Tag Archives: Wish

Thought For the Day: Do You Wish To Rise? Begin By Descending. You Plan A Tower That Will Pierce the Clouds? Lay First the Foundation of Humility

Posted on September 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” ~ Saint Augustine

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All the Days Are Gone

Posted on September 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

All The Days Are Goneby Michael DoyleListen a little closer to the song,Tell me, does it somehow belong?It’s not a case of stump the band,But it’s a memory of favorites across the land.Standing ready across this promised land,What you want … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back Streets, Band, Belong, Best Friend, Born To Run, Carry On, Death's Final Gift, Demanding, Fairytale, Fallen Night, Family, Favorites, Fun, God's Full Sight, Gone, Happiness, Land, Last Chord, Left Behind, Life, Light, Listen, Living, Lost Chord, Love, Memory, Music, Pawn Shop, Poetry and Poems, Right, Sog, Standing, Sun, The Promised Land, Tramps, Whisper, Wish, Writing, Wrong | Leave a comment

The Distance Between Now and Then

Posted on August 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Distance Between Now and Thenby Michael DoyleThere’s a hurt deep inside you.It makes you say things you shouldn’t do.Lashing out at things that aren’t true.I get this because I once loved you.I’m leaving you and thoughts of you behind.The … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Behind, Betrayal, Confusion, Distance, Healing, Hurt, Illusion, Lashing Out, Leaving, Life, Love, Loved, mental-health, Mind, Now and Then, Opened My Eyes, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Point, Recognize, Relationships, Say, Thoughts, True, Wish | Leave a comment

Bumping Up Against

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belief, Better Off, Bleed, Boundaries, Bumping Up Against, Chaos and Contradiction, Choice, Clock, Dedication, Deeper Truths, Despite, Dreams, Edges, Expectation, False Starts, Fear, Find In Our Hearts, Further Sounds, Ghost, Guitars, Hear, Heartbreaks, Higher Grounds, Hours, Ideal, Idols, Ignorance, Incidental Heathens, Lack, Learn, Ledges, Love, Mistakes, New Paths, Note By Note, Out of Bounds, Pain Cuts, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Quest, Reading, Real, Rest, Sense, Settle, Someone Else, Test, Toes, Turn Back, Voice, Wilderness, Wish | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Some People Want It To Happen, Some Wish It Would Happen, Others Make It Happen

Posted on March 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan, from “A Humbled Jordan Learns New Truths (1994), The New York Times

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Know Not Fear

Posted on March 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Know Not Fearby Michael DoyleYouth always tries to dareTheir elders try to careEach in their own placeStares the other in the faceEach move made creates a snareNo matter how each tries to be fairClimbing to the highest heightTo outpace the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back, Beginning, Blame, Book, Call, Care, Chapter, Cheer, Climb, Dare, Darkness, Done, Each Generation, Elders, Face, Fair, Father, Fault, Fear, Flame, Height, Honor, Knife, Know, Lack, Light, Look, Move, Name, Next Day, Night, No Time, Outpace, Pain, Place, Poetry and Poems, Scream, Shame, Snare, Solitary WAy, Son, Stare, Whisper, Wish, Youth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Free, Exploring Mind of the Individual Human Is the Most Valuable Thing In the World

Posted on February 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow Ripening Fruit

Posted on February 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” – Aristotle

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Love In America

Posted on February 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Love In Americaby Michael DoyleAmerica’s love can seem a bit of fecklessnessFilled as it is with a bit of recklessnessTeenaged angst of not wishing to cry anymoreThe heartbreak is equitable among rich and poorSo many wish they could leave it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Ways, Angst, Bewilderment, Confrontation, Cry, Fantasy, Fecklessness, Fine Ideal, Heartbreak, Love In America, Movie Screen, Passing Days, Poetry and Poems, Recklessness, Rich and Poor, Romance, Stay, Strength, Superhuman Ecstacy, Valentine's Day, Wish | Leave a comment

To Know Love Actually

Posted on January 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Know Love Actuallyby Michael DoyleI was just saying helloWhen you started saying goodbyeI kept trying the best I know Being persistent in giving it my best tryLove can be and is so cruelAnd I am inevitably its foolStill, I … Continue reading →

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