Tag Archives: Shadow

Trusting God’s Plan

Posted on September 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Trusting God’s Planby Michael DoyleLiving Life in my recoveryEach day becomes a new discoveryPrivileged to take another breathI choose life over living deathI’ve had my share of heartachesMore than enough of the heartbreaksI’ve been let down by my mistakesAnd now … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Breath, Cardboard, Chained, Darkness, Desire, Each Day, Finding Faith, Forgiven, Freeway, Get It Right, God's Rainbow, God's Plan, Grace, Hell's Fire, Into, Knowing, Let Down, Light, Living Death, Living Life, My Mistakes, New Discovery, One and All, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Privileged, Promises Made, Ready To Do, Recall, Recovery, Rise, Running, Save, Saved, Shadow, Share of Heartaches, Should Have Done, Takes, Trust, Won, Written | Leave a comment

Once There Was A Beginning

Posted on June 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Once There Was A Beginningby Michael DoyleOnce there was a beginningWhere two could end up winningA smile shared on a sunny dayYou really shook my blues awayYour two lips were surely meant for kissingAnd now here we are caught in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Away, Beginning, Caught, Countless Days Gone By, End Up, First Said Hi, Happiness, Kiss, Love, Meets, Mellow, Once, Poetry and Poems, Question, Reminiscing, Shadow, Share, Shook, Simmers, Smile, Some Things, Summer Day, Sunny Day, Tides, Time, Today, Two, Two Lips, Wash Away, Willow, Winning | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Beware Lest You Lose the Substance By Grasping At the Shadow

Posted on May 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” – Aesop (c. 550 B.C.)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aesop, Beware, Grasp, Lest You Lose, Shadow, Substance, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Freedom To Differ Is Not Limited To Things That Do Not Matter Much. That Would Be A Mere Shadow of Freedom.

Posted on April 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Differ, Freedom, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Limited, Matter, Right, Shadow, Substance, Test, Thought For the Day, Touch the Heart | Leave a comment

First Principles: Character Is Like A Tree and Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think of It; the Tree Is the Real Thing

Posted on March 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Character, First Principles, Real Thing, Reputation, Shadow, Think, Tree | Leave a comment

What Is Jeopardy?

Posted on November 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

What Is Jeopardy?by Michael DoyleIt’s a strange thing, pop culture’s popularityI, among the many, revered moments of JeopardyPredictably catchy theme played on hesitationAs each of us hoped we just might have the questionThat matched the answer showing up on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alex Trebek, Angel, Answer, Best of the Show, Bid, Board, Coax, Confess, Dignity, Fact, Final Jeopardy, Forward, Full Worth, Glow, Gracious, Handled It, Harsh, Heartfelt, Hestitation, Host, I Cried, Know, Life, Match, My Life, Mystery, Next, North, Obsess, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Popularity, Question, Quiet, Revered, Shadow, Show, Sigh, Star, Stoic, Them, Warm Heart, What is Jeopardy, What Is Life For? | Leave a comment

Darkness Shapes the Hearts

Posted on October 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Darkness Shapes the Heartsby Michael DoylePutin sits as another dictator in a lineCertain his autocratic rule is blessed as divineThis has been the slavery of Russia’s serfdomWith brutality reigning supreme in this kingdomFor five thousand years, we’ve known epilepsy As … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affliction, Ashen, Autocratic Rule, Believe, Betrayer, Blessed, Brothers Karamazov, Canker, Chained, Christianity, Civil Liberty, Cloak, Coincidence, Creativity, Cruelty, Dark Place, Darkness, Death, Definition, Demons, Dictator, Disease, Divine, Dostoevsky, Dubious Reputatin, Enigma, Epilepsy, Exceed, Father Zosima, Fight, Fool's Game, Freedoms, God Above, Good and Evil, Grasp, Greatest Miracle, Heart, Heresy, Holy, Initiation, Light, Line, Love, Masses, Mismatch, Mystery, Mysticism, Opiate, Photograph, Poem, Poietry, Preach, Protagonist, Pure, Putin, Questions, Quiet, Reason, Religion, Revolutionary, Riot, Russia, Russian Nation, Russian Soul, Serfdom, Shadow, Shape, Slavery, Super-Impose, Trappings, Treason, Unsure, Violence, Wastrel, Western Civilization, Wicked, Writer | Leave a comment

The Rise and Fall of Boethius

Posted on September 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Rise and Fall of Boethiusby Michael DoyleGraven images are made and meant to saveWhen Christianity met Plato’s caveOffering more than shadows on the wallA philosophical bend had come to callChrist was both the Father and the SonJoined with Wisdom … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Beleived, Belief, Blasphemy, Boethius, Brave Hearts, Call, Christ, Christianity, Constantine, Constantinople, Control, Convert, Created, Creator, Cruelty, Decency, Different, Dignity, Diocletian, Dispute, Divinity, Doing Good, East, Enemy, Fabricated, Fall, False Cries, Fatal Suppression, Father, Fight, Forbearance, Good Heart, Good Man, Good Measure, Goths, Grace, Graven Image, Hands, Heritage, Ill Repute, Justice, Legacy, Loss, Miracle, Nation, Patronage, Philosophy, Photograph, Plato's Cave, Poem, Poetry, Propserity, Quest, Reformation, Repression, Rise and Fall, Roman Empire, Romans, Save, Shadow, Sign of the Cross, Sonic Gems, Surrender, Temper, Testimony, Theodoric, Tolerance, Treason, Trinity, Triune, Understood, Victory, Wall, Western Roman Empire, Wisdom, Works | Leave a comment

On Autumnal Equinox 2020 – Happy First Day Of Autumn

Posted on September 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On Autumnal Equinox 2020by Michael DoyleThe world speaks of falling backThe world thinks on falling backYet, it is that as Fall comes to lockWe enter our Southward EquinoxThe Sun has shifts its celestial destinationNo longer balanced in the Libra constellationIt … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Algnment, Alone, Ancient, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, Blessing, Cardinal Point, Celestial, Change, Climatic, Colors, Constellation, Crown, Equinox, Expect, Fall Back, Falling Down, Farewell, Festival, Fragment, Gain, Good Cheer, Ground, Harvest Home, Holy, Hour, Libra, Life, Lock, Midpoint, Neglect, Oak King, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Seasons, Segment, Shadow, Shelter, Southward Equinox, Speak, Summer, Sun, Thanksgivign, Think, Turn, Virgo, Wane, Wheel of the Year, World | Leave a comment

As I Lay My Head Down

Posted on September 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As I Lay My Head Downby Michael DoyleWrapped up in the depths of your soulAs we talk along our evening’s strollI see my heroes inside your heartEasily seeing what sets you apartYour words as you touch me deepWhisper you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beside me, Dance, Day, Deep, Depths, Drift, Every Single Day, Feel, Fill, Fleet, God's Reflection, Growing Love, Heart, Hero, Hoping To Find, I Lay My Head Down, I Should Keep, Kneel, Lay My Head Down, Love Shine, Our, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Pillow, Please, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pray, See, Sets Apart, Shadow, Sleep, Stay, Stop, Stroll, Strong Enough, Surprise, Sweet Eyes, Talk, Think Of, Tomorrow, Whisper, Words, Wrapped, Your Love, Your Soul, Your Words | Leave a comment