Tag Archives: Reason

At First Sight…

Posted on April 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

At First Sight…by Michael DoyleAt first sight, it is the love expectedAfter a life of being unrequitedI feel it with the kiss of your lipsThe sparks run to my fingertipsI pay attention to what my heart tells meWhile praying to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Mild Voice of Reason, Pleading the Cause of An Enlarged and Permanent Interest, Is But Too Often Drowned

Posted on March 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – James … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Clamor, Drown, Enlarged and Permanent Interest, First Principles, Gains, Immediate, Immoderate, Impatient Avidity, Individuals, James Madison, Mild Voice, Plead, Public Bodies, Reason | Leave a comment

Growing Our Intimacy

Posted on March 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Growing Our Intimacyby Michael DoyleWe have so little time for introspectionAs we approach life with our expectationsSometimes it’s an easy flow of conversationOther times, we’re micro-managing our destinationBeing present and being openly hereIs the experiment of what might disappearAs our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Alibis, Anticipating, Approach, Approach Love, Attract, Bad Girls, Becoming Us, Being Present, Comfortable Silence, Confirmation, Conversations, Cry, Dance, Destination, Disappear, Each Day, Easy Flow, Electricity, Excitement, Expectations, Experiment, Fake, Feel, Friendship, Grow, Hope, Internal Debate, Intimacy, Introduce, Introspection, Just Because, Letting Love Flow, Life, Little Time, Love, Magnet, Micro-manage, Nice Guys, Nights of Love, Open, Party, Path, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rough, Scaru, Sentimental, Sincerity, Smile, Something Much Better, Something Real, Spark, Spend Together, Sweet surrender, Take, Talk, The same, Think, Together, Touch the Flame, Try, Welcome, Why, Words | Leave a comment

In Compromise

Posted on February 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Compromiseby Michael DoyleThe greatest gift that life can giveIs the true love that gives the will to liveIn a compromise, we bargain what’s possibleNever doubting the more of which we’re capableThose untroubled by the fires of burning loveAre destined … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Bargain, Believer, Biggest Sin, bovee, Brave Soul, Burn Below, Burning Love, Capable, Change, Compromise, Consequences, Curled, Dare, Despair, Doubt, Easy, Echo, Fall Together, Fight For Life, Fires, Fists, Gift, Given, God, Heal, Hearts, Heaven, Highest Value, Kicking Feet, Life, Live, Living, Lost, Love, Meant, Morality Tale, New Life, Odds, Paid, Paradise, Pieces, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Price, Protection, Real, Reason, Recall, Revealing, Seal, Shoulders, Shrug, Signet, Surrender, Tender, True Love, Truth, Unbeatable, Undefeatable, Unfair, Victory, Will, Wishes and Dreams, Without Love, World | Leave a comment

Living In God’s Purposes

Posted on February 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Living In God’s Purposesby Michael DoyleI attach my heart as I bringMy all to the words that I singA struggle to my way in the seasonSearching for faith despite my reasonSometimes, faith is in the nameIt doesn’t matter, but just … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abound, Altar Call, Ample, Beacon, Best Evidence, Bible, Born, Faith, First, Forgiven, Found, Gift, God, Good Will, Grace, Heart, Hope, Intention, Jesus, Kingdom, Living, Living Example, Living God, Love, Love and Respect, Matter, Measure, Message, Name, Night, Path, Poetry and Poems, Possibiliy, Pray, Prayer, Presence, Proof, Purpose, Ratify, Reason, Reflect, Sake, Salt, Same, Satisfy, Season, Service, Stand Tall, Standard, Step, Struggle, Thirst, Treasure, True Riches, Understood, Value, Walk, Wall, Weight, Word | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: In Questions of Science, the Authority of A Thousand Is Not Worth the Humble Reasoning of A Single Individual

Posted on February 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (15 Feb 1564-1642)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Authority, Galileo Galilei, Humble, Question, Reason, Science, Single Individual, Thought For the Day, Thousand, Worth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Important Thing Is Not To Stop Questioning. Curiosity Has Its Own Reason For Existing

Posted on January 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Albert Einstein, Awe, Comprehend, Contemplate, Curiosity, Eternity, Every Day, Exist, Holy Curiosity, Important Thing, Life, Mysteries, Questioning, Reason, Stop, Structure of Reality, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: Those Who Invalidate Reason Ought Seriously To Consider Whether They Argue Against Reason With Or Without Reason

Posted on January 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.” – Ethan Allen

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A Redemption Song

Posted on December 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Redemption Songby Michael DoyleThey harked the heraldAs the angels began to singSpreading the good newsIn the joy they dared to bringOn the night of the first NoelWith the shepherds in the fieldThe angels began to tell the taleOf mercy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Babe, Blessings, Born, Borne, Bring, Christmas, Dare, Done, Evil, Faced Down, Fail, Field, First Noel, God, Good News, Hark, Herald, Holy Contemplation, Joy, Kingdom, Love, Manger, Mercy Mild, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reason, Recall, Redemption, Redemption Song, Season, Shepherds, Sing, Tale, The Son, The Spirit, Word | Leave a comment

Let’s Live A Conspiracy of Love

Posted on December 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Let’s Live A Conspiracy of Loveby Michael DoyleStaring at my blank screen thoughtfully,On this day, when it occurs to me softlyThat these moments of joy and Christmas cheerAren’t meant for one day but every day of the yearLetting God’s love … Continue reading →

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