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Every Day Is A Gift
Every Day Is A Giftby Michael DoyleUp in the sky, Santa is comingAcross the roofs, reindeer are runningThe gift of love is wrapped up in youDreamily finding your heart so trueA Christmas song comes to mindAs every day is a … Continue reading
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Tagged A New Gift, Always Be Mine, Blessed, Christmas Song, Dream, Dreaming Of, Every Day, Every Way, Fairy Tale, Fill My Days, Find, Gift, Gift of Love, Given, Glow, Mind, Morning, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious Sight, Reindeer, Roofs, Santa, Shine, Sky, Soul Shift, Stars, To Be Your Man, True, Truth, Turning Out So Right, Wak, Wrapped In Love, Wrapped Up In You, You Can, Your Arms, Your Eyes, Your Heart
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First Principles: Judges, Therefore Should Be Always Men of Learning and Experience In the Laws, of Exemplary Morals, Great Patience, Calmness, Coolness and Attention
“Judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests; they should not be dependent upon any man, or … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Laws Are Like Cobwebs Which May Catch Small Flies But Let Wasps and Hornets Break Through
“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” – Jonathan Swift, satirist (30 Nov 1667-1745)
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Tagged Break Through, Catch, Cobwebs, Hornets, Jonathan Swift, Laws, Small Flies, Thought For the Day, Wasps
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Great Things Come Unexpected
Great Things Come Unexpectedby Michael DoyleI have found in lifeThat it’s not to be neglectedTo say only that sometimesGreat things come unexpectedOpportunity sometimes fallsRight into our lapsAnd when that chance callsWith its rings or its rapsIt’s the only answer that … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Better Days, Calls, Chance, Confide, Falls, Forget, Found, Give, Great Things, Heaven Sent, Hide, Into Our Laps, Let Heaven Guide Us, Life, Live To Learn, Lives Well Lived, Neglected, Only Answer, Opporutnity, Our Ways, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prove, Provident, Raps, Really Meant, Rings, Run, Sometimes, Teach, Tell, Time To Time, Truly Live, Unexpected, Won't Regret
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First Principles: Honesty Is the First Chapter of the Book of Wisdom
“Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Book of Wisdom, First Chapter, First Prinicples, Honesty, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: If I Can Do No More, Let My Name Stand Among Those Who Are Willing To Bear Ridicule and Reproach For the Truth’s Sake and So Earn Some Right To Rejoice When the Victory Is Won
“If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.” -Louisa May Alcott, writer … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, Do No More, Earn, Louisa May Alcott, Name, Rejoice, Reproach, Ridicule, Right, Stand, Thought For the Day, Truth's Sake, Victory, Willing, Won
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In Gratitude For Santa’s Spirit
In Gratitude For Santa’s Spiritby Michael Doyle”Dear Santa”, that’s how it all beganSealed with love as only a child canWhat he wanted most of all was familyThat and a meaningful Christmas treeHe grew up endlessly chasing a little cheerIn the … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Badgered, Beaten Down, Began, Blues, Busy, Cheer, Child, Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Christmas Tree, Commericialization, Crown, Days, Dear Santa, Disappear, Dizzy, Dreams, Elves, Endlessly Chasing, Expectations, Family, Fascination, Frenzied, Give Me Give Me, Gladness, Gloves On, Going Through the Motions, Gratification, Gratitude, Greed, Happy News, Here and Now, Hustle and Bustle, Important Thing, Jaded World, Jingle, Joy, Joyfully, Magic, Meaning Got Lost, Meaningful, Never Allow, Never Be Allowed, New York City, North Pole, Not Just Once Upon, Notions, Our Children, Overworked, Photographs, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Press On, Real Meaning, Reflection, Remember, Remember What Matters, Santa, Sealed With Love, Season's Greetings, Shatter, Snow, Spirit, Spirit of Christmas, Stress, Suit Up, Tale, Tinsel, To Be Gone, Top of the World, Unsatisfied, Whole, World Apart, Year After Year, Yesterday
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First Principles: Be Courteous To All, But Intimate With Few and Let Those Few Be Well Tried Before You Give Them Your Confidence
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.” – George Washington
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Thought For the Day: To Effectively Communicate, We Must Realize That We Are All Different In the Way We Perceive the World and Use This Understanding As A Guide To Our Communication With Others
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” – Tony Robins
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Tagged All Different, Communicat, Communications, Effective, Guide, Others, Perceive, Realize, Thought For the Day, Tony Robins, Understanding, Use, World
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