Tag Archives: Love

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Athletic

Posted on October 2, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

There is a motion in these waves that is aesthetic Know best by those of us who they call athletic Living in that cosmic instant known as now Lingering and reacting and merging with it somehow As we slide along … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Aesthetic, Athletic, Daily Prompt, Fluidity, Learning to Live, Life, Live, Love, Now, Ocean, Ride, Take and Give, Waves, Wipeout, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Calling Out Your Name

Posted on October 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Calling Out Your Name by Michael Romani I might be retreating But, my heart’s still beating Calling out your name Tell me, can you feel me? No, I mean, the real me As I call out your name I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Facade, Love, Muse, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Real Me | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Serve Others

Posted on September 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.” – Leo Tolstoy, in What Is To Be Done? (1886) While there is certainly a lot that I disagree with Tolstoy on, there is this in common. I believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Avocation, Leo Tolstoy, Love, Others Orientation, Service, Thought For the Day, Vocation, What Is To Be Done? | Leave a comment

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Focused

Posted on September 26, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Playing out this wonderful life with you It’s the best thing that I could ever do Keeping focused on you and my bliss It’s the best of love, peace and happiness Some may say this is California Dreamin’ If it … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Daily Prompt, Focus, Focused, Happiness, I Met A Girl, Love, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman, Wordpress | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Love Liberty Is To Love Others

Posted on September 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.” —William Hazlitt (1778-1830) This writer, though as British as John Locke, may be much overlooked these days, but he is on point … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, Hypocrisy, Liberty, Love, Love of Others, Ourselves, Power, William Hazlitt | 2 Comments

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Crumb

Posted on September 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

In this life that is so often tossed with a tumble I can only hope some cookies never crumble And I know that my life will always be good Though not always as straight as it should Just so long … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Christmas, Cookies, Crumble, Daily Prompt, Forever, Gingerbread, Joy, Love, Memories, Nutcracker, Photograph, Sugar Plumb, Tree, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Creativity Is Our True Fountain of Youth

Posted on September 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will have truly defeated age.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Age, Creativity, Defeat, Fountain of Youth, Life, Love, Mind, People, Sophia Loren, Talents, Tap, Thought For the Day | 1 Comment

Thought For the Day: The Trail Is the Thing…

Posted on September 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for.” – Louis L’Amour, in Ride the Dark Trail Like the happiness within it, life is a journey, not a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, End of Trail, Fast, Kindness, Life, Louis L'Amour, Love, Miss, Notice, Ride the Dark Trail, Slow, Thought For the Day, Trail | 1 Comment

Thought For the Day: Always Seek For Truth Or Lose Your Ability To Love

Posted on September 18, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day, Uncategorized | Tagged Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lies, Love, Respect, Self Deception, The Brothers Karamazov, Truth | Leave a comment

Prayers Answered

Posted on September 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Prayer Answered by Michael Romani Waking up to another Indiana sunrise Wiping the sleep from my happier eyes Having dreamed of places that shaped me To the happiness of my beautiful family How I love to watch my princesses grow … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Cherish, Daddy, Daughters, Family, Happiness, Love, Moments, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Precious | Leave a comment