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Thought For the Day: You Will Accomplish More By Kind Words and A Courteous Manner Than By Anger Or Sharp Rebuke, Which Should Never Be Used Except In Necessity
“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.” – Angela Merici
First Principles: Now More Than Ever, the People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress. If That Body Be Ignorant, Reckless, and Corrupt, It Is Because the People Tolerate Ignorance, Recklessness, and Corruption
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Character, Congress, Corrupt, First Princples, Ignorrant, James A. Garfield, Reckless, Responsible, The People, Toleration
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Waking Up the Summer of Love
Waking up from the Summer of Loveby Michael DoyleLove is more than sexual annexation,And maybe that’s why some hold vexation,That’s what passes off as animalistic desireComes off cold and in need of some fire.Love and lust are more than curiosity.Tactless … Continue reading
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Tagged Chemistry, Connection, Curiosity, Desire, Fire, Love, Love and Lust, Poetry and Poems, Romance, Sexual Annexatioin, Summer of Love, Vexaton, Waking Up
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First Principles: Don’t Expect To Build Up the Weak By Pulling Down the Strong
“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge
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Tagged Build Up, Calvin Coolidge, Expectation, First Principles, Pull Down, Strong, Weak
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Thought For the Day: You Make Each Day A Special Day. You Know How, By Just Your Being You
“You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.” – Fred Rogers
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Tagged Being You, Each Day, Fred Rogers, Know, Specal, Thought For the Day, You
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Dancing With Ghosts
Dancing With Ghostsby Michael DoyleIn spaces where war is thought of as gloryThere are legends that make for great story.Those of us who have fought for our nationKnow this as a fantastic conversation.Around the fire, it’s meant to endlessly inspireSo … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Kind, Battle, Blind, Convesation, Death, Explantion, Fight, Fire, Flanked, Forwrd, Glory, Inspiraton, Legends, Marks of Battle, Monsters, Night, Ntion, Poetry and Poems, Real, Spaces, Story, Toward, Truth
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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Meet Someone Who Can Fix Any Situation You Don’t Like… Look Into A Mirror, Then Say This Word: “Hello”
“If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don’t like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other people say or believe, look in a mirror, then say this magic word: ‘Hello.’” -Richard Bach
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Tagged Believe, Fix, Hapiness, Hell, Magic Word, Meet, Mrror, Richard Bach, Say, Situatiion, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: We Must Dare To Be Great; and We Must Realize That Greatness Is the Fruit of Toil and Sacrifice and High Courage
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” – William Howard Taft
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Tagged Dare, First Princples, Frut, Great, High Coourage, Sacrfce, Tooil, William Howard Taft
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Dreams In the Khyber Pass
Dreams In the Khyber Passby Michael DoyleStories are importantTo our understanding.They aren’t just random compartmentsFor when life gets too demanding.Each story provides a layerOf step or steps bringing us near.These take us from here to thereAnd make the details clear.We … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Details, Dreams, Important, Jouney, Khyber Pass, Layer, Life, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Pridde, Sense, Story, Understanding
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I’m Finally Home
I’m Finally Homeby Michael DoyleTurned around to solid ground,I was no longer Hellbound.My interest in the open roadWas replaced by the blessing I was told.I find my freedom in my salvation.The glory road became my fascination.I am no longer destined … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Christ's Strength, Dark of Night, Destiny, Final, Freedom, Glory Road, Grave, Hellbound, Home, Light, Open Road, Poetry and Poems, Salvaton, Saved, Solid Groun, Stand
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