Tag Archives: Difference

Thought For the Day: Life Is Inconvenient. Life Is Lumpy. A Lump In the Oatmeal, A Lump In the Throat and A Lump In the Breast Are Not the Same Kind of Lump, One Needs To Learn the Difference.

Posted on June 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is Only One Difference Between A Madman and Me. The Madman Thinks He Is Sane. I Know That I Am Mad.

Posted on May 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.” -Salvador Dali, painter (11 May 1904-1989)

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Thought For the Day: The First Day of Spring Is One Thing, and the First Spring Day Is Another. The Difference Between Them Is Sometimes As Great As A Month

Posted on March 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” ~ Henry Van Dyke

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First Principles: Education Is Not Complete Unless We Teach Our Children Not Only How To Read and Write But the Difference Between Right and Wrong

Posted on February 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.” – George H. W. Bush

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Children, Complete, Difference, Education, First Principles, George H. W. Bush, Read and Write, Right and Wrong, Teach | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Be Grateful Is To Recognize the Love of God In Everything He Has Given Us – and He Has Given Us Everything

Posted on December 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It’s Never Too Late To Become the Person You Always Thought You Could Be

Posted on November 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.” – George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (22 Nov 1819-1880)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Chance, Difference, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans, Never, The Person, Thought, Thought For the Day, Too Late | Leave a comment

Children Jumping Shadows

Posted on September 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Children Jumping Shadowsby Michael DoyleI listened to a whisper barely heardAbout separating myself from the herdIt wasn’t the desire to stand outAs much as it was living in worldly doubtI look around me, unable to truly seeWhat difference each can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Begged Question, Better, Cast Out by Life, Children, Continent's Strife, Darkened Night, Desire, Difference, Dreams, Fallen, Fast Forward, Felt, Few, Glacial Melt, Gurus, Handful of Pixels, Heard, Herd, Hope, Hunger, Hungry Children, Jump, Myelf, Oceans, Poetry and Poems, Reach, See, Separate, Separately, Shadows, Shallows, Sorrow, Stand Out, Struggle, Sunlight, Together, Tomorrow, Unknown, Whisper, Worldly Doubt, Worn-Out Shoes, Yesterday | Leave a comment

For Our Living Cares

Posted on July 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For Our Living Caresby Michael DoylePrayer is not even in the least bitTo be prayed like the hypocritesTo preach or to pray; it’s easier to sayWhat it is to put your beliefs in playIt’s not the facade but in keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accidents, Beliefs, Bible, Console, Daily Life, Destination, Difference, Expectations, Expected, Facade, False Desires, Feel, Forgot, Fullness, Gilded Rules, God's Ways, Godly Things, Hearts, Heed, Holy Relationship, Hypocrites, In Play, Instead, Keeping It Real, Lion's Den, Listen, Live, Living Cares, Living the Truth, Need, Neglected, Our Inheritance, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Preach, Private Conversation, Reluctance, Righteous Love, Sough, Souls, Speak, Spoon Fed Fools, Startled Moments, Theology, Treasure, Truth of Love, Wake Up, World's Sin, Worship, Wrong Things | Leave a comment

Dig Our Way Out

Posted on June 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Dig Our Way Outby Michael DoyleThere is no treaty we can signThat can reach for and defineThe reasons why I made a ghost of youThere is no explanation for what I doI hide my shame deep in the shadowsKeeping to … Continue reading →

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Profit and Schemes

Posted on June 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Profit and Schemesby Michael DoyleIt’s hard to tell the differenceBetween the pursuit of profit and schemesThe wise pirate holds great reverenceFor the pirate captain’s dreamsLandlubbers hold their stockIn the mild talk of stabilityBut an adventurer holds to the talkOf betting … Continue reading →

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