Tag Archives: Mistakes

One-To-One Hearted

Posted on March 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

One-To-One Heartedby Michael DoyleThere best belongs to be foundIn the miss that comes aroundWhere nothing becomes the somethingThat brings the best of everythingSo often we walk feeling perplexedUnsure of how it all connectsBut if we listen really hardOur dreams show … Continue reading →

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Played On and On

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Played On and Onby Michael Doyle I always wonderedWhat tomorrow would bringAs I charged aheadDoing my best at everything And though I’ve made big mistakesI did my best at everythingFingers bled into these heartachesListening to the others sing Please don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Contrary, Cry, Endeavor, Extraordinary, Forever, Forget, Goodbye, Heartaches, Lipstick Trace, Memories, Mistakes, Night, On and On, Played, Poetry and Poems, Regret, Tomrrow, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Mistakes Are the Portals of Discovery

Posted on February 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” – James Joyce, novelist (2 Feb 1882-1941)

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A Parable of Treasure

Posted on January 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Parable of Treasureby Michael DoyleLife leads in a process of negotiationQuick as we are to assign our valuationThe problem lies in our lack of accuracyAnd that mistakes made become legendaryAssigned values can bring on heartacheLearning far too often from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accuracy, Decisions, Heartache, Kingdom of Heaven, Legendary, Low, Mistakes, Negotiation, Paraable, Poetry and Poems, Treasure, Valuation | Leave a comment

This Is the Baseline

Posted on October 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

This Is the Baselineby Michael DoyleThis This is the baselineMissed The punchline that was a signThat That showed us the worldAs Every dream was found fetal and curledMost stages of consciousnessAre degrees of insanityMirrored images of pretentiousnessHeld to the light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baseline, Breath, Bullet, Clear, Control, Death, Decision, Definition, Degrees, Dream, Error, Extractions, Faithful Soul, Fidelity, Flesh, Generation, Half Truth, Hit the Bottom, Insanity, Light, Memory, Mistakes, Outrun, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Pretentiousness, Primary Drive, Punchline, Real, Recognition, Situated, Stages of Consciousness, Struggle, System, Think and Feel, Trigger, Underneath, Vanity, Veneration, World | Leave a comment

Shadowboxing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Shadowboxingby Michael DoyleShadowboxing with my egoHiding from whispers of an echoWhen cleansing of sin is neededAnd common sense is not heededThere are dangers in complexityRaw feelings rough in their simplicityI just need to hold on to the sunriseVisions that bleed … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful Soul, Bleed, Cleansing of Sin, Common Sense, Complexity, Danger, Demons Dwell, Echo, Ego, Grow, Hid, Hurt, ID, Inferno, Innocence of Childhood, Jaded Past, Killing Me, Let Go, Living Hell, Lose Control, Love, Making, Mistakes, Must, Pain Inside, Past Trauma, Poetry and Poems, Pool of Blood, Raw Feelings, Shadow Boxing, Simplicity, Sunrise, Swept, Taking, Trust, Uncertainty, Whisper, World, Wound, Wounded Parts | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Want A Society In Which We Are Free To Make Choices, To Make Mistakes, To Be Generous and Compassionate. That Is What We Mean By A Moral Society

Posted on September 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society — not a society in which the State is responsible for … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Choices, Compassionate, Free, Generous, Margaret Thatcher, Mistakes, Moral Society, No One, Responsibile, Society, State, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Mistakes Are Part of the Dues That One Pays For A Full Life

Posted on September 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren, actor and singer (b. 20 Sep 1934)

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Thought For the Day: The More Original A Discover, the More Obvious It Seems Afterward

Posted on September 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward.” -Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (5 Sep 1905-1983)

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You Cannot Hurt Me

Posted on August 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

You Cannot Hurt Meby Michael DoyleYou cannot hurt meIt’s beyond possibilityI am damaged goodsA babe lost in the woodsOf my own heart, my own mindLike innocence left far behindEvery day I wake up numbed by painAll of my good intentions, … Continue reading →

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