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Dropping the Label
Dropping the Labelby Michael DoyleIn every moment, any given momentCan become the truth of a holy momentGod is with us wherever we areWhether in a building or under starsLife may not be fair, but God is faithfulBringing to our lives … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abraham, Admission, Birthright, Blessings, Broken Road, Building, Caterpillar, Circles, Concession, Condition, Contention, Courage, Crises, Daybreak, Destination, Devotion, Discipline, Dropping the Label, Embrace, Eyes, Ezekiel, Face, Faith, Faithful, Family, Fights, Flow, Forget, Forgot, Forward, Fulfilled, Generations, Glory, God, God's Good Plan, Good Book, Grace, Great Nation, Heartbreaks, Hearts, Holy Perfection, Honest Story, Intention, Knights, Life, Listening, Loved and Forgiven, Metamorphosis, Metaphysical, Moment, Nothing, Paths, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Prayer, Premises, Prevail, Primary, Process, Profit, Promises, Prophecies, Purposes, Real Selves, Realize, Repentance, Revealed, Running, Situation, Solitude, Something, Spiritual, Stars, Stillness, Storm, Strife, Stubbornness, Superstar, Surrender, Truth, Twin Conceptions, Undertow, Wings, Wonderful, Wrestle
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A Father’s Love
A Father’s Loveby Michael DoyleA young girl hurtsWith the soul of a womanWhy doesn’t anyone understandA father listens, alert -Doing the best that he canSilently, he offers his handShe dries her eyesWhile he simply listensTo the questions on her mindHe … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Father's Love, Beauty, Best, Bond, Challenges, Charm, Coming Up, Cruel, Curled, Deep, Defend, Explain, Eyes, Faithfulness, Folly, Forever, Fussed, Hard, Harm, Heart, His Hand, His Stories, Hold, Know, Laughing Eyes, Lies, Listen, Listening, Love, Mind, Must, Necessary, Once, Once His Little Girl, One Voice, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Protect, Questions, Said, Sanctuary, Say, Sever, She, Silent, Simple, Soul, Survive, Swerved, Sworn Duty, Teach, Trust, Understand, Undeserved, Withstand, Woman, World, Young Girl
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Skandalon
Skandalonby Michael DoyleI won’t take the baitOf living this fateFalling for the offenseOf people speaking through pretenseTriggered into living this trapThinking and feeling the rapHit after hit comes my wayI see it happening day after dayThe pains that are feltIn … Continue reading →
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On Hearing Without Listening
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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Tagged Accurate, Active Listening, Adapt, Aggressive, Any Given Day, Appropriate, Argument, Art of Listening, Attend, Aural Bomardment, Awards, Barrage of Information, Barriers, Beliefs, Benefit, Best Possible Outcome, Better Handled, Calm Feedback, Career Aspirations, Challenges, Circumstances, Communication, Communication Partners, Competing Stimuli, Concerns, Confess, Connections, Context, Conversations of Others, Created, Deep Woods, Defensive Listening, Different Goals, Disagree, Each Style, Effective Communication, Effective Multitasking Cannot Be Done, Empathy, Empowering, Evidence, Fears, Focus, Foresight, Fully Understand, Gone Differently, Good Result, Hear Without Listening, Hearing, Important, Incorporate, Information Gathering, Intended, Intention, Isolated Place, Jargon, Kind Demeanor, Lesson, Listen, Listen Closely, Listening, Listening Fidelity, Listening Styles, Meant, Mental Distractions, Message, Modern Age, Modern Office, Motivation, Multitasking, Music, Myriad of Reasons, Nonverbal Communication, Once Attacked, One Mouth, Opportunities, Past, Peacefulness, Processing, Reality, Respond, Reveal Their Thoughts, Save Time and Money, Scenarios, Significant Feedback, Skillful Communicator, Slang, Solution, State of Hearing, Stop Listening, Stopping Talking, Strategies, Strengthens Relationships, Struggle, Television, Thought For the Day, Thoughts of the Listener, Training and Preparation, Tune Out, Two Ears, Understand, Used In That Proportion, Value In Being Lost, Values, Variant Goal, Wilderness, Words, Work
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A Christmas Heart
A Christmas Heartby Michael DoyleOn a forge borne of magicThe Star of Bethlehem Can be harnessed with loveA Christmas heart wipes away the tragicOnly in the way an elf understandsLed as these are from up aboveWhen times are getting hardAnd … Continue reading →
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Tagged Always and Forever, Believing Hearts, Christmas Heart, Christmas Spirit, Company, Conceive, Dare, Deceive, Dream, Elf, Fantasy, Feel, Find Their Waay, Forge, From Up Above, Great, Hard, Harness, Hearth, Hope, Know, Led, Listening, Love, Low, Magic, Making It Real, Miracle, Moral, Move Beyond, Needed, Photograph, Poetry and Poems, Save the Day, Star of Bethlehem, Start, Stop Thinking, Tale, Think, Times, Tragic, True Believer, Understands, Way Back Home, Wild Card, Your Heart
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Missed Your Eleventh
Sometimes, things are not in a person’s control. Every attempt has been made to do the right thing and still it turns out so very wrong. Missed Your Eleventh by Michael Romani I sit on the couch alone Wishing my … Continue reading →
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Tagged Birth, Birthday, Broken Heart, Clock, Cuddle, Daddy, Daughter, Discouragement, Fairytales, Family, Father, Friend, Frustration, Hands, Held, Hope, Listening, Lonely, Love, Moon, Parental Alienation, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promises, Sad, Stare, Talk, Tears, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Never Miss A Good Chance To Shut Up
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” – Will Rogers Seemingly harsh, it is sound advice. An old half remembered adage states something to the effect that God created each of us with two eyes and two ears but … Continue reading →
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Tagged Advice, Humor, Listening, Silence, Truth, Understanding, Will Rogers, Wisdom
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