Tag Archives: Better

Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Fools: One Says, “This Is Old, Therefore It Is Good”; the Other Says, “This Is New, Therefore It Is Better”

Posted on June 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two kinds of fools: One says, ‘This is old, therefore it is good’; the other says, ‘This is new, therefore it is better.’” -William R. Inge, clergyman, scholar, and author (6 Jun 1860-1954)

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Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

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For Angels Fallen

Posted on April 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Angels Fallenby Michael DoyleWhen I met youI found a new dreamIt’s the only one that will doTo make me a better human beingI kept looking for your wingsCertain that you had fallenFrom heaven from the joys you bringThe gleam … Continue reading →

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Self-Stirred To Capability

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Self-Stirred To Capabilityby Michael DoyleStepping up to live and serveI walk in more blessings than I deserveIn this faith, I grow and growLiving more love than I might knowGuilt and innocence is our cultureLitigious in nature is what we nurtureCaught … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundance, Accounability, Answer, Artistry of God, Authenticity, Awarness, Best, Best Answers, Better, Blame, Blessings, Breath, Capability, Casting Blame, Chaos, Choices, Coached and Nurtured, Conceive, Confide, Confidence, Connection, Core, Culture, Cure, Dare, Disease, Distrubring, Due, Dynamic, Earth, Ease, Endure, Every Setting, Expression, Faith, Fate, Father's Kingdom, Feedback, Fierce Listener, Final Destination, Flow, Forgive, Four-Letter Word, Frame, Freedom, God, God's Love, Healthy, Hearts, Help, Humble, Image of God, Integrity, Interpersonal, Iron, Justification, Learning to Live, Legacy, Life, Life's Game, Listen, Litigious, Live Up, Lived Gently, Love, Make, Man's Search For Meaning, Measure, Ownership, Part-By-Part, Particpation, Path, Patience, Pause, Perceive, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Predictable, Probabilities, Pushing Through, Rationalization, Real-Time, Reconcile, Redemptive View, Reflection, Relationship, Rescue, Respond, Responsibility, Roll, Rusted Triangle, Self-Stireed, Sense, Shades of Blame, Shame, Sharpen, Side-By-Side, Societal Cancer, Spent, Stepping Up, Substantive, Take, Time, Triggered by, Troubles, Trust, Truth, Victim, Villain, Violation, Voices, Weight | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Better To Prevent Crimes Than Punish Them

Posted on March 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.” – Cesare Beccaria, philosopher and politician (15 Mar 1738-1794)

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Reaching For the Improbable

Posted on February 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Reaching For the Improbableby Michael DoyleCommitting to the improbableWe reach out to do the impossibleKnowing that we’re fully capableMaking these things, through God, possibleAnchored in faith and in visionAre opportunities opening with precisionLeading with faith into the futureThese are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Anchor, Better, Capable, Character, Commit, Confirmation, Development, Dream, Faith, Future, God, Heart, Impossible, Improbable, Nurture, Opportunity, Part, Poetry and Poems, Reach, Relevant, Together, Vision, Way, Worship | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Like the Dreams of the Future Better Than the History of the Past

Posted on December 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson

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Thought For the Day: The Antidote To This Abuse of Formal Government Is the Influence of Private Character, the Growth of the Individual

Posted on December 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The less government we have the better — the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abuse, Antidote, Better, Fewer Laws, Formal Government, Growth, Individual, Influence, Less Confided Power, Less Government, Private Character, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

On the Tipping Point of Stupid

Posted on September 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

On the Tipping Point of Stupidby Michael DoyleOf all the thoughts on thought contributedThere it is on the tipping point of stupidThe calling of names that should bring shameYet, there it is in politics as if a gameSpeaking of trickle … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Against the Grain, Alinsky, Better, Dialogue, Election Points, Game, Media, Milieu, Names, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Reason, Rhetoric, Role, Season, Shame, Smart, Stategy, Stupid, Talking Heads, Talking Reason, The People, Think, Thought, Tipping Point, Together, Tragedy, Trickle Down Idoicy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If More Politicians In This Country Were Thinking About the Next Generation Instead of the Next Election, It Might Be Better For the United States and the World

Posted on September 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.” – Claude Pepper, senator and representative (8 Sep 1900-1989)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Better, Claude Pepper, Country, Next Genration, Politicians, Think, Thought For the Day, United States, World | Leave a comment