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Monthly Archives: February 2023
God’s Path
God’s Pathby Michael DoyleGod’s path is one of crystalline clarityMaking easy the hard life lived in sincerityBefore we follow, we much count the costFinding our Way forward from being lostLiving then this life of giving takes priorityThinking out strategically in … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Cost, Divine, Doubt, Faith, First Fruits, Follow, Forward, Glory, God First, God's Path, Grateful, Hard Life, Line, Living, Lost, Natural, Open Eyes, Poetry and Poems, Priority, Rhythm of Life, Savior, Sincerity, Strive, Theology, Tithe, Vice
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That the First Test of A Truly Great Man Is His Humility
“I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own powers. But really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them, but through them. And they … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Curious Feeling, Divine, Doubt, Every Other Man, First Test, Great Man, Greatness, Humility, John Ruskin, Merciful, Powers, Thought For the Day, Through
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First Principles: Become Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale, 1776
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Tagged Country, Exigencies, Expectation, First Principles, Honorable, Influence, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Pecuniary, Promotion, Public Good, Reward, Service, Useful
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Points Taken From the Best Mimes
Points Taken From the Best Mimesby Michael DoyleWe felt so clever copying the rhymesUnspoken from the silence of the mimesWho knew how much could be and was saidWithout a single word escaping the headThis is the way of the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Copy, Found, History, Humanity, Legends, Mimes, Mystery, Obscene, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Points, Questions, Rhymes, Riddle, Said, Scribble, Silence, Single Word, Vivid Colors, Yesterdays
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First Principles: The Judicial Branch May Truly Be Said To have Neither Force Nor Will, But Merely Judgment
“[The judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments.” -Alexander Hamilton (1788)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Efficacy, Executive, First Principles, Judgment, Judgments, Judicial Branch, Neither Force, True, Will
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Thought For the Day: What of All the Entrepreneurs That Fail? Well, Many Do, Particularly the Successful Ones
“Some people, even in my own country, look at the riot of experiment that is the free market and see only waste. What of all the entrepreneurs that fail? Well, many do, particularly the successful ones. Often several times. And … Continue reading
In God’s Reflection
In God’s Reflectionby Michael DoyleLiving life with generosity We live our days in humilityKnowing that God will give us integrityAll that is given in hope of our stabilityWithout living in our full sincerityThere would be no true ChristianityThe Father gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Corners, Genorosity, God, Good, Holy, Hope, Humility, Integrity, Live, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Sincerity, Sow, Stablility, Truth
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First Principles: The Principle of Spending Money To Be Paid By Posterity, Under the Name of Funding, Is But Swindling Futurity On A Large Scale
“The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.” – Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged First Principles, Funding, Futurity, Large Scale, Paid, Posterity, Principle, Spending Money, Swindling, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: I Have Known A Vast Quantity of Nonsense Talked About Bad Men Not Looking You In the Face. Don’t Trust That
“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” – Charles Dickens, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, Conventional Idea, Countenance, Day, Dishonesty, Face, Known, Look, Quantity, Stare, Thought For the Day, Trust, Week
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First Kiss
First Kissby Michael DoyleRemembering back on the magicFound waiting for the first kissThat led to heartbreak, something tragicBut that moment felt like blissThat moment, for the moment, felt like blissThing back on the magicFound in waiting for the first touchThat … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Begun, Bliss, Cherry Taste, Done, Feeling, First Touch, Flair, Grasp, Happiness, Heartbreak, Hips, Lips, Magic, Moment, Night's Air, Poetry and Poems, Reeling, Remember, Sadness, Seal, Surprise, Thrill, Tragic, Veil, Wait
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