Tag Archives: Trouble

Way of Things

Posted on September 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Life and love are best lived in giving and letting go of fear. Way of Things by Michael Romani Every problems asks for solution Said the keeper of genuine seeking The passage of light in contribution Pardoned by the innocent … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Broken Heart, Contribute, Corner Pocket, Distance, Edge, Energy, Fear, Genuine, Give, Hear, History, Hold Tight, Innocent, Life, Light, Locket, Love, Madness, Mystery, New Day, Night, One, Pardon, Passage, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Problem, Read, Resistance, Right Words, Sad, Search, Seek, Solution, Talk, Things, Tomorrow, Travel, Trouble, Two, Way, Wonder, Write | Leave a comment

Leaving No One Behind

Posted on August 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s estimated there are 65 million displaced refugees around the world. That’s a hard number to take in, isn’t it? What would God have us do? Leaving No One Behind by Michael Romani When you see your sister and brother … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Apology, Brother, Do, God, God's Command, God's Family, Hand, Heart, Help, Know, Leave No One Behind, Life's Journey, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Refugee, See, Silent, Sister, Strong, Trouble, Understand, Vigilant | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: When Mankind Fights It’s Unseen Battles We Need the Grace of Kindness Shown and Heard

Posted on July 31, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm hand-shakes, – these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles.” – John Hall, pastor (31 Jul 1829-1898)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Acts, Battle, Fight, Grace, Handshake, John Hall, Kind, Looks, Mankind, Thought For the Day, Trouble, Unseen, Warm, Words | Leave a comment

In A Honeyed Land

Posted on July 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Every biome or space in nature or land has a particular carrying capacity for what can be taken from it without removing the stability found there. Also, for how much life and of what kinds it can support. But, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art, Beauty, Bee, Biome, Burden, Carrying Capacity, Chaos, Cultivate, Ecology, Explain, Family, Fram, Greed, Heart, Honey, Hurt, Inference, Interference, Intimacy, Isolate, Longevity, Macedonia, Macro, Micro, Misery, Money, Need, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sustain, Sustenance, Trouble, Voice Over Narration | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: No One Appreciates the Value of Constructive Criticism Better Than the One Giving It

Posted on July 20, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“No one appreciates the value of constructive criticism more thoroughly than the one who’s giving it.” – Hal Chadwick

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Appreciatate, Constructive Criticism, Give, Hal Chadwick, Thought For the Day, Trouble, Value | Leave a comment

Father’s Day With My Daughters 2019

Posted on June 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Two hours isn’t nearly long enough, but, at least it was some time. https://flic.kr/p/Qz7KFk Father’s Day With My Daughters (2019) by Michael Romani Some dads find it fine to have bragging rights In that they’ve done in spending sleepless nights … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2019, Angel, Better, Bragging Rights, Cherish, Daddy, Daughters, Dream, Empathy, Father's Day, Gift, Hug, Human Being, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Questions, Sleepless Nights, Trouble, Ultra Sound, Voice | Leave a comment

Cultivating Kindness II

Posted on June 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

One of lessons that is maybe too hard to learn for some is that in the face of harshness, sometimes the very best response is to show the same merciful kindness that God has shown us. It is a hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Capacity, Character, Child of God, Defense, Depend, Disparage, Friends, God, Harsh, History, Kind, Lesson, Light, Love, Mature, Mercy, Mind, Model, Nature, Peace, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Reasson, Response, Righteous, Strong, Tendency, Trouble, Wrong | Leave a comment

The Good Man Stands

Posted on May 22, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Been spending some time at a Western museum lately. When you think on the lives lived, something like this might come to mind? The Good Man Stands by Michael Romani Troubles come Troubles gone The good man stands As he … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Breathe, Broken, Carry On, Cry, Died, Dust, Friend, Fronttier, God, Good Man, Luck, Poem, Poetry, Prairie, Rail, Sod, Stand, Tears, Time, Trouble, Trust, Wild West | Leave a comment

First Principles: If There Must Be Trouble, Let It Be In My Day, That My Child May Have Peace

Posted on May 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, If, My Child, My Day, Peace, Thomas Paine, Trouble | Leave a comment

A Vancouverite Current

Posted on April 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Na/GloPoWriM0 Day 15 challenge is to provide a Robert Brown or Shakespearian styled monologue sort of a poem. I opted for a redo on Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. Kind of.. I opted for happy thoughts not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arms, Beaten, Border, Caution, Conscience, Country, Coward, Current, Decision, Deep, Delay, Devote, Dream, Flesh, Folly, Fortune, Friend, Gloom, Good, Gray, Happiness, Happy, Heartache, Heir, Hope, Infatuation, Insolence, Jammies, Know, Life, Love, Me, Merit, Moment, Monologue, Mortal Coil, Motivation, Na/GloPoWriMo, Naked, Native Resolution, Noise, Patience, Pause, Photograph, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Purn, Puzzle, Question, Quiet, Regret, Respect, Return, Reward, Robert Brown, Sake, Shock, Sky, Sleep, Song, Thought, Time, To Be Or Not To Be, Traveler, Trouble, Turn Back, Vancouver, Voyage, Warmth, Weary, Will, William Shakespeare, Wisdom, Wish, Worth | Leave a comment