Tag Archives: Satisfaction

Life Taken By Slice

Posted on July 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Life is filled with events that beg for good photographs that capture their essence. Next in the series on photography and photograph composition. Life Taken By Slice by Michael Doyle Birthdays, weddings and holidays Special occasions in a million ways … Continue reading →

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To Learn To Love

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Action, Anger, Apology, ath, Bear, Begun, Belong, Beyond, Blindness, Born Again, Bring, Capacity, Colossian, Condemnation, Conquer, Decide, Despite, Dignity, Done With Each Other, Dwell, Each Other, Earnest, Everyone, Evil, Expression, Faithful Choice, Family, Father, Feeling, Forget, Forgive, Forgive Myself, Forgiven, Forgives, Full Voice, Fumble, God, God Flow, Good Works, Greatest, Hardest To Do, Healing, Healthiness, Heart, High Road, Holds This, Honesty, Humble Impression, Hurt, Image of Christ, Increase, Inert, Intentional, Jesus, Keep In Mind, Kindness, Knowledge, Learn, Learn Daily, Let Go of Hurt, Letting Go, Live In Peace, Love, Love One Another, Love Yet Again, Messing Up, No Excuse, One Step Closer, Others, Outbreak, Past, Photograph, Play It Down, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Power, Reach Out, Reconcialiation, Return, Righteous, Satisfaction, Shown, Sin, Sincerity, Sins, Strength, Struggle, Stumble, Tears, Tendheart, Theology, Things Gone Wrong, Time Heals All Wounds, Together, Total, Truly Live, Words, Wrongs, Years, You and Me | 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 →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Aloft, Articulated, Articulation, Audibly, Balance, Beauty, Blurred Edges, Church, Claude De Bussey, Cold Death, Color, Construct, Control, Cultural Taste, Dawn, Delight, Edges, Embrace, Engulf, Engulfed Cathedral, Fluidity, Form, French, French Language, Gentleness, German, Grace, Harmony, Haste, Heard, Imagery, Impressionist, Just Another Pretty Face, Language, Light, Long, Look Deep, Lush, Mandate, Melody, Microcosm, Modernism, Music, Musical Action, New Breath, Nuances, Open Composition, Photograph, Poem, Poet's Soul, Poetry, Revolution, Revolutionary, Satisfaction, Sensation, Sense, Sensual, Shape, Shelf, Shifting Patterns, Shine, Sound, Subtle, Subtlety, Suspended, Symbolic Poetry, The Faun, Timber, Tonal, Tone Colors, Transition, Transparency, Visual Fluidity, Whole Tone, Yesterday | Leave a comment

First Principles: My Rule Is … To Go Straight Forward In Doing What Appears To Me Right At the Time, Leaving the Consequences With Providence

Posted on June 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Appears, Benjamin Franklin, Consequences, First Principles, Leave, My Rule, Never Turn Aside, Private Interest, Providence, Public Affairs, Right At the Time, Satisfaction, Straight Forward | Leave a comment

First Principles: My Rule…Is…Go Straight Forward In Doing What Appears To Me Right AT the Time, Leaving the Consequences With Providence

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“My rule in which I have always found satisfaction, is never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest, but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Appears, Benjamin Franklin, Consequences, Doing, First Principles, My Rule, Private Interest, Providence, Public Affairs, Right At the Time, Satisfaction, Straight Forward, Turn Aside, Views | Leave a comment

The Temptation of Wanting Another’s Share

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Exodus 20:17: The Temptation of Wanting Another’s Share by Michael Doyle It’s hard to be content in comparison Always measuring yourself on what is done By others when your race is your own Only to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, All, Another's, Bait, Better, Brother, Comparison, Content, Contentment, Course, Covet, Desire, Discontentment, Do, Done, Door, Eve, Exodus, Fact, Faith, Fall, Far, Forbidden, Friends, God's Throne, Had, Hand, Happy, Hard, Have, Heart, Instead, Keep, Keep Your Eyes, Look, Measure, More, No Further, Offer, Others, Paul, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Race, Reverence, Rich, Run, Safe, Satisfaction, Self, Serpent, Service, Set, Share, Sin, Sister, Snare, Soul, Star, Stem, Tempt, Temptation, Treasure, True, Truth, Want, Well, Wise, You, Your Own | Leave a comment

Wildness Into View

Posted on June 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Another in the series on photography. This one focuses on capturing animals and plants. There is so much to see in this fascinating world of ours. Wildness Into View by Michael Doyle Staying hidden in order to see Is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Aperture Priority, Balance, Best Lesson, Best Photos, Better, Build, Capture, Close, Connection, Conservancy, Day, Embrace, Expression, Fauna, Flora, Flow, Flower, Freeze, Gratification, Habitat, Hidden, Hike, History, Impression, Improve the Odds, Intimacy, Lenses, Light, Macro, Memory, Natural, Opportunity, Patience, Patience and Time, Pay, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Preplanned, Radio Control, Rare and Few, Reception, Repeated Access, Research, Richness, Right Opportunity, Satisfaction, See, Serenity, Shallow Depth of Field, Shape, Sharp, Shutter Speed, Subject, Trick, Trigger, View, Weather, Wildlife Photography, Wildness, Work Around, zoo | Leave a comment

In A Place of Longing

Posted on May 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Augustine’s Enchiridion: In A Place of Longing by Michael Doyle I suppose there’s no sense in prolonging Stating that the gist of life is belonging The rumor has it that its in what we love And … Continue reading →

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Lessons From Eden Park

Posted on May 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Roaring Twenties were a fascinating time. Among the lessons to be learned was that a woman could do and be more than they had been allowed until then, vice and other personal choices could not be controlled and that … Continue reading →

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Nourishing the Spirit

Posted on May 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Matthew 5:6: Nourishing the Spirit by Michael Doyle Blessed are those who hunger and thirst Putting the ways of righteousness first Sustained as these are in their every day Effected as we are; moving out of … Continue reading →

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