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First Principles: My First Wish Is For America To Be Free
“My first wish is for America to be free.” – John Penn, Congressional Delegate Having been unschooled as a child, later in life John Penn availed himself of the advantages procured from a well endowed library taking this advantage to … Continue reading
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A Pi-Ku For Albert
Today curiously enough is Pi Day and the anniversary of Albert Einstein’s Birth. So why now a Pi-Ku… What’s a Pi-Ku you ask? Well, it’s 3-1-4 in format. A Pi-Ku For Albert by Michael Doyle Albert’s birth Seems Began this … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Most Wonderful of All Things In Life Is the Discovery Of Another Human Being With Whom Your Relationship Has Glowing Depth, Beauty and Joy As the Years Increase
“The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Beauty, Believe, Discovery, Divine, Found, Glowing Depth, Hugh Walpole, Human Being, Human Beings, Increase, Inner, Joy, Life, Looking, Love, Marvelous, Paassionately, Progressive, Relationship, Things, Thought For the Day, Two, Wish, Wonderful, Years
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First Principles: The Battle Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“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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Finding Joy In the Tears
Based in part on Ecclesiastes 3:4: https://flic.kr/p/gsQDkz Finding Joy In the Tears by Michael Doyle In looking back on my many years I am finding joy in the tears There in the sweet music for my ears Is the finding … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Belief, Believe, Born, Comfort, Conceive, Contemplation, Cry, Cure, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Ears, Ecclesiastes, Find, Flash, Gone, Grieve, Hope, Joy, Laugh, Laughter, Life, Live, Love, Meaning, Moments, Mourn, Mourning, Music, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Pray, Redemption, Relief, Reply, Secret, Smile, Strength, Stress, Sweet, Tears, Think, Tomorrow, While, Why, Years, Yesterday, Your Love
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Thought For the Day: Trust Is Earned, Respect Is Given and Loyalty Is Demonstrated. Betrayal of Any of Those Is To Lose All Three
“Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
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First Principles: A Certain Enthusiasm In Liberty Makes Human Nature Rise Above Itself In Acts of Bravery and Heroism
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” – Alexander Hamilton
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Finding Our Time In Waiting
Based in part on Philippians 2:13: Finding Our Time In Waiting by Michael Doyle Patience in waiting is hard to do I wonder if it’s the same for you Yet, waiting reminds us of our need For God as the … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: In Every Walk With Nature One Receives Far More Than He Seeks
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir
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Tagged Every, John Muir, More, Nature, Receive, Seek, Thought For the Day, Walk
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First Principles: There Is No Government Capable of Contending With Human Passions Unbridled By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution … Continue reading
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