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Rough Edges
Rough Edgesby Michael DoyleSometimes it seemsI’ve lost all my dreamsAt the rough edgesAnd window ledgesAre all I’m hanging ontoIt’s been so long since I’ve held youStuck working the night shiftIn a world full of griftThe system works its cutAgainst the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brand, Brutality, Confess, Cut, Dreams, Grift, Hanging, Held, Infirmary, Interesting Company, Jacked Into, Lost, Night Shift, Poetry and Poems, Propriety, Rest, Rhetorical Mess, Rough Edges, Seems, Subtlety, Survivors, System, Test, Understand, Walk On Players, Window Ledges, World
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Thought For the Day: Your Voice Dries Up If You Don’t Use It
“Your voice dries up if you don’t use it.” – Patti Page, singer (8 Nov 1927-2013)
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Tagged Dry, Patti Page, Thought For the Day, Up, Use, Voice
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First Principles: It Is On Great Occasions Only, and After Time Has Been Given For Cool and Deliberate Reflection, That the Real Voice of the People Can Be Known
“It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Great Ocassions, Known, Real Voice, Reflection, The People, Time
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Imagine My Surprise
Imagine My Surpriseby Michael DoyleImagine my surpriseAt learning time is linearThe doctors opened my eyesWith a ditty about no longer being superiorSitting there tugging at my capeHinting I’m no longer a masked crusaderBut the prisoner of a lined gapeMother Nature … Continue reading
First Principles: Labor To Keep Alive In Your Breast That Little Spark of Celestial Fire Called Conscience
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)
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Tagged Breast, Celestial Fire, Conscience, First Principles, George Washington, Keep Alive, Labor, Little Spark
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Thought For the Day: Use the Talents You Possess, For the Woods Would Be A Very Silent Place If No Birds Sang Except the Best
“Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best.” – Henry van Dyke, poet (10 Nov 1852-1933)
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Tagged Best, Birds, Henry van Dyke, Possess, Sang, Silent Place, Talents, Thought For the Day, Use, Woods
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Dependence
Dependenceby Michael DoyleWhen the days are darkestThat’s when we need your lightKeeping hope alive when we’re saddestYou bring morning to our nightKeeping hope there and aliveYou are the source by which we surviveWalking beside us in our humanityAnd loving us … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism, Believe, Celebration, Conceive, Darkest, Days, Depend, Dependence, Destination, Forgiven, Given, God, Hope, Humanity, Journey, Light, Morning, Night, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Saddest, Survive, Vanity
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First Principles: There Is Nothing Concealed That Will Not Be Disclosed, Or Hidden That Will Not Be Made Known
“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark, Daylight, Disclosed, First Principles, Hidden, Known, Luke 12:2-3 (NIV), Nothing Concealed, Proclaim, Whisper
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Thought For the Day: Every One of Us Is Precious In the Cosmic Perspective. If A Human Disagrees With You, Let Him Live
“Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” – Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)
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Tagged Carl Sagan, Cosmic Perspective, Disagree, Everryone, Find, Galaxy, Human, Live, Precious, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Private Property Was the Original Source of Freedom. It Still Is Its Main Bulwark
“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.” —Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Tagged Freedom, Main Bulwark, Original Source, Private Property, Still, Thought For the Day, Walter Lippman
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