Tag Archives: Communication

On Hearing Without Listening

Posted on May 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Hearing Without Listening: In the modern age, we are constantly in a state of ‘hearing’. The best adapted of us have learned to listen to what is important and tune out the rest of the aural bombardment we live in. … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To Truly Love We Must Learn To Mix Various Ingredients – Care, Affection, Recognition, Respect, Commitment, and Trust, As Well As Honest and Open Communication

Posted on February 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients – care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.” – Bell Hooks

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Affection, Bell Hooks, Care, Commitment, Communication, Honest, Ingredients, Learn, Mix, Open, Recognition, Respect, Thought For the Day, Truly Love, Trust | Leave a comment

Attached In Meaning

Posted on December 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Attached In Meaningby Michael DoyleWords are mainly symbolsSomething that vaguely resemblesAn agreement between we human beingsAs to what it is that we are meaningWe need a little less of the dictionaryAs we each act out our own PictionaryOf all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Actions Speak Louder, Actual, Agreement, Allow, Arguments, Attached, Blur the Lines, Burst Out, Co-Construction, Come and Go, Communicate, Communicated, Communication, Complicated, Conflict, Contemplation, Contrary, Conventionality, Deceived, Deception, Defy, Destruction, Development, Dictionary, Encoded, Factors, Factual, Foolish, Forged, Hit That Restart, Human Beings, Intended, Intent, Intentionality, Interpretation, Late, Learn, Life, Look On Your Face, Meaning, Message, Nonverbally, Optimism, Perception, Pessimism, Photograph, Pictionary, Poem, Poetry, Prouder, Reach, Reassurance, Received, Relation, Resembles, Rut, Satisfying, Say, Says It all, Simple, Sink, Splash, Still, Symbols, Tender, Think, Truth Perceived, Unnecessary, Vague, Wall, Weight, Words, Words of Trust, Wounded Hearts | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Most Important Thing In Communication Is To Hear What Isn’t Being Said

Posted on November 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker

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The Death Head of Night

Posted on November 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Death Head of Nightby Michael DoyleThere in the darkest of the 20th CenturyWere pages to learn from in our historySuch evil as was darker than the nightWhere our traditions still bring us lightNo matter what the king tells usTruth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Ability, Accident, Accusation, Adolph, All But Lost, All Peoples, Americans, Ancient Peoples, Apart, April Tenth, Arrive, Atmosphere, Atrocity, Auschwitz, Babies, Barren Fields, Believe, Betray, Bluffing, Buchenwald, Burn, Caged Ghetto, Captivity, Cattle Cars, Cleft, Communication, Cost, Crushed, Cry, Cup, Darkest, Daughters, Death Became the Mercy, Death Head, Deeds, Dehumanized, Demonized, Deportation, Desperation, Destination, Determination, Devil's Symphony, Doubt, Dread, Dying, Elders, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Extermination, Face, Faith, Father, Fear, Few, Flames, Flick, Forced March, Forgotten, Germany, Ghost Train, God, God Be Willing, Going On, Goodness, Grapple, Graves, Grief, Grim Determination, Guide For the Perplexed, Hand, Happenstance, Haste, Hatred, History, Hitler, Hold On Tight, Hope, Huddle, Hunger, Incessant, Infernal, Jewish History, Kabbalah, King, Know, Learn, Left, Let This Be A Lesson, Light, Line, Literature, Live or Die, Living Skeletons, Loved, Madmen, Marginalized, Mengele, Mercilessly, Miracle, Mirror, Misery, Monsters, Mystic Union, Names, Necessary Lie, Night, No Coming Back, No End, Nothing, Optimism, Pages, Peace Alone, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pray, Prophets, Prove Forgiving, Provident, Purpose, Question, Rage, Recall, Receptivity, Robbery, Rogues, Rule of Law, S;piritual, Sacred Ritual, Sake, Scarlet, Seek, Shame, Shed, Shrieking, Sighing, Slight, Slip, Snow, Sons, Soul, Spark, Suffering, Suffocating, Sunken Eyes, Survival, Survived, Surviving, Targets, Taste, Terror, Test, The End, The Jewish, The Jewish People, Track, Tradition, Transition, Transmission, Treasures, Truth, Ugliness, Unity, Water, Weisel, West, Whenever, Wherever, Wine, Wisdom, World, Worse, Worship, Yiddish | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Listen Well Is As Powerful A Means of Communication and Influence As To Talk Well

Posted on September 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” – John Marshall

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Communication, First Principles, Influence, John Marshall, Listen, Means, Powerful, Talk Well, Well | Leave a comment

Entering the Afterlife

Posted on August 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Started watching the point of origin series of Star Trek series with the girls. The one that is more or less the prequel for the whole thing. Got this out of the first episode: Entering the Afterlife by Michael Romani … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advent, Afterlife, Ankle Deep, Beginning, Beyond the Stars, Chase, Communication, Complexity, Conflict, Creed, Cynicism, Dim, Dream, Dreams, Each Day, Empathetic, Enter, Explanation, Explore, Faith of Heart, Forward, Found, Freed, Going Boldly, Gound, Have Not Been, Hope, Humanity, Imprint, Interpretation, Langauge, Larger, Mass Perfection, Name of Honor, New Challenges, New Generation, New Worlds, Onward, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problematic, Problems, Proceed, Prospects, Push Forward, Reaching Out, Right Direction, Seems, Simplicity, Space, Speak, Spirit of Man, Star Trek, Swim, Victories | Leave a comment

On Being Eleventeen

Posted on May 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest daughter turns 11 tomorrow. She’s brilliant, witty, charming in her own ways and has a bright future ahead of her. Yes. I am a very proud father of both of my princesses. The only kingdom I … Continue reading →

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Tribalisms of Empathy

Posted on May 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Society’s kindness has gone markedly down as we tend to polarize and communicate online via social media more. It’s sort of sparking a lot of interest, particularly in these times of social isolation, in getting folks to begin dialoging … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Acts, All In This Together, Amibition, Angry, Anonymity, Best, Better, Biology, Blindness, Bold, Break Down, Brutal, Burn, Challenge, Clues, Cold, Communicate, Communication, Community, Concern, Connection, Contagion, Control, Decline, Dehumanization, Dialog, Difference, Diminish, Direction, Disconnect, Edge, Empathy, Face to Face, Fear, Feelings, Fluid, Forget, Forward, Genes, Gradient, Hard, Harsh, Heart, Heredity, Human, Impersonal, Inference, Inhibition, Isolation, Kindness, Know, Life, Loss, Marsh, Meanness, Mirror, Morass, Nation, Need, Nuance, Pain, Photograph, Physiology, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Polarize, Prevalence, Reality, Realm, Refine, Remove, Rise, Sad, Selfishness, Social Isolation, Social Media, Society, Spark, Startle, Sympathy, Text, Together, Tribal, Trust, Umbrella, Voice, Voices, Walk, Wobble, World | Leave a comment

Sidewalk Communication

Posted on February 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The city is a place of connection in its own way. Fusions of thought and experiences blend into that special something that helps the creative process. Sidewalk Communication by Michael Romani Hustled and bustled to the point of hassled The … Continue reading →

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