Tag Archives: Talk

Thought For the Day: I Want People To Talk To One Another No Matter What Their Difference of Opinion Might Be

Posted on May 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.” – Studs Terkel, author and broadcaster (16 May 1912-2008)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Difference, Matter, One Another, Opinion, People, Studs Terkel, Talk, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

I Met A Lady One Day

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I Met A Lady One Dayby Michael DoyleI met a lady who knew all the ways of loveAnd she came into my day like a voice from above I wondered what I might have to give her in her dayHaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Add, Day, Denial, Dream, Face, Hand, Heavenly Being, Lady, My Time, Nothing Special, Payers, Poetry and Poems, Smile, Talk, Touch, Voice, Walk, Ways of Love, Wish | Leave a comment

The Click Inside the Moment

Posted on April 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Click Inside the Momentby Michael DoyleStrangers showboating the skillsProbably don’t have the thrillsThey talk about so profuselyThese things shouldn’t be said looselyStill, we come into the roomWith exploding feelings that loomAnd I know that your pros outweigh your consUntil … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Night Long, Beach, Beating Strong, Believe, blogging, Cards, Care, Celebrated, Check the Box, Click, Color, Cons, Doublt-Time, Elated, End, Feeligns, Feelings, Find, Flow, Friendship and Love, Gate, Gone, Happy, Hear, Heart, Hold On, Hold You Close, Journey, Kiss, Know, Lifetime, Locks, Loom, Loose, Love, Made, Mind, Moment, Move, My Best Freind, One Another, Poem, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Positives, Pros, Rhyme, Room, Safe, Same, Show, Showboat, Skill, Strangers, Talk, Thrill, Validate, Wait, Walk, Words, Writing, Wrong | Leave a comment

Messages Needed

Posted on April 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Messages Neededby Michael DoyleThere is something unsaid gone unheededIn all the messages truly neededMessages to and from so many strangersWho are embroiled in all their angerWhat happened to peace, love, and understandingI know I’m no longer hip, and not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Around, Beauty, Brokenness, Center Stage, Cross My Heart, Dead, Demanding, Disilluion, Duty, Embroil, Feet, Fight, Fire, Flat, Getting Better, Give It, Ground, Heed, Hip, In This Together, Inspired, Light, Live It, Living In the Past, Load, Looking Around, Lost Generation, Love, Love and Peace, Messages Needed, Mirror, New Humanity, Page, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Rage, Say Nothing, Secret Alphabet, Seldom Heard, Shaman, Shuffling Heels, Sign, Speak, Strangers, Summer of Love, Talk, Tongue, Truly Give, Truly Live, Unconscioiusness, Understanding, Unsaid, Vanity, Veneration, Work, World of the Ugly | Leave a comment

Beautifully Amazed

Posted on April 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Beautifully Amazedby Michael DoyleWe paint a life seen togetherCertain that our blessings are betterAs we talk into the nightBefore we know it, it’s the morning lightLearning things of complexityAs we break it down into simplicityLife can be overly demandingBut it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aloud, Amaze, Astound, Beautiful, Better, Blessings, Break It Down, Care, Certain, Complexity, Demanding, Dreams, Eyes, Know, Learn, Life, Look, Love Is Blind, Make, Moments, Morning Light, New Traditions, Night, Paint, Play, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Moments, Realize, Rendition, Safe, Share, Shared, Show, Simplicity, Space, Talk, Together, Understanding, Vision, Words, Your Ways | Leave a comment

Growing Vulnerability

Posted on April 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Growing Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleSome fools say that men don’t cryBut let me tell you, that’s just a lieIt’s so hard to express inner truthAnd it’s played that way since youthWe need to get the curtains down and outMoving hard beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Another, Armor, Better Way, Capability, Cloud, Communication, Cry, Curtains, Doubt, Down and Out, Dust, Essence of You, Excuse, Express, Eyes, Fascination, Fools, Forever, Gone, Grow, Growing, Happy, Hard, Heart, Here, Hype, Inner Truth, Leak, Lie, Look, Love, Lvel, Macho, Men, Move, Moving Hard, Near, Own Way, Pardon, Peek, Place, Play, Poetry and Poems, Process, Reason, Say, Sensitive Type, Shadow of Doubt, Shine, Shine On, Speaking, Stay, Straight Up, Talk, Tell, True Love, Trump Card, Vulernable, Vulnerability, Walk, Way Out, Youth | Leave a comment

Like Saul To Paul

Posted on March 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like Saul To Paulby Michael DoyleTogether, we learn to live outWhat our sermons are aboutDay by day, we learn the talkAnd put it into practice in our walkSpiritual growth brings our skillsLike Saul to Paul, we serve God’s willAll the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Christian, Church, Conversion, Day by Day, Destroy, Divine Light, Divinity, Future, God, God's Will, Heal, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Learn, Legalism, Nurture, Past, Persecute, Poetry and Poems, Practice, Pure, Reveal, Road to Damascus, Salvation, saul, Saul To Paul, Sermon, Skills, Spiritual Growth, Talk, Together, Walk, Zeal | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 15, 2024 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 | Leave a comment

Growing Our Intimacy

Posted on March 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Growing Our Intimacyby Michael DoyleWe have so little time for introspectionAs we approach life with our expectationsSometimes it’s an easy flow of conversationOther times, we’re micro-managing our destinationBeing present and being openly hereIs the experiment of what might disappearAs our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Alibis, Anticipating, Approach, Approach Love, Attract, Bad Girls, Becoming Us, Being Present, Comfortable Silence, Confirmation, Conversations, Cry, Dance, Destination, Disappear, Each Day, Easy Flow, Electricity, Excitement, Expectations, Experiment, Fake, Feel, Friendship, Grow, Hope, Internal Debate, Intimacy, Introduce, Introspection, Just Because, Letting Love Flow, Life, Little Time, Love, Magnet, Micro-manage, Nice Guys, Nights of Love, Open, Party, Path, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rough, Scaru, Sentimental, Sincerity, Smile, Something Much Better, Something Real, Spark, Spend Together, Sweet surrender, Take, Talk, The same, Think, Together, Touch the Flame, Try, Welcome, Why, Words | Leave a comment

Turkey Run State Park

Posted on February 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Turkey Run State Parkby Michael DoyleIndiana is prone to having a second winter appearAfter it seems the real winter has disappearedThis was the circumstance in February 2024When a snowfall came, inviting my family to exploreMy daughters and I loaded up … Continue reading →

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