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Beyond the Meaning
Beyond the Meaningby Michael DoyleIn the midst of all this festivitySome reflect on the NativityHow somewhere beyond the meaningGod came to dwell among us human beingsMost of us have heard the Christmas storyAnd how God shined on us with His … Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond, Christmas Story, Festivity, Glory, God, Human Beings, Meaning, Messiah, Nativity, Poetry and Poems
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First Principles: Gravity Explains the Motions of the Planets, But It Cannot Explain Who Sets the Planets In Motion
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Isaac Newton
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Tagged Explain, First Principles, Gravity, Isaac Newton, Motion, Planets, Set, Who
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Thought For the Day: Make Everything As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler. A Man Should Look For What Is, And Not For What He Thinks Should Be
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Arts, Bigger, Branches, Courage, Crazy, Create, Genius, Intelligent Fool, Longer, More Complex, Not Simpler, Problems, Question, Religions, Same Thinking, Same Tree, Sciences, Should Be, Simple, Smar, Solve, Stay, Thought For the Day, What Is
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To Love Like Swans
To NadinKatrin: To Love Like Swansby Michael Doyle Our love is like the love of swansMy love, you are always in my heartWe may now swim separate pondsBut in our hearts, we are never apart It hurts when I can’t … Continue reading
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Love Notes
Love Notesby Michael DoyleIt’s a three lock boxIt is ours to remove these locksThere in the holy three-in-oneAre the Father, Spirit, and the SonI cry as I think of the things they’ve doneNow I am redeemed and the victory wonThe … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Death, Done, Faith and Hope, Father, Found, Free, Fully Known, Glimmer, Great Love, Heart, Heaven, Holy, Hope, Hospital, Lacked, Last Breath, Locks, Looking Back, Love Notes, Old Guitar, Part, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Redemption, Remove, Salvation, Son, Spirit, The Lord, Three Lock Box, Three-In-One, Travel, Unknown God, Victory, Wait, Words
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First Principles: Where Is the Security For Property, For Reputation, For Life, If the Sense of Religious Obligation Deserts the Oaths…?
“Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths…?” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Life, Oath, Property, Religious Obligation, Reputation, Security, Sense
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Thought For the Day: The More I Study Nature, the More I Stand Amazed At the Work of the Creator. Science Brings Men Nearer To God
“The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.” – Louis Pasteur, , chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec 1822-1895)
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Tagged Amazed, Creator, God, Louis Pasteur, Nature, Nearer, Science, Study, Thought For the Day, Work
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Christmas Island Memory
Christmas Island Memoryby Michael DoyleEven Christmas Island has its rulesThough they’re not type you learn in schoolsBut the types that build useful toolsThe type needed by wise men, common folk, and foolsOne of these is to drop the guessingAccepting each … Continue reading
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Tagged Begin, Blessing, Christmas Island, Common Folk, Days, Each Moment, End, Fools, Guessing, Know, Learn, Lesson, Life, Memory, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Rules, School, Special Way, Tools, Ways, Wise Men
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First Principles: This Process of Election Affords A Moral Certainty That the Office of President Will Seldom Fall To the Lot of Any Man Who Is Not In Eminent Degree Endowed With the Requisite Qualifications
“This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: One of the Nice Things About Problems Is That A Good Many of Them Do Not Exist Except In Our Imaginations
“One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.” – Steve Allen
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Tagged Exist, Imagination, Many, Nice Things, Problems, Steve Allen, Thought For the Day
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 