Tag Archives: Small

Time and Illusion

Posted on January 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Time and Illusionby Michael DoyleWalking through life’s many milesI count my wins by my smilesSome might think I’ve been abusedBut mostly, I stand amusedAll the countless false chargesDesigned by enemies to somehow enlargeThe bad things I’ve sometimes doneIn the end, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abused, Amused, Annoys, Bad Things, Behind, Big, Clarity, Closed Minds, Compete, Confusion, Connections, Countless, Design, Details, Divding, Done, Door, End, Enemies, Enlarge, Evil, False Charges, Feathery Bed, Fighting the Clock, Friendship, Future Recollection, God, Good, Good Advice, Greater Evils, Guide, Head, Humorous Jokes, Ignorance, Illusion, Impurity, Irritation, Laugh, Lean In Hard, Lesser Evils, Life's Joys, Life's Many Miles, Listen, Locked Doors, Love, Need, Nostalgic, Open, Opportunities, Poetry and Poems, Points, Pour, Prisoners, Read, Seen, Small, Smiles Shared, Sorrow, Subtle, Time, Tomorrow, Walk, Whisper, Won | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: You Are Precisely As Big As What You Love and Precisely As Small As What You Allow To Annoy You

Posted on January 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.” – Robert Anton Wilson

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Allow, Annoy, Big, Love, Precise, Robert Anton Wilson, Small, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Higher We Soar the Smaller We Appear To Those Who Cannot Fly

Posted on October 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (15 Oct 1844-1900)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Appear, Fly, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, High, Small, Soar, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Eye of the Understanding Is Like the Eye of the Sense….You May See Great Axioms of Nature Through Small and Contemptible Instances

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The eye of the understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or holes, so you may see great axioms of nature through small and contemptible instances.” -Francis Bacon, essayist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Crannies, Eye, Francis Bacon, Great Axioms, Instances, Nature, Objects, See, Sense, Small, Thought For the Day, Understanding | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Beauty Comes In All Shapes and Sizes. Small, Large, Circle, Square, Thin Crust, Thick Crust, Stuffed Crust, Extra Toppings

Posted on February 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Small, large, circle, square, thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust, extra toppings.” – Anonymous

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All Shapes, Anonymous, Beauty, Circle, Extra Toppings, Happy National Pizza Day, Large, Sizes, Small, Square, Stuffed Crust, Thick Crust, Thin Crust, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part III

Posted on January 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part IIIby Michael DoyleThere’s one word left to sayOne hope left yet to prayThere’s no need to second guessIt all comes down to unlessUnless we have faith of a mustard seedUnless we listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chance, Change, Correction, Course, Dedicate, Direction, Discern, Dream, Esteem, Faith, From, Great Things, Harmony, Hearts, Heed, Hope, Learn, Lesson, Listen, Lorax, Magnificience, Model, Mustard Seed, Naysayer, Need, Play, Plentitude, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Remember, Say, Second Guess, Significance, Simple Dream, Small, Smallish Things, True, Truly Seem, Unless, Warning | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Never Give In, Except To Convictions of Honor and Good Sense

Posted on October 22, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Convictions, Enemy, Force, Good Sense, Great, Honor, Large, Never, Never Give In, Nothing, Overwhelming Might, Petty, Small, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill, Yield | Leave a comment

God Revealed In the Smallest Details

Posted on October 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

God Revealed In the Smallest Detailsby Michael DoyleThe eyes might be the windows of the soulBut it’s the little things that elude controlWhere through the lenses of macrophotographyWe become consumed with our use of technologyIt all opens up a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Autofocus, Background, Best Friend, Best Hour, Color, Composition, Consume, Created, Deep, Definition, Details, Elude Control, Embrace, Enhance, Extraordinary, Eyes, Face, Flower, Found, Friend, Gaze, God, Heartbreaks, Hint, Lense, Light, Little Things, Macrophotography, Masterpiece, Mistakes, New World, Ordinary, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reveal, Simple, Small, Soft, Soul, Tale, Tear, Technology, The Greatest Artist, Three Dimensions, Trace, True, View, Windows | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: In the End It’s Only A Passing Thing, This Shadow

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Bad, Clear, Danger, Darkness, End, Frodo, Great Story, Happen, Happy, Here, Holding On, Keep Going, Lord of the Rings, Matter, New Day, Pass, Passing Thing, Rights, Samwise Gamgee, Shadow, Small, Stay, Sun Shine, Thought For the Day, Turn Back, Understand, Way It Was, World, Wrong | Leave a comment

Finding My Strength

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1st Samuel: Finding Strength by Michael Doyle Forever grateful for your serenity In times of fallen indignities That keeps my peace inside Keeping sure footed in my stride Finding strength in my belief In God and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1st Samuel, Attention, Belief, Blessed, Capability, Capacity, Chance, Choice, Circumstance, Comfort, Dwell, Embrace, Fallen, Father, Find, Forever, Free, Full, God, Good, Grace, Grateful, Healing, Indignity, Inside, Living, Norm, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Right, Serenity, Shelter, Small, Some Days, Spill, Still, Storm, Strength, Stride, Sure Footed, Understood, Voice, Word, Yoke | Leave a comment