Tag Archives: Live

Pushed and Pulled

Posted on September 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Yesterday, September 27, 2021, was the last day of prescribed cardiac rehab. They tell me that I am doing excellently. The only admonishment given was that I should keep in mind not to work out as hard as my spirit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admonishment, Allow, Bluff, Brought, Cardiac Rehab, Caught, Change, Do Good, Enough Is Enough, Every Inch of Ground, Every Struggle, Excel, Excellence, Feel, Found, Grown, Habits of A Lifetime, Hard, Heed, Higher Ground, Hope, Less, Life, Little More, Live, Live Another Day, Living, Making of Life, Misunderstood, Moderately, More, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Pull, Push, Range, Reach, Road, Seek, Seldom, Shore, Shown, Spirit, Strain, Strive, Sufficiency, Taught, Teach, Time | Leave a comment

A Dragon Born

Posted on September 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

A Dragon Bornby Michael DoyleIn the province of Henan, gungfu was bornTo rise to defeat China’s enemies as swornShaolin’s grace side by side with Tai Chi’s schoolBrought honor to their disciples’ ruleA battle head was one of strictly set contestFighting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All That Is Left, Alley Ways, Anger and Pride, Avoid, Battle, Born, Brick, Building Up, China, Contest, Deciding Factor, Defeat, Disciple, Discipline, Dragon, Ebb and Flow, Enemy, Equilibrium, Every Moment, Extra Weight, Fall, Fate, Fights, Forget, Game, Glass, Glory, Grace, Gracious, Grow, Gungfu, Hard Learned, Henan, Hollywood, Honor, Humility, Importance, Increase, Increasing Strife, Inside, Keep Control, Lessons, Life Comes, Live, Live Strong, Live Yet Another Day, Lost In Life, Need, Other Person's Head, Pain, Path, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Power, Province, Restoration, Rule, Seal, Seifoo, Shaolin, Share, Side By Side, Skill, Spirit Unbroken, Spoken, Step By Step, Street, Strict, Tai Chi, Tea, Torn Down, Trick, True, Unspoken, Victory's Crown, Ways, When, Whisper, Will, Win, Won, Words | Leave a comment

Chosen to Live

Posted on September 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Chosen to Live by Michael DoylePraying to a God of second chancesRecovering from life breaks and broken romancesWe have become one of the familyThrough the glory and the days of dramedyWe say our prayers in thankfulnessGrateful for God’s role in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Born, Chosen, Difference, Glory, God, Hard Knocks, Linking Arms, Live, Magnificence, Mourn, One of the Family, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Rejoice, Sanctified, Second Chances, Thankfulness, Three Lock Box | Leave a comment

Off Ramp

Posted on September 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Off Rampby Michael DoyleFrom dodge ball to full gloryWe live the Christmas storyBridged by that crossOn which God took our lossUnknown is the time and seasonBut what is known is the reasonThat healing of eternal riftIf only we will receive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Accept, Bridged, Chains, Chosen, Christmas Story, Cross, Dead, Death, Elected, Enjoy, Eternal Rift, Freeway, Fruit, Full Glory, Gift, God, Good Book, Hallelujah, Healing, Holy Priests, Known, Last, Last Breath, Left, Life, Live, Loss, Love, Off Ramp, Past, Poetry and Poems, Raised, Real Death, Reason, Receive, Relieve, Righteous Nation, Said, Salvation, Savior, Selected, Time and Season, Unknown, Walks | Leave a comment

To Live Beyond the Grave

Posted on September 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

To Live Beyond the Graveby Michael Doyle There are things I think onThat I wish not to be goneThere are words I have saidThat might help others ahead it’s these things I would saveTo extend these beyond the graveIn hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adding Up To Nothing, Ahead, Aspiration, Beyond the Grave, Choose To Write, Confide, Cried, Dare, Dreams, Emptiness, Extend, Gone, Grave, Happiness, Help Others, Hope, Inspiration, Into, Keep, Lead, Live, Mean, Might, Need, Not Today, Paper, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Said, Save, Secrets, Share, Smiles, Someone, Something, Something Yet To say, Stepped, Tears, Things I Think On, Words, Words of Care, Words of Hope | Leave a comment

