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Spare Me the Homilies
Spare Me the Homiliesby Michael DoyleWhen it happens thatSomeone needs to stay behindIt’s just a natural factThat it is usually my kindIt’s not thatWe are somehow not afraidIt’s just a natural factWe understand the plans madeOur aim is maybe a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Bit Crazy, Aim, Consumed, Desire, Downtrodden, Dreams, Eyes, Families, Free, Give, Given All, Happens, Higher, Homilies, Live, Live To Fight Another DAy, Love, Natural Fact, Not Afraid, Not That, Pay, Payment, Plans Made, Poetry and Poems, Price, Rejoice, Return, Safety, Say, Sorrow, Spare Me, Stay Behind, Surpass, Those Who Yet Live, Thoughts, Tomorrow, Understand, Usually My Kind
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Thought For the Day: I Will Not Refuse To Do the Something That I Can Do
“I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Because, Edward Everett Hale, Everything, I, I Can Do, One, Refuse, Something, Still, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Battle, Sir, Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Active, Alone, Brave, First Principles, Patrick Henry, Sir, Strong, The Battle, Vigilant
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At First Sight…
At First Sight…by Michael DoyleAt first sight, it is the love expectedAfter a life of being unrequitedI feel it with the kiss of your lipsThe sparks run to my fingertipsI pay attention to what my heart tells meWhile praying to … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Believe, Better, Blind, Close, Come Out Well, Control, Destiny, Do, Don't, Emotions, Expected, Eyes, Fade, Fail Me, Fairytale, Feel, Finger Tips, First Sight, God, Good Season, Guiding Light, Happen, Heart, Hero, Just As Well, Kiss, Kiss Farewell, Life, Lips, Look, Love, Love Is Kind, Night, Overhelming, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prevail, Reason, See, Smile, Soul, Sparks, Together, Touch, Unrequited, Warmth, With My Heart, Worse
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First Principles: Religion and Good Morals Are the Only Solid Foundation of Public Liberty and Happiness
“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.” —Samuel Adam, Letter to John Trumbull (October 16, 1778)
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Tagged First Principles, Foundation, Good Morals, Happiness, John Trumbell, Public Liberty, Religion, Samuel Adam, Solid
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Thought For the Day: Then You Will Know the Truth, and the Truth Will Set You Free
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32 (NIV)
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Tagged Free, John 8:32 (NIV), Know, Set, Thought For the Day, Truth
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An Enduring Contemplation of Pain
An Enduring Contemplation of Painby Michael Doyle The things endured on that Day of PainWould drive most of us beyond insane360 strikes with a nail-ended whipWould be enough to make anyone lose grip Next the crucifixion with its degradationWas a … Continue reading
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Tagged 360 Strikes, Asphyxiation, Atonement, Beyond Belief, Christianity, Comfort, Contemplation, Crucifixion, Day of Pain, Degradation, Done, Endure, Essence, Evident, Explain, Faith, Friends, God, Grip, Hope, Insane, Isolation, Jesus, Mortal Sins, Nail-Ended Whip, Openly Express, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Problems, Son, Sorrow, Suffer, Suffering, Understand, Verse, Worse
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First Principles: There Is A Degree of Depravity In Mankind Which Requires A Certain Degree of Circumspection and Distrust
“There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Circumspection, Degree, Depravity, Distrust, First Principles, James Madison, Mankind, Require
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Thought For the Day: Make No Judgments Where You Have No Compassion
“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” – Anne McCaffrey, writer (1 Apr 1926-2011)
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Tagged Anne McCaffrey, Compassion, Judgment, Make, Thought For the Day, Where
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