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No Hiding
No Hidingby Michael DoyleSometimes truth is stranger than fiction,With a whisper of angst, you find it in the friction.It’s the slow burn of ambiguous moral values,Hammered hard as if by some forsaken miscue.I like a friend with some mischief in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Ambiguous, Angst, Busy, Disguise, Fiction, Friction, Hammer, Lost Love, Mischief, Miscue, Moral Values, No Hiding, Poetry and Poem, Slow Burn, Ttruth, Whisper
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First Principles: There Is No National Security But In the Nation’s Humble, Acknowledged Dependence Upon God and His Overruling Providence
“But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man’s wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are … Continue reading
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Tagged Dependence, First Principles, Franklin Pierce, God, Humble, National Security, Providence, The Nation
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Thought For the Day: No One Should Be Ashamed To Admit They Are Wrong, Which Is But Saying, In Other Words, That They Are Wiser Today Than They Were Yesterday
“No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.” – Alexander Pope
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Tagged Admit, Alexander Pope, Ashamed, In Other Words, Thought For the Day, Wiser Today, Wrong, Yesterday
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The Shaman’s Missing Chord
The Shaman’s Missing Chordby Michael DoyleThe struggle for life’s force,The mystery in seeking its source,Blazed as Morrison’s eyes glow.On what side would we learn to know.It’s easier to scare an audience,Portraying the figure of scorn and diffidence.Twirling into a dance … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascent, Audience, Blaze, Boots, Born, Breaking Waves, Celebration, Character, Colonnade, Describe, Diffidence, Distance, Endless Passages, Energy, Eyes, Half-Alert, Hurt, Imagery, Jim Morrison, Know, Life's Force, Lizard King, Miss, Missing Chord, Muddy Canals, Mystery, Pattern, Poet and Madman, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Quest, Scare, Scorn, Secret Graves, Sentiment, Shaman, Sing, Source, Stars, Struggle, Surrealistic Images, Sword, The Doors, Treasures, Twirl, Unresolved, Vision, Writing
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Thought For the Day: A Person May Cause Evil To Others Not Only By His Actions But By His Inaction, and In Either Case He Is Justly Accountable To Them For the Injury
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” – John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (20 May 1806-1873)
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Tagged Accountable, Action, Cause, Either Case, Evil, Inaction, Injury, John Stuart Mill, Person, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little Known, and Less Fixed
“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Define, First Principles, James Madison, Law, Less Fixed, Little Known, Rule, Rule of Action
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Sympathy
Sympathyby Michael DoyleThe pains that we endureFor the things that we want.We know there’s no cure.For the dogs that won’t hunt.Sleep it offThat’s what they say.Give us a cough,Then, drink it away.We gotta be who we gotta be,That’s always kinda … Continue reading
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Tagged Cure, Enure, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Sleep, Sympathy, Troubled, Want
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First Principles: The Liberties of A People Depend On Their Own Constant Attention To Its Preservation
“The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.” – William Henry Harrison
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Tagged A People, Constant Attention, Depend, First Priciples, Liberties, Preservation, William Henry Harrison
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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is A Mysterious Thing, To Be Found Somewhere Between Too Little and Too Much
“Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.” – Ruskin Bond
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Tagged Happiness, Mysterious, Ruskin Bond, Thought For the Day, Too Little, Too Much
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Coming To Faith
Coming To Faithby Michael DoyleJesus is known by His many names.These are revealed as we examine Biblical claims.We find it is with prayerful considerationThat there is power in every faithful iteration. In the shadow and light of His sacrifice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Assurance, Beauty, Believer's Constitution, Bible, Biblical Claims, Christ Fulfills the Law, Christianity, Coming To Faith, Confess, Connection, Daily Dwell, Dignity, Explanation, Faith, God, God's Light, Holy Call, Iteration, Jesus, Knowledge, Live Christ, Many Names, Near, Passing Day, Poetry and Poem, Power, Prayerful Consideration, Respond, Sacrifice and Resurrection, Salvation, Shadow and Light, Sin, Spiritual Marathon, Strive, Surpassing Love, The Book of Romans, Theological Leading Edge
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