Monthly Archives: April 2025

Learning To Survive

Learning To Surviveby Michael DoyleShe whispered about her dreamsIn suitably stifled screamsTwisted sheets and chandeliersMade everything larger than it appearsThinking can hurt your chancesIn this world of broken romancesYou’re expected to follow the rulesLearned inside the forbidden schoolsHere under the … Continue reading

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First Principles: Of the Many Influences That Have Shaped the United States Into A Distinctive Nation and People, None May Be Said To Be More Fundamental and Enduring Than the Bible

“Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.” – Ronald Reagan

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Thought For the Day: Of the Twenty-Two Civilizations That Have Appeared In History, Nineteen of Them Collapsed When They Reached the Moral State the United Sates Is In Now

“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.” – Arnold J. Toynbee

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My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)

My Heart Grows Heavy (I’m Dipping In)by Michael DoyleMy heart grows heavy in the sadnessAs I look at this world of madnessAnd know that love is the needed legacyAs it should be walked as its meant to beNo Matter what … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: A Disciple Is One Who Thinks, Feels and Acts Like Jesus Christ. It is Being Conformed To the Image of Christ

“A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God’s No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.” – Rick Warren

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First Principles: If Christ Is In You, Though the Body Is Dead Because of Sin, Yet the Spirit Is Alive Because of Righteousness

“If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.” – Romans 8:10

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Beneath the Skin

Beneath the Skinby Michael DoyleThere just beneath my skinAs simple as you pleaseIs the real me that beginsWith the will not to appeaseBut to be just who I am insideBehind my appearance, I hideDisguised by the roles I playIs the … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Secret of Freedom Lies In Educating People, Whereas the Secret of Tyranny Is In Keeping Them Ignorant

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” – Maximilien Robespierre

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Thought For the Day: One Day You Will Ask Me Which Is More Important? My Life Or Yours? I Will Say Mine and You Will Walk Away Not Knowing That You Are My Life

“One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.” – Kahlil Gibran

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Dire Consequences

Dire Consequencesby Michael DoyleBack breeding and use of DNA sequenceWithout thinking of possible consequencesSeems so easily at our potential expenseThat I struggle to make it make any senseYes, what we have lost was wonderfulAlmost all of it has been something … Continue reading

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