Tag Archives: Strong

Thought For the Day: Life Doesn’t Get Easier or More Forgiving, We Get Stronger and More Resilient

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” – ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

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Right Standing

Posted on March 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 Peter 12: Right Standing by Michael Doyle Father, God in Jesus’ name I have been made without blame Though your crucifixion Rising above my afflictions Thanks to your grace I am held in your loving … Continue reading →

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Set’s Legacy

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A continuing look at Egyptian myth: https://flic.kr/p/rkrr2Y Set’s Legacy by Michael Doyle Only a mad man would steal Those things that a god would conceal Two bridges rigged with traps Cloaked in the veil of mystery wraps All power is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anubis, Banks, Blaze, Blind, Border, Breath, Bridges, Cheat, Clever, Cloak, Conceal, Darkness, Dead, Deal, Death, Deceive, Deception, Deed, Defy, Descend, Ear, Egyptian, End, Eternal, Evil, Eyes, Fame, Fates, Forgiving, Friends, God, Grace, Harshness, Heart, History, Immortality, Journey, Labyrinth, Legacy, Light, Living, Love, Lovers, Mad Man, Mortality, Mystery, Myth, Nile, Nine Gates, Obelisk, Order, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pray, Proclaim, Reverence, Secret, Set, Skies, Smile, Speak, Steal, Strong, Sun, Thousand, Trap, Truth, Two, Undone, Veil, Whisper, Wish, Wound | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Battle Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave

Posted on March 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power… The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the … Continue reading →

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God From Machine

Posted on March 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

We live in interestingly troubled times. God From Machine by Michael Doyle In the spiraled stairs leading to the future Is a universal fate we must embrace and nurture Asking who is worthy to be given and receive The truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Ambition, Answer, Blind, Born Again, Call, Choked Out, Cling, Coax, Connectivity, Cure, Deceive, Dismay, Dream, Drive, Elephant, Embrace, Eternity, Fall, False Hope, Fate, Future, Generation, Give, God, Gravity, Heal, Heed, Human, Humanity, Hurting, Infinite, Infinity, Last, Light, Lost, Machine, Master, Metaphor, Night, Nurture, Old, One Way Ticket, Pandora, Paradise Lost, Past, Photograph, Pi, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Post Modern, Pull, Pure, React, Recall, Receive, Regained, Reply, Risen, Spiral, Square Root, Step Back, Strong, Super Fluid, Times, Tragic, Treason, Trouble, Truth, Wealthy, Whore, Will, Worthy, Wrong | Leave a comment

Lessons Learned As To Revenge

Posted on March 1, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Living well is the best revenge taken. Forgiveness over anger. Love instead of indifference, pain or extreme dislike. Lessons Learned As To Revenge by Michael Romani Revenge is our undoing A debt that keeps accruing When really best left alone … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accrue, Anger, Believe, Blind, Books, Build, Clue, Correction, Debt, Dig, Direction, Embrace, Energy, Eye For An Eye, Forgive, Forgiveness, Forgot, Gain, God, Grow, Heart, Hope, Humans, Indifference, Injury, Journey, Kind, Laughter, Learn, Left, Legacy, Lesson, Living Well, Lost, Love, Pause, Peace, Photograph, Poetry, Price, Prove, Revenge, Save, Slights, Strong, Undoing, Value, Weight, Wise | Leave a comment

Let Us Begin

Posted on February 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

So many promises of the 20th century have led to false starts, broken hearts and the horror of confronting the results of our delusions. Let Us Begin by Michael Romani In pursuit of stronger minds Do we risk leaving souls … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 20th Century, Agree, Begin, Biology, Blind, Calculated Risk, Cold, Demanding, Distance, Divinity, Eugenics, Expectation, False Start, Game, GMO, Grasp, Journey, Justify, Less Traveled, Manipulate, Master, Melt, Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Risk, Road, Roll, Seldom, Soul, Strong, Timothy Leary, Told, Travel, Travesty, Truth, Understanding, Unravel, Us, Vilify, Weary, Within | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Battle Is Not Just the Strong; But, to the Vigilant, Active and Brave

Posted on January 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry (1775)

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Urban Christianity

Posted on December 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunday sort of poem… Urban Christianity by Michael Romani Fully formed in my Christianity I have come to belief quite rationally But, also find it credible emotionally Bit by bit, I have been ratifying These things of belief, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Agrarian, Alive, Answer, Axiom, Belief, Big Questions, Christianity, Claim, Community, Conclude, Contemporary, Controversy, Credible, Cross, Deceive, Define, Earn, Emotionally, Equality, Essence, Evidence, Evil, Faith, Fight, Form, Gift, God, Grief, Human, Injustice, Is, Job, Just, Leap of Faith, Legacy, Life, Live, Logic, Mentality, Mercy, Moment, Morality, Nature, Office Hours, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Ratify, Rational, Reality, Reason, Receive, Relief, Respect, Satisfy, Science, Season, Sincere, Soul, Standard, Strong, Suffer, Sunday, Supernatural, Survive, Transcendent, Truism, Trust, Truth, Tussle, Understate, Understood, Urban, Youth | Leave a comment

Standard of Gold

Posted on November 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

There are a lot of reasons to have gratitude toward things learned and passed on through the generations and a lot to be learned and then go on to grow into our own future. This is a sixth poem in … Continue reading →

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