Tag Archives: Time

Thought For the Day: In A Time of Universal Deceit – Telling the Truth Is A Revolutionary Act

Posted on July 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell Be a revolutionary, tell the truth!

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Deceit, George Orwell, Revolutionary Act, Tell, Thought For the Day, Time, Truth, Universal | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Is No Crushing This Virus. We Were Told 15 Days To…Flatten the Curve

Posted on July 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no crushing this virus. We were told fifteen days to SLOW the spread [to] flatten the curve. That is what we all consented to. Not hiding in a bunker for an indefinite amount of time to wait for … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 15 Days, Bethany S Mandel, Bunk, Consented, Crush, Flatten the Curve, Hide, Indefinite, Perhaps, Slow, Spread, The People, Thought For the Day, Time, Vaccine, Virus, Wait, We | Leave a comment

In A Freeze of Time

Posted on June 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A little something about taking other people’s photographs: In A Freeze of Time by Michael Doyle A still photograph freezes time Offering its momentary relationship sublime Lasting memories never to be taken back A single shot at stopping time in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of the Best Moments, Always Forever, Best Variety, Blur, Capture, Catch, Clean, Create, Curious, Dance of Life, Days, Family, Feeze, Give, Goes On and On, Gone, Habit, Holidays, Human Lives, Iconic, Iintimate, Lasting Memory, Life, Life Passing By, Loved Ones, Memory, Messy, Momentary, Moments, Occur, Offer, Pets, Photograph, Photographs, Pictured, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Relationship, Relationships, Remind, Right Scene, Single Shot, Snapshots, Something There, Sometimes, Special Occasions, Special Ways, Still Photograph, Stop Time, Suddenly, Taken Back, The People, Tidy, Time, Times, Tracks, Ways, Worship, Worthy | Leave a comment

First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition

Posted on June 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Believe, Contempt, Deprave, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Habitual, Heart, Lies, Never, Resolve, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truth, Untruth, Vice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look

Posted on June 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Don't Know, Dream, Heroic Dreams, Look, No Heroes, Right, Ronald Reagan, Those, Thought For the Day, Time, We, Where | Leave a comment

Waking Up Alone

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Didn’t Bowie set it out for us well? Time may and does change us. But, we cannot change time. Why do realize that when we are young. Then so many of us lose sight of this as we grow older … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Apocalyptic, Approach, Aware, Bleed, Bowie, Capable, Change, Cross, Die, Dream, Drowned Out, Eventually, Fatalism, Fear, Feel, Feeling, Forward, Gone, Hands and Hearts, Hangs In the Air, Hard Rains, Hesitation, Highs, History, Hold On, Humor, Know, Listen, Live In the Past, Living, Lows, Mockery, Moving, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point of No Return, Proud, Question, See, Slow Trains, Sneer, Stark, Still Here, Terror, The Rubicon, Things Don't Last, Time, Today, Tomorrow, Unafraid, Wake Up, Waking Up Alone, Warning, We're On Our Own, Wonder, World, Yesterday, Young Ladies, Youngsters | Leave a comment

Back Chat of Eternal Insomnia

Posted on June 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many of us spend countless hours into the we hours of the night staving off the limited hours until the morning light. Insomnia and its accompanying sleep exhaustion have claimed many of us and leading into less good than … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anxiety, Apartment, Audacity, Bed, Believe, Belong, Burn, Change, Chat, Clock, Company, Complexity, Connect, Control, Countless Hours, Cup of Coffee, Data, Do, Drone, Empty, End, Eternal, Eyes, Feel, Fellowship, Flex, Fog, Forget, God, Gone Wrong, Gothic, Gravestone, Gray, Guile, Hours, Humanity, Indignity, Infernal, Insomnia, Insomniacs, Keep, Late, Left Behind, Life, Lose, Lost Souls, Maniacs, Mind, Mistake, Mystical, Need, Night, Numb, Odd, Photograph, Piercing Mind, Poem, Poetry, Realize, Reasonable, Red, Relationships, Restoration, Rise, Rooftops, Seek, Shimmer, Sleep, Sleep Exhaustion, Sleeplessness, Slice, Sorrow, Sour, Surge, Tide, Time, Toast, Today, Tomorrow, Too Little Time, Torments, Tortured Souls, Trace, Unwilling, Virtual, Wake Up, Will, Words, World Peace, Yourself | Leave a comment

Brand Me

Posted on June 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Watched a Ted Talk with my princesses on branding. Brand Me by Michael Doyle Thinking back on life Through all of the joy and strife There has been one question Held back with some hesitation What then is my story? … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adore, All I'll Ever Be, All-American, All-Star, American, Any, Bed, Believe, Best of Life, Body, Books, Brand, Branding, Care, Choir Boy, Conversation, Crazy, Destiny, Devote, Dream, Dreams, Echo, Eighteen, Family, Fine Enough, First Chorus, Glory, Gratefully, Grave, Grindstone, Head, Hell, Hesitation, Humble, Joy, Just As Well, Laughter, Life, Love, Many, Me, Military Man, Moment, Nose Held Down, One Question, Open Door, Passion, Photograph, Place, Placed, Poem, Poetry, Precedent, President, Pride, Pride and Joy, Princesses, Privilege, Put Away, Read, Song, Story, Stride, Strife, Study, Sunbeam, Team, TED Talk, Thank God, Thinking Back, Time, Tombstone, Trust, Two, Wounded, Years | Leave a comment

Streets Ahead

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Life is a confined period of time. Who knows truly what’s next. Even if you believe in the God of the Bible, you find that there is disagreement as to how after life happens. With this in mind, I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ahead, Cool, Doorway, Humor, Learn, Life, Me, Moment, Next, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Precisely, Reach, Say, School, Sense, She, Smile, Something Said, Stood, Streets, Supply and Demand, Teach, Think, Time, Truth, Understand, Universal, Waste, Wise, Wisely | Leave a comment

First Principles: Without Morals A Republic Cannot Subsist Any Length of Time

Posted on June 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Best Security, Charles Carroll, Christian Religion, Decry, Duration, Eternal Happiness, First Principles, Free Government, Insure, Morality, Morals, Pure, Republic, Solid Foundation, Sublime, Subsist, Time, Undermine | Leave a comment