Tag Archives: Change

Happy Lunar New Year!

Posted on January 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

January 29, 2025, marks the new year for the lunar calendar for China and many other Asian nations. It is also referred to as the Spring Festival. This is the Year of the Snake. We have to love a tradition … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Comes A Time When Time Itself Is Ready For A Change

Posted on January 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.” – Coretta Scott King

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If You’re Going To Stay

Posted on January 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

If You’re Going To Stayby Michael DoyleDespite the world’s distractionsWe hear the clarion call for actionThere is much to be doneIf this battle is to be wonEach side fights to stay on topIn and endless cycle that never stopsIt doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Battle, Bullet, Change, Clarion Call, Dead, Distraction, Dog-Eat-Dog, Dominos, Done, Each Side, Fight, Flesh, Game of Shadows, Hammer, Madness, Mess, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Runaway, Stay, Stay On Top, Won, World, Wrong or Right | Leave a comment

My Heart and Mind’s Connection

Posted on January 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

My Heart and Mind’s Connectionby Michael DoyleMy heart and mindHave left this world behindCrossing as I followJesus from out of the shadowsFinding my good causeAs I gently start to pauseKnowing I must change my waysFor all my coming daysStep-by-stepI turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ask, Behind, Blind, Change, Connection, Cross, Days, Deep, Faithfulness, Finish Line, Follow, Forgiven, Good Cause, Heart, Hungry, Jesus, Know, Lane, Left Behind, Life's Choice, Lord Jesus, Mind, Mine, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Press On, Right Direction, Run, Shadow, Sight, Start, Step-By-Step, Stride, Tremble and Shake, Turn, Voice, Ways, World | Leave a comment

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 18, 2024 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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Gifts On this Morn

Posted on December 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Gifts On This Mornby Michael DoyleIt’s just how it is since we were bornWe await the superficial gifts of this mornExcited eyes search around the Christmas treeWondering what presents are for you and meThen when all the gifts have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Born, Carolers, Change, Cheer, Christmas Tree, Chrstmas, Digital, Excited Eyes, Family, Family Table, Find, Found, Fun, Garland, Gifts, Go Outside and Play, Hide, Innocence, Memory, Moonlight, Morn, Mourning Yesterday, Our Children, Outside, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Screens, Sun, Supper, Tinsel, Toys, Undone, Wonder | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Railing Against the Past Will Not Heal Us. All We Can Do Is To Change Its Course By Encouraging What We Love Instead of Destroying What We Don’t

Posted on November 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Railing against the past will not heal us. All we can do is to change its course by encouraging what we love instead of destroying what we don’t.” – Arundhati Roy

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Healing From A Thunder Song

Posted on November 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Healing From A Thunder Songby Michael DoyleThey whisper of loveTo the moon and backBut they don’t know real loveIt’s something that they lackAs they stand on the roofWatching the sky changeThey mimic standing aloofTrying to find the normal in the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Things Which Do Not Grow and Change Are Dead Things

Posted on October 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” – Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota

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In the Solitude of Darkness

Posted on October 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In the Solitude of Darknessby Michael DoyleTo the degree that I do not fearI am powerful enough to persevereI say this with a heavy-hearted sighAs my soul fixes its intellectual eyeThe love and rage that exists inside meHave become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beast, Beginning, Bitter Instinct, Change, Consolation, Creativity, Darkness, Depravity, Design, Destination, Divine, Dreams, Ending, Explore, Extinct, Fallen Angel, Fear, Harshness, Heart, Heart of Desire, Howl, Intellectual Eye, Knees, Level, Lie, Life, Love, Love and Rage, Malignant Devil, Misery, Outstretch, Persevere, Philosophy, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Sigh, Snarl, Solititude, Solitude, Soul, Understand, Wickedness, Wild Seas and Regions, Work, World's Secrets, Wounded Hand | Leave a comment