Tag Archives: Living

Thought For the Day: Living A Healthy Lifestyle Will Only Deprive You of Poor Health, Lethargy and Fat

Posted on February 28, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.” – Jill Johnson

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Living Memories of A Man Taking the Name of Chip Takacs

Posted on February 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

May you rest in peace, Mr. Michael Robert Taska! Heaven has gained a mischieveous, wonderfully humored, good hearted musician for it’s honor guard band. While you walked among us, you made so many smile with happiness. Always so ready with … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Second Life | Tagged Alive, Beautiful Child, Beloved Family, Chip Takacs, Compare, Convention, End, Flair, Forgive, Friend, God, Gratitude, Heaven, Human Being, Intent, Joke, Learn, Life, Living, Love, Loving, Meet, Memory, Michael Robert Taska, Musician, Original, Prayer, Remember, Second Life, Sing, Song, View, Well Meaning, Worth | Leave a comment

Little By Little

Posted on January 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A quiet take on understanding life… Little By Little by Michael Romani Today, I came face to face with Neruda’s mean As I contemplated the mortality of this being That if little by little we live as though indentured To … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems, Uncategorized | Tagged Adventure, Atonal, Battle, Brilliant, Cherish, Compromise, Contemplate, Daughters, Denial, Dying, Eyes, Face to Face, Fall, Fascination, Fears, Fight, Forgive, Give, Give All, Grin, Improvisation, Indentured, Laugh, Life, Linger, Little, Live, Living, Love, Middle, More, Mortality, Neruda, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Ravage, Rhyme, Shade, Smile, Taken, Ventured, Win, Yes | Leave a comment

Thunder Road

Posted on November 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Robert Mitchum wrote and starred in a movie way back in the 1950s that spoke to the ways of moonshiners and their dispute with the Revenue men. It touched on many topics that each could be made their own poems. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back Woods, Backs, Breeze, Code, Drive, Family, Honor, Living, Mile, Moon, Moonshine, Obstacle, Old, Persistence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remnant, Robert Mitchum, Scrapple, Tale, Tax, Thunder Road, Trees, Unforgiving, Veteran, Whippoorwills, Wink | Leave a comment

Windblown Ways of Small Town Living

Posted on October 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The city nearly always seems to think itself superior to the country. Yet, as I look back on my life, it seems that the country has equally as much or more to offer. Windblown Ways of Small Town Living by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Big City, Blend, City, Country, Crime, Daughter, Father, Forgive, Gentle, Healing, Kerosene Lamp, Key, Little Miracles, Living, Love, Magic, Modern Medicine, Mother, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poverty, Small Town, Smile, Snow, Soul, Spell, Technology, Tradition, Trust, Universe, Windblown, Window | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Regret Is Stronger Than Gratitude

Posted on October 13, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Dead people receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude.” – Anne Frank

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Daily Prompt – Mass

Posted on September 18, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In our daily prayer for the living We find ourselves quickly forgiving All that happens as it must and might The little things meant taken as slight Wisdom in our souls come to prevail To go on living rightly as … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Contrary, Daily Prayer, Daily Prompt, Devine, Fear, Forgive, Forgiving, Happenstance, Humanity, Little Things, Live Right, Living, Love, Mass, Persevere, Prevail, Slights, Stained Glass, Tiffany, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Sin’s Darkfold

Posted on August 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Man’s fallen state has led us to many mistakes that take us far from the nature way we were meant to be like. Because of this, many hear the call of sin like a siren’s song. It’s been that way … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Dreamers, Emotional Landmines, Evil, Fallen State, Fanastic, Garden of Eden, Humanity, Life, Living, Mankind, Metaphor, Mimes, Morality Play, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Puppets, Sin, Sin's Darkfold, Siren's Song, Sleep, Slipstream, The Adversary, Willow | Leave a comment

Fanfare and Flourish

Posted on June 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Life can be filled with absurdities, some deeper than others. Fanfare and Flourish by Michael Romani In the fanfare and flourish Of too many mournful violins It seems life begins to nourish An image of a world of violence Divided … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blindness, Burn, Conscience, Divided, Empty Pride, Falling Star, Fanfare, Flourish, Golden Rule, Kindness, Living, Losing Hand, Misunderstood, Mournful, Numbers, Old School, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Thorn, Walls | Leave a comment

Living Your Best Today

Posted on June 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Based on large part on Isaiah 50:4-7: Living Your Best Today by Michael Romani We find ourselves in our prayers Feeling like we’re walking stairs Labored in our efforts to remain and be Everything in all of our possibilities Hoping for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Christian, Forgivee, Garden, Grace, Isaiah, Life, Living, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Posibility, Prayer, Presence | Leave a comment