Tag Archives: Long

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

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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 →

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Thought For the Day: Lest I Keep My Complacent Way, I Must Remember Somewhere Out There A Person Died For Me Today. As Long As There Must Be A War, I Ask and I Must Answer; Was I Worth Dying For?

Posted on May 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer; was I worth dying for?”- Eleanor Roosevelt

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Revival

Posted on March 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Revivalby Michael DoyleMoving past day-to-day survivalPraying for our nation’s revivalMiracles out of nowhere displayedEven if somewhat a bit delayedThe Holy Spirit moves us forwardNever retreating but ever towardThe spiritual awakening we findSalvation wants no one left behindReviving the lowly and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandoned, Bleed, Daily Journey, Day-To-Day, Delayed, Desperate Nation, Dull, Feel, Find, Fire, Forward, Keep Faithful, Long, Lowly and Contrite, Many, Miracles, Moves, Moving Past, Nation, Needs, Never Retreating, No One Left Behind, Obedient, Our Destiny, Out of Nowhere, Poetry and Poems, Praying For, Real, Recognizing, Renew, Revival, Reviving, Right, Salvation, Sights, Slumber, Somewhat, Spiritual Awakening, Spirituality, Survival, The Holy Spirit, Toward, Vitality, Waking, We, Wrongs, Zeal | 1 Comment

Thought For the Day: Christmas Will Always Be As Long As We Stand Heart To Heart and Hand In Hand

Posted on December 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Suess

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Two of A Pair

Posted on November 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Two of A Pairby Michael DoyleThat life would change and I’d be blessedWas something, I’d never have guessedUntil that day you looked my lonely wayLeaving me breathless and hoping to sayThat there might come some magical dayWhen I knew that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Pair, All Seasons, Beautiful Reasons, Beauty, Before the Fire, Blessed, Breathless, Caught Up, Change, Dare Say, Desire, Dismiss, Fall, God, Gratitude, Guess, Heart, Here To Stay, Hold You, Hope, Joy Fill, Keep Us, Knew, Leaves Fall, Life, Lonely Way, Long, Look, Love, Love Brings, Magical Day, Next Day, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Quietly Pray, Say, Sings, Song, Spring, Summer, Sweet Kiss, That Day, Thoughts of You, Truth, Two, Two of A Pair, When We're Apart, Winter, Wish, Words, You and Me | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: So Long As the Human Spirit Thrives On This Planet, Music In Some Living Form Will Accompany And Sustain It

Posted on August 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it.” – Aaron Copland

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Gift A Parent Can Give A Child Is Unconditional Love

Posted on August 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There’s nothing wrong with tough love, as long as … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Absolute Love, Bearings, Child, Finding, George H W Bush, Greatest Gift, Long, Love Is Unconditional, Needs, Nothing Wrong, Parent, Sense, Strays, Thought For the Day, Tough Love, Unconditional Love, Wanders | Leave a comment

Engulfed In A Church of Transition

Posted on July 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Claude De Bussy’s music started a tonal revolution that brought with it an entirely different way of looking at music. It’s simply amazing in its tonal fluidity and how it transformed art music. Debussy’s Engulfed Cathedral: Engulfed In A … Continue reading →

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Indiana Back Hills

Posted on June 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I am not sure really how Google’s mapping GPS works. It usually gives me the most direct and quickest route to my destination. On my way home last night, I received directions that could not have possibly have been the … Continue reading →

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