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Thought For the Day: And Into the Forest I Go, To Lose My Mind and Find My Soul
“And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul.” – John Muir
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First Principles: The World Looks Toward Us As A Country That May Become A Great Nursery of Arts and Sciences
“The world looks toward us as a country that may become a great nursery of arts and sciences.”– Francis Hopkinson
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Close As A Promise
Close As A Promiseby Michael DoyleWhen the world drags us apart,I hope it is, you’ll keep me in your heart.Despite a world of endless treasons,I find that I love you for sentimental reasons.Your love shapes my fragile soul,Like the irresistible … Continue reading
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Tagged Apart, Beat, Chance, Close, Fragile Soul, Heart, Kiss, Love, Our Dance, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Rock-n-Roll, Sentimental Reasons, Stay the Same, Treason, Wear My Name
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Thought For the Day: The Bicycle Is the Most Civilized Conveyance Known To Man. Other Forms of Transport Grow More Nightmarish. Only the Bicycle Remains Pure In Heart
“The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.” -Iris Murdoch
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First Principles: Liberty Is the Greatest Blessing That Men Enjoy, and Slavery the Heaviest Curse That Human Nature Is Capable Of
“Liberty is the greatest blessing that men enjoy, and slavery the heaviest curse that human nature is capable of.” – Stephen Hopkins
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Tagged First Principles, Greatest Blessing, Heaviest Curs, Human Nature, Liberty, Mankind, Rhode Island, Slavery, Stephen Hopkins
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Cornfields of Oblivion
Cornfields of Oblivionby Michael DoyleYour heart is a black hole,Devoid of life, like my soul.Starting over with a new name,Our guilt knows no shame.We are each monsters in time,Every sin made its separate crime.Chasing down an endless road,Given to escape, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hole, Cornfields, Devoid, Heart, Life, Monsters, New Name, Oblivion, Poetry and Poems, Road, Shame, Sin, Soul
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Thought For Today: Gratitude Makes Sense of Our Past, Brings Peace For Today, and Creates A Vision For Tomorrow
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
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First Principles: The Colonies Are Striding Fast To Independence, and Ere Long Will Build An Empire Upon the Ruins of Great Britain; Will Adopt Its Constitution, Purged of Its Impurities
“The Colonies are striding fast to independence, and ere long will build an empire upon the ruins of Great Britain; will adopt its Constitution, purged of its impurities, and from an experience of its defects, will guard against those evils … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Defects, Empire, First Principles, Great Britain, Guard, Impurities, Vigor, William Hooper
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Dancing In God’s Grace
Dancing In God’s Graceby Michael DoyleSometimes in a secret mirror,I see whispers of a corrupted sky.I feel weighed down by errorsThat tease at questions without reply.Believing still, my worst days aren’t so badThat they vanquish God’s grace, leaving me sad.My … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Confidence, Dance, Error, Faith, God's Grace, Kindnness, Northern Star, Path, Poetry and Poems, Question, Reverence, Sad, Secret Mirror, Shine, Whisper
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Ever Let A Democrat Or Republican Tell You Wasted Your Vote Because the Fact Is, If You Don’t Vote Your Heart and Conscience, Then You Have Wasted Your Vote
“Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race, you’re not going there thinking “Gee, I gotta pick the winner so I can brag to my friends ‘Oh, I picked so-and-so and he or she won’”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conscience, Democrat, Heart, Horse Race, Jesse Ventura, Republican, Thought For the Day, Voting
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