Tag Archives: Still

Thought For the Day: Silence Is Only Frightening To People Who Are Compulsively Verbalizing

Posted on November 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” – William S. Burroughs, The Job Interviews With William S. Burroughs — In all his phases and evolutions, William S. Burroughs was perhaps more radical than most of the Beat … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged book-review, Books, Compulsive, Confront, Counterculture, Discomfort, Free, Freedom, Fright, Literature, People, Philosophy, Postmodern Fiction, Rumor, Silence, Still, The Beat Generation, The Marginalized, The Naked Lunch, The Quiet, Thought For the Day, True Peace, Truth, Verbalize, William S. Burroughs, william-burroughs, Writing | Leave a comment

First Principles: If I Believe In God and Life After Death and You Do Not, and If There Is No God, We Both Lose When We Die. However, If There Is A God, You Still Lose and I Gain Everything

Posted on May 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.” – Blaise … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged A God, Believe, Blaise Pascal, Death, Die, Do Not, First Principles, Gain Everything, God, Life, Lose, No God, Still | Leave a comment

To Find That One Person

Posted on May 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Find That One Personby Michael DoyleTo find that person in life’s journeyIs instrumental to being happyWith each touch and every kissI know now how much I would truly missIf ever I should not have foundIn this world where no … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barefoot, Best, Best Dream, Better, Black, Bring, Fat, Find, Found, Fragility, Hand In Hand, Happiness, Happy, Heart To Heart, Instrumental, Joys, Kiss, Lfe, Life's Storms, Life's Journey, Life's Noise, Lifetime, Love, Marry, Meant, Miss, Near, No One Else, One Look, One Person, Passion, Poetry and Poems, Pour, Return, Ring, Sand, Secret, Special Peace, Stand, Still, Test, There, Thousand Reasons, Together, Touch, True, True Bliss, Veil, World, You | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Still Round the Corner There May Wait, A New Road Or A Secret Gate

Posted on April 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Corner, J.R.R. Tolkien, New Road, Round, Secret Gate, Still, Thought For the Day, Wait | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Will Not Refuse To Do the Something That I Can Do

Posted on April 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I … Continue reading →

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Love Lives On

Posted on July 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Love Lives Onby Michael DoyleDriving around the middle of the nationTrying to stimulate my daughters’ imaginationsAnd love for seeing the beauty of this nationLike their grandmother would have; if the situationHad somehow allowed this to followIf she had thrived; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Anniversary, Artist Eyes, Beauty of this Nation, Blossom, Bolder Dreams, Breath, Compromise, Daughters, Day, Death, Difference, Dreamer, Dreamt, Driving, Excited Eyes, Explore, Falling Tears, Fire, Follow, Food, Garden of Dreams, Grandmother, Happiness, Happy, Her, Home, Imagination, Inside of Me, Journey, Last Breaths, Lists, Lives On, Love, Love Lives On, Meant, Meet, Memories, Met, Middle of the Nation, Miss, More, Movies, Music, My Daughters, My Mom, Open, Pain, Paint, Places, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Rains, Regret, Remorse, Retrace the Steps, Reveal, Sad, See, Shadow, Situation, Sleep, Smile, Something More, Soul, Still, Stimulate, Surprise, Tears, Thrive, Tired, Traces, Two Hearts, Want, Watch, West Virginia, Whisper, Wish, World, Years Ago, Young Boy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet

Posted on April 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I still can’t believe changing the cover of a box of pancake mix hasn’t caused world peace yet.” – Kevin Sorbo

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Box, Cause, Change, Kevin Sorbo, Pancake Mix, Still, Thought For the Day, World Peace, Yet | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Still Round the Corner There May Wait, A New Road Or A Secret Gate

Posted on January 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Corner, J.R.R. Tolkien, New Road, Secret Gate, Still, Thought For the Day, Wait | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Private Property Was the Original Source of Freedom. It Still Is Its Main Bulwark

Posted on November 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.” —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

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Overcoming the Flesh

Posted on August 23, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Overcoming the Fleshby Michael DoyleHow then do we find our wayThroughout our present and everydayWhat then will bring us to joyThan in a buoyancy we can employIt is to live as if fully persuadedTo live the Christian life not evadedBut … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Buoyancy, Christian Life, Contentment, Control, Courage, Dedication, Devotion, Feel, Flesh, God's Love, Holy Spirit, Human Condition, Inspiration, Joy, Noble, Overcome, Path, Persuaded, Poetry and Poems, Receive, Resentment, Reveal, Soul, Still, Strength, Temptation, Trust, Waking Prayer | Leave a comment

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Thought For the Day: Silence Is Only Frightening To People Who Are Compulsively Verbalizing

First Principles: If I Believe In God and Life After Death and You Do Not, and If There Is No God, We Both Lose When We Die. However, If There Is A God, You Still Lose and I Gain Everything

To Find That One Person

Thought For the Day: Still Round the Corner There May Wait, A New Road Or A Secret Gate

Thought For the Day: I Will Not Refuse To Do the Something That I Can Do

Love Lives On

Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet

Thought For the Day: Still Round the Corner There May Wait, A New Road Or A Secret Gate

Thought For the Day: Private Property Was the Original Source of Freedom. It Still Is Its Main Bulwark

Overcoming the Flesh

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