Tag Archives: Change

On the Influence of Mass and Social Media

Posted on March 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Mass Media Shaping of Culture and Perceptions of Self, Others and the World: Where once Gutenberg’s printing press led the way in shaping the world, the driving technology in the modern world is mass media in its many and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: On Organizational Leadership

Posted on March 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Five Characteristics That Define An Outstanding Leader: There are more than five characteristics that define what makes an outstanding leader. Of the many that do, some of the most valuable include continued growth throughout career and life; purpose and passion … Continue reading →

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A Change to the Format

Posted on March 26, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

As I have renewed this for one more year, I want to announce that there will be a change to the format beginning tomorrow in which instead of trying to simply keep this a poetry, first principle and thought for … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Art Should Be Like A Holiday: Something To Give A Man the Opportunity To See Things Differently and To Change His Point of View

Posted on December 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Art should be like a holiday: something to give a man the opportunity to see things differently and to change his point of view.” – Paul Klee, painter (18 Dec 1879-1940)

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An Incident of Oxford Compilation

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading →

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Beauty’s Brutality

Posted on December 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Beauty’s Brutalityby Michael DoyleIn the deeps of Finland’s heartThe land lies in its darknessBathed in the Northern LightFrom where whispers of hope startAgainst the chilling harshnessBelow winter’s frosted nightSummer has been quick and fleetingTo thrive here takes endurance and courageWorn … Continue reading →

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Two of A Pair

Posted on November 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Two of A Pairby Michael DoyleThat life would change and I’d be blessedWas something, I’d never have guessedUntil that day you looked my lonely wayLeaving me breathless and hoping to sayThat there might come some magical dayWhen I knew that … Continue reading →

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In Getting To Good Days

Posted on November 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In Getting To Good Daysby Michael DoyleTaken then in the reflectiveLife is seen in its proper perspectiveWe Find many reasons for gratitudeAnd rightly live with that attitudeNo longer wearing that intended greedBut in realization that God gives what we needIt’s … Continue reading →

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On Autumnal Equinox 2020 – Happy First Day Of Autumn

Posted on September 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

On Autumnal Equinox 2020by Michael DoyleThe world speaks of falling backThe world thinks on falling backYet, it is that as Fall comes to lockWe enter our Southward EquinoxThe Sun has shifts its celestial destinationNo longer balanced in the Libra constellationIt … Continue reading →

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Musing My Articulation

Posted on September 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Musing My Articulationby Michael DoyleFilled with intense moments of suspensePut aside as real and yet it’s just pretenseThere is the much to do about all these thingsMusical, be it instrumental or songs I singI approach forward in my matriculationLooking at … Continue reading →

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