Tag Archives: Change

Thought For the Day: It Is Self-Evident That Language Has Not Bled To Death Through Change

Posted on September 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Prolonged study of the English language leaves me with a conviction that nearly all the linguistic tendencies of the present day have been displayed in earlier centuries, and it is self-evident that the language has not bled to death through … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom, Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on August 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams

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Thought For the Day: The World Is Changed Not By the Self-Regarding, But By Men and Women Prepared To Make Fools of Themselves

Posted on August 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.” -P.D. James, novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)

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First Principles: The People Alone Have An Incontestable, Unalienable, and Indefeasible Right To Institute Government and To Reform, Alter, Or Totally Change the Same

Posted on July 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The People alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.” – John Adams

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Thought For the Day: Everyone Thinks of Changing the World, But No One Thinks of Changing Himself

Posted on May 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy

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Thought For the Day: The Only Person Who Is Educated Is the One Who Has Learned How To Learn…and Change

Posted on May 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn… and change.” – Carl Rogers, psychologist (8 Jan 1902-1987)

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Transition Versus Change

Posted on April 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Transition Versus Changeby Michael DoyleThe Lord knows that it’s hard to growThe paths taken are hard to knowIn the midst of life’s transitionsIt takes a long time to make right decisionsThat change our lives as we needWhen we find our … Continue reading →

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Funny How Time Slips Away

Posted on April 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Funny How Time Slips Awayby Michael DoyleI was thinking just the other dayIsn’t it funny how time slips away?Somewhere between country and rockThere’s need for living by straight talkLife has its beats and tribulationsTimes of sadness and of jubilationsIndulging in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acquisition, Appreciation, Authority, Beats, Bob and Weave, Burning It Down, Canonical, Change, Choice, Composition, Confused, Contend, Conversation, Country, Croon, Dreams, Eavesdrop, Emotional Impact, End, Endure, Eternal, Evoke, Flame, Found, Funny, Generation, Heart, Heartbroken, Human Being, Hurry, Imaginaton, Incantation, Incendiary, Indulge, Introspection, Jaded, Jubilations, Knocked Off Balance, Life, Living Wealth, Loss, Meaning, Moon, Narration, Nuance, Older, Other Day, Outlaws, Path, Poetry and Poems, Punch, Reborn, Retrospection, Rock, Round, Sadness, Self-Deprecation, Serenade, Shade, Silky Groove, Slips Away, Slow Down, Somewhere, Straight Talk, Sun, Surprised, Think, Three Chords, Tight, Time, Tribulations, Veneration, Vindication, Voice, Yesterday | Leave a comment

For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)

Posted on April 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Harry Belafonte (RIP: 3/1/27 – 4/25/23)by Michael DoyleUsing song as a tool for transformationHis soundtrack helped to change the nationNow Belafonte has died at the age of ninety-sixHis life having affirmed the need of too much to fixSo many, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet

Posted on April 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I still can’t believe changing the cover of a box of pancake mix hasn’t caused world peace yet.” – Kevin Sorbo

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