Tag Archives: Work

Healing the Brokenness

Posted on October 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Healing the Brokennessby Michael DoyleWe are all part of the brokenness of humanityWe must seek to bravely move into responsibilityBeing part of the solution, to relieve our strifeBy lessening our own sins in this thing we call lifeThe Garden of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: What’s Terrible Is To Pretend that Second-Rate Is First Rate

Posted on October 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.” – Doris Lessing

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Thought For the Day: Amateurs Sit and Wait For Inspiration, the Rest of Us Just Get Up and Go To Work

Posted on September 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947)

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First Principles: As Parents, We Can Have No Joy, Knowing That This Government Is…Running the Next Generation Into Debt

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Build A Ship, Don’t Drum Up People Together To Collect Wood…Teach Them To Long For the Endless Immensity of the Sea

Posted on June 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author … Continue reading →

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Mickey Said To Minnie

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Mickey Said To MinnieBy Michael Doyle When the world fades right out of viewIt’s the fate of how it is that I met you.It wasn’t like I was wishing on a starBut there it is, and there you are The … Continue reading →

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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 March 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

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

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First Principles: As We Are Running the Next Generation Into Debt, We Ought To Do the Work of It, Otherwise We Use Them Meanly

Posted on March 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

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Thought For the Day: Those Calling for the Silencing of People With Whom They Disagree Politically – What the Democrats Are Currently Doing – Will Only Work To Stoke the Fires of Division and Hatred

Posted on January 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Those calling for the silencing of people with whom they disagree politically — what the Democrats are currently doing — will only work to stoke the fires of division and hatred. Genuine unity requires offering genuine respect and acceptance of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Can Anything Be Sadder Than Work Left Unfinished

Posted on December 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” – Christina Rossetti, poet (5 Dec 1830-1894)

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