Tag Archives: Exchange

Thought For the Day: When I Can Look Life In the Eyes, Grown Calm and Very Coldly Wise, Life Will Have Given Me the Truth, and Taken In Exchange, My Youth

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange – my youth.” – Sara Teasdale

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Pulling On the Heart Songs (of the Blind)

Pulling On the Heart Songs (of the Blind)by Michael DoyleThose with blinded eyes only know darknessAnd yet stand firm from life’s harshnessThe pain that finds its awkward wayAttempting to conceal the hope of a new dayEven still, there is an … Continue reading

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Inspired By Conversation

Inspired By Conversationby Michael DoyleLife has its hitsThat come along the wayThe Devil has his duesWe all have to payIt’s a slow paradeThe passage of these yearsFilled with ups and downsIts smiles and its tearsBut of all the thingsThat have … Continue reading

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First Principles: For Although They Knew God, They Did Not Honor Him As God Or Give Thanks To Him, But They Became Futile In Their Thinking, and Their Foolish Hearts Were Darkened

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: As We Dismiss Our Creator From Our Public Spaces, As We Exchange Love and Meaning For Crass Materialism, We Exchange A Culture of Life For A Culture of Death

“As we dismiss our Creator from our public spaces, as we exchange love and meaning for crass materialism, we exchange a culture of life for a culture of death. And by doing so, we put the future of our nation … Continue reading

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Essence of Turning

Life is a continuous cycle from the greatest to the smallest of all levels.  It is an exchange that always provides for the greater good even with all the bad along the way. https://flic.kr/p/pM518F Essence of Turning by Michael Romani … Continue reading

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Rite of Your Own Story

Each tale told has its own writer.  This is especially true of our own tales. Rite of Your Own Story by Michael Romani In the rite of our own personal story There can be no big truth or glory Until … Continue reading

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