Tag Archives: Thought

Truth In Gratitude

Posted on November 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Truth In Gratitudeby Michael DoyleIt isn’t just a thoughtBut the needed actionActing in rightful gratitudeBrings its satisfactionThankfulness is the beginningOf the truest gratitudeIt’s the fat chance that’s thinningUnless given in the right attitudeStruck as we are on life’s tread millWe … Continue reading →

Thought For the Day: Thought Is the Blossom; Language the Bud; Action the Fruit Behind It

Posted on November 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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Forgiveness Is…

Posted on November 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Forgiveness Is…by Michael DoyleForgiveness is…Giving up on the thoughtOf some mythical better pastForgiveness is…Where reduction of negativity is soughtBecoming free from the pain that shouldn’t lastForgiveness is…Giving up on all the rageFor a return to a more moral communityForgiveness is…The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Becoming Free, Better Past, Capacity, Ego, Emotion, Finding Peace, Forgiveness, Free, Healing, Heart, Injury, Last, Let Go, Long Run, Moral Community, Moving Past, Myth, Need, Needed, Negativity, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Reduction, Return, Reveal, Rise Above, Soul, The Light, Thought, To Find, To Live, To Love, Turning of the Page, Wrongs Done | Leave a comment

There You Are, It’s Spoken

Posted on November 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There You Are, It’s Spokenby Michael DoyleOh, it’s a messy messIf only the truthYou would confessA shake of a handUsed to be the bondSincerity, we could understandBut when you pretendSnaking aroundAs if it’s something you can defendWhy you stalk and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Was Reading the Dictionary. I Thought It Was A Poem About Everything

Posted on October 6, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright, comedian (b. 1955)

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Thought For the Day: There Is Not Less Wit Nor Less Invention In Applying Rightly A Thought One Finds In A Book, Than In Being the First Author of That Thought

Posted on August 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” -Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706)

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Whispered My Reminder

Posted on February 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered My Reminderby Michael DoyleWhispered my reminderOf how it should beI thought I’d never find herMy side by side for eternityYou hear it said that true loveLasts and you know it never endsGod reveals this from abovePatiently blessing lovers as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always On My Mind, Bears All Things, Believing, Blessing, Blessings Felt, Brings, Circle, Completes, Conquer, Dimmed Mirror, Eternity, Every Beat, Every Day, Find Her, Fresh Start, Friends, From Above, God Reveals, Godly One, Good, Hear It Said, His Woman, Hope, Hope of Tomorrow, How It Should Be, I know, It Never Ends, Kind, Know, Knows, Lady, Lasts, Leave Me Undone, Leaving It Behind, Love, Love Is, Lovers, Mean, My Battle Flags, My Side By Side, My Wounded Heart, No Other Way, Nothing At All, Old Ways, One Another, Patient, Patiently, Poetry and Poems, Promising, Recall, Reminder, Replace, Slip Away, Sorrow, That I Should, This Man, This World, Thought, True Love, Walking, Whispered, You and Me, You Know | Leave a comment

In Reverence For Life

Posted on November 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In Reverence For Lifeby Michael DoyleFrom out of his humble life and thoughtA reverence for all life was truly soughtDoing his duty to a higher authoritySeeking the best for all of sacred humanityThe human spirit displayed at its bestWhen it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Create Now A Political Court To Echo the Ideas of the Executive and You Have Created A Weapon…That Can Cut Down Those Guarantees of Liberty…and Extinguish Your Right of Liberty, of Speech, of Thought, of Action and of Religion

Posted on October 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Create now a political court to echo the ideas of the executive and you have created a weapon . . . that can cut down those guarantees of liberty written into your great documents by the blood of your forefathers … Continue reading →

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Voices Cry

Posted on July 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a bit of a show that reminded me of the folks out there who suffer from PTSD. From that I got this: Voices Cry by Michael Doyle The voices crying into the night Its hard to take this light … Continue reading →

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