Tag Archives: Moment

First Principles: From the Practice of the Purest Virtue, You May Be Assured You Will Derive the Most Sublime Comforts In Every Moment of Life, and In the Moment of Death

Posted on April 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” ― Thomas Jefferson

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A Trinity Moment Revealed

Posted on March 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Trinity Moment Revealedby Michael DoyleThe church’s smile has been metNever missing a generation yetIt’s okay to share the laughterAs we prepare for the here ever afterThe yoke we put on, we must recallGives us more than it takes after … Continue reading →

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Surrendered To the Knife

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Surrendered To the Knifeby Michael DoyleOnce you’ve surrendered to the knifeYour silent pleas won’t save your lifeThis, then, is the solemn price paidFor the best-laid plans never madeThis is what it is to be done with mankindTo take the bitter … Continue reading →

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…Maybe Tomorrow…

Posted on January 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

…Maybe Tomorrow…by Michael DoyleTomorrow isn’t really about tomorrowSo much as it about avoiding sorrowThe kind that grows, and we borrowWhen we’re struck deep in our marrowWaiting for the moment’s opportunityWe push forward to relentlessly Filled with the confidence of dreamsThat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged As We Go, Avoid, Borrow, Choose, Confidence, Dreams, Grow, Marrow, Maybe, Moment, Movie of Our Life, Narration, Opportunity, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preparation, Relentlessly, Scenes, Screen, Show, Sorrow, Struck, Tomorrow | Leave a comment

Christmas Tree Lane

Posted on December 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas Tree Laneby Michael DoyleLife can throw its curve ballsYet, still, it is that Christmas callsWith Christmas lights bringing good cheerEven when a little sadness nearsA smile offered over a little wineHelps to smooth the edgy linesBringing joy and times … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Beneath, Bright Lights, Candy Canes, Children's Eyes, Christmas, Christmas Calls, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Eve, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tale, Christmas Tree Lane, Curve Bals, December's Night, Detours, Each Heart, Eave, Edgy Lines, Glow, Good Cheer, Good Will, Happiness, Heavens Above, Hold Dear, Hold Near, Holding On, Holding Tight, Holiday, Hugs and Kisses, Humor, Icicles, Joy, Kissing, Know, Kris Kringle, Life, Lights, List, Love, Loved Ones, Melt, Memories, Missing, Mistletoe, Moment, Money Spent, Neighbors, Neon, Poetry and Poems, Remind, Sadness, Season, See, Selfies, Share, Shine, Sing, Sleigh Bells, Smile, Smooth, Snow, Song, Sparkle, Spread, Staying Up, Sugar Plum Fairies, Sunrise, Surprise, Thieves, Time of Year, Treasure, Tree, Warmth, Went, Wine, World, Worthwhile | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Body of Clay, A Mind Full of Play, A Moment’s Life — That’s Me

Posted on November 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment’s life — that’s me.” – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, poet (27 Nov 1907-2003)

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Each Moment’s Thankfulness

Posted on November 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Each Moment’s Thankfulnessby Michael DoyleIn this world folded into blindnessToo many have forgotten kindnessI think it begins with gratitudeLooking on the world with right attitudeBefore this, there is the participationThat slowly seeps into relaxationPeace comes with every breath takenAllowing this … Continue reading →

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Something About Respect

Posted on November 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Something About Respectby Michael DoyleIt was a different lifeA different sceneLife was toughAnd the streets were meanLife was about respectAsking for the something better to be hadWas maybe a bit too much to expectBut the beauty seen could make him … Continue reading →

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If the Truth…

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

If the Truth…by Michael DoyleIf the truth is to be unpleasant Let it be spoken in a bold voiceKeeping focused on the presentNot a stumbled mumble as if not a choiceIt is better that the disagreeableBe out there and quickly … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Who Makes Quick Use of the Moment Is A Genius of Prudence

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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