Struck On A Bridge To Nowhere

Posted on August 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Struck On A Bridge To Nowhereby Michael DoyleI’m struck on a bridge to nowhereLooking for a bit of faithfulnessI’m stranded in an unfaithful worldChasing around the circles and nobody caresSuddenly seeing with sight for awarenessFeeling so completely fetaled and curledI’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Awareness, Become, Bridge, Care, Care To See, Chasing, Circles, Cold, Curl, Darkness, Denial, Faithfulness, Fate, Feeling, Fetal, Grace, Hate, Heart, Home, Integrity, Live, Love, Meaning, No Longer, Nowhere, Offer, Pity, Poetry and Poems, Seal, See, Sight, Smile, Stranded, Struck, Talk, This Morning, Told, Truth, Two Eyes, Unfaithful World, Walking Wounded, Woke, World | Leave a comment

Truths Seen

Posted on August 18, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Truths Seenby Michael DoyleSilent criesStrident alibisTruths seenFor human beingsCan be mortifyingAs we live death defyingTaking risks at every turnWe live as we learnCareful from feeling the burnYet, it is that we still yearnThe world keeps on turningNever certain what we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alibis, Answer, Burn, Careful, Dancer, Desire, Done, Find, Fire, Flying, Human Beings, Learn, Learning, Live, Lose, Mortifying, Poetry and Poems, Remind, Risks, Seen, Silent, Struggle, Sun, Terms, Truths, Turn, Turning, World, Yearn | Leave a comment

Firefighter 54 (In Memoriam for the Death of My Sister)

Posted on August 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

For those who remember Michele, I offer in her memory on this anniversary of her death: Firefighter 54 by Michael Doyle ..Firefighter 54, firefighter 54 This is Ashland Fire Department Firefighter 54, Firefighter 54 This is Ashland Fire … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 14 Hours, 14 Hours More, All I Should Have Ever Wanted, Angel Tears, Ashland Fire Department, Barrel Racing, Before Me, Brother, Brother In Law, Buddy, Cattle Cutting, Community, Compare, Death, Diamonds and Rust, Distinct Prairie Bonnet, Do you Know?, Doing My Best Cowboy, Doorways, Drive, Drove By, Early Morning Drizzle, Except, Fake, Father In Heaven, Felt, Few Stories, Final Journey, Firefighter 54, Firemen, Found A Way, Found Herself, Found There, Fullest Degree, Gathered, Go Ahead Cowgirl, Gucci, Hang My Head and Cry, Happiness, Hard Part, Harder, Heaven, High Life, His Long Face, I know, I must, Irony of It All, Joke, Joked, Joyful Pride, Knew At Least, Know, Laying you In the Ground, Learned In An Instant, Left Behind, Life Without Fear, Lifetime of Memories, Little More, Live, Lived As She Dared, Lived Just As She Wanted, Lost Up, Love, Love She Had Needed, Loved and Cared, Loved Her, Marbled, Memoriam, Michele, Middle of the Middle of Nowhere, Mind Distacted, Miss Her, Model, More Life, Move, Muddled Haze, My Best Friend, My Fatal Flaws, My Greatest Hero, My Sister, Mysteriously, Neighboring Counties, No Longer Responding, Nose To Nose, Nothing At All, Old Blue, Or Even Whimper Why, Our Father In Heaven, Out of Pain, Patted, Peaceful, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Quietly Taking It All In, Rain, Respond, Rest, Ride Your Ride, Riding, Sadly True, Sadness, Saluting, Selfish of Me, Share, Shared, Sincere, Sincerely Embraced, Sister, Slowly, Small Town People, Soul To Soul, Speaker, Stare, Stirred Up, Streets Lined, Such Are the Feelings, Sweet Photos, Tales of Admiration, Thank You For Your Service, Time, Too Much To Take In, Too Tough To Cry, Town, Trading In, Trail, Trying To Be Strong, Under This Steeple, Until the Very End, Waiting, Wake, Want In Any Way, Warmth and Truth, While She Had To Die, Who Knew Me Best, Wonder, Your Final Peace, Zero | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: She Who, Through Divine Grace, Lives the Generous Mystery of Birth, the Sacred Plan of Giving Shape and Consciousness to Clay

Posted on July 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“She who, through divine grace, lives the generous mystery of birth, the sacred plan of giving shape and consciousness to clay.” – Andrea Bocelli This song was sung by Andrea Bocelli to honor his mother for giving him birth despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Andrea Bocelli, Clay, Consciousness, Giving Shape, Live, Mystery of Birth, She, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: Wish Not So Much To Live Long As To Live Well

Posted on July 17, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.” – Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Live, Long, Much, Well, Wish | Leave a comment

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