Traces, Sands, Scale, Sea, Shadow, Shallows, Shore, Strength, Sunlight, Sweat, Tears, Time and Space, Toes, Touch, Vast Expanse, Winds, Windswept, Years | Leave a comment