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Thought For the Day: Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine and Thy Medicine Be Thy Food
“Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates
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Tagged Food, Hippocrates, Medicine, Thought For the Day, Thy
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No Limits, Only Hope
No Limits, Only Hopeby Michael DoyleAs a child looking for a telescopeI saw no real limits, only new hope.I’d dream of the planets spinning,Each of them offering new beginnings.There, in every new world to be found,Is something that makes my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Aliens, Capable, Constant Play, Dream, Everest, Extend, Fear, First Contact, Found, Greet, Heart, Hope, Human History, Imagination, Impossible, Joy, Life, Limitation, Man On the Moon, Mars, Meet, Mystery, New Beginnings, New Hope, New World, No Limits, Places, Planets, Poetry and Poems, Rumor, Silver Screen, Skies, Smaller, Sorrow, Space Exploration, Teach, Telescope, There, Tomorrow, Universe, Yet To Be
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First Principles: Effort and Courage Are Not Enough Without Purpose and Direction
“But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. For, as Socrates told us, “If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable.’” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Courage, Direction, Effort, Enough, Favor, First Principles, John F. Kennedy, Port, Purpose, Sail, Socrates, Wind
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Minding the Gap
Minding the Gapby Michael DoyleAn angel looked at our pretense at good.Or the lack thereof, as it’s understood.Finding God where I call my earthly home,In His presence, I find I’m never alone.Blessings of good news are heard,No matter what’s happened … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Adversity, Angel, Bible, Blessing, Capability, Christianity, Correction, Earthly Home, Faith, Forgiven, God, Good News, Growth, Hardest Part, Heaven's Glory, Hesitation, His Presence, Holiness, Impatience, Instant Gratififiation, Jesus, Lamentation, Limitation, Minding the Gap, Opportuity, Overcome, Perseverance, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Question, Rebllion, Refocus, Relationship, Right Direction, Sanctification, Season, Significance, Spiritual Improvement, Spiritual REalm, Stewardship, Sublime, Test, The Enemy, Thread, Trust, Understood, Upper Story, Waiting, Waiting Stars, Worship
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Thought For the Day: Love Is Creative and Redemptive. Love Builds Up and Unites; Hate Tears Down and Destroys…(T)he Aftermath of the Love Method Is Reconciliation and Creation of the Beloved Community
“Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method…is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of the love method is reconciliation and creation of the beloved community…Yes … Continue reading
First Principles: Fathers, Do Not Exasperate Your Children; Instead, Bring Them Up In the Training and Instruction of the Lord
“Fathers,[do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4
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Tagged Bring Them Up, Children, Ephesians 6:4, Exasperate, Fathers, First Principles, Instruction, The Lord, Train
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Hollow Words and Climbing Trees
Hollow Words and Climbing Treesby Michael DoyleHanging out on an oak limb Beneath the canopy’s shadow,The moves we made brought us safety.Empty words ring kind of hollow.Left on their own, kids flourish.It’s the way we allow them to nourishThe decision-making … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Bock Bottoms, Boundaries, Brilliant, Build, Canopy, Climbing Trees, Compassion, Darkness, Decision Making, Discern, Dream, Experience, Explore, Falling Down, Fashion, Firm Foundation, Flourish, Fluency, Free Life, Get Back Up, Hanging Out, Harshness, Hollow Words, Independence, Kids, Last, Learn, Life's Lessons, Meaningful Purpose, Move Forward, Moves, Nourish, Oak Limb, Past, Play, Poetry and Poems, Preferences, Resiliency, Resilient, Return, Rock, Safety, Scars, Shadow, Skin-Deep, Sooner Then Later, Souls, Stream, Survive, Tears, Tragic End, Weep
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First Principles: While Men Inhabiting Different Parts of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold the Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective and Sustain Common Principles
“While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce
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Tagged Common Objective, Continent, First Principles, Franklin Pierce, Inhabit, Opinion, Principles, Sustain, Unite
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Thought for the Day: Better Than A Thousand Hollow Words Is One Word That Brings Peace
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha
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Tagged Better, Buddha, Hollow Words, One Word, Peace, Thought For the Day, Thousand
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