Tag Archives: Work

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 →

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Thought For the Day: Everything Considered, Work Is Less Boring Than Amusing Oneself

Posted on April 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. “– Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic, and translator (9 Apr 1821-1867)

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Thought For the Day: If People Knew How Hard I Worked To Get My Mastery, It Wouldn’t Seem So Wonderful After All

Posted on March 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.” -Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (6 Mar 1475-1564)

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Minding God’s Own Business

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Minding God’s Own Businessby Michael DoyleIt’s how it is that we should liveWe find that God has work to giveIn an echo of principles, we need clarityOf what is necessary to enable us to seeTo lack in clarity is an … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Approach, Ark, Bible, Biblical Verbs, Blessings, Blindness, Boundaries, Burden, Business, Carry, Christ, Christianity, Clarity, Complication, Creation, Dancer, Depth, Discern, Dysfunction, Earn, Easy Path, Echo of Principles, Egypt, Enable, Ethics, Exaggerate, Exhausted People, Faith, Fallen Humanity, Fate, Forgiven, Free, Function, Give, Given, Given By Grace, God, Godly Freedom, Godly Ways, Grave, Heart, Heavy Lifting, Hurt, Impulse, Jesus, Kingdom, Least Resistance, Lifetime, Live, Living Start, Love, Marathon, March, Margins, Mark, Meet and Exceed, Mind, Necessary, Need, Onset, Pace, Path, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Reach Out, Relationship, Rely On, Rest, Rhythm, Righteous Worship, Rules, Safety, Salvation, See, Sight, Snail, Society, Solution, Sprint, Strife, Sustainable, Sustainable Path, Ten Commandments, Test, Toxicity, Trap, Unkind, Weight, Work, Yoke of Evil | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Never Get To the Bottom of Ourselves On Our Own. We Discover Who We Are Face To Face and Side by Side With Others In Work, Love, and Learning

Posted on February 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.” – Robert N. Bellah

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Thought For the Day: When Love and Skill Work Together, Expect A Masterpiece

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” – John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (8 Feb 1819-1900)

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First Principles: We Know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purpose

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28 (NIV)

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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Breaking Rules In A Way That Works Is Understanding What the Rules Are In the First Place

Posted on January 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.” – Rick Wakeman

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One By One

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

One By Oneby Michael DoyleWe work the problemsOne by oneOne at a timeThat’s how it’s doneWe face the worldOne step at a timeRemaining undefeatedWe struggle for primeThe point of no returnComes fast as we learnThere’s no turning backFrom the life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All We Got, Blood, Done, Down and Dirty, Earn, Face, Fast, Fight, Forgot, Give, Good, Hard, Hit, Hurt, Laugh, Learn, Life, Mud, Never Mind, No Turning Back, One By One, Poetry and Poems, Point of No Return, Prime, Problem, Right, Roll, Step, Struggle, Swing, Time, Undefeated, Understood, Win Or Lose, Work, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A Mind Is Like A Parachute. It Doesn’t Work If It Isn’t Open

Posted on December 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.” – Frank Zappa

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