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Let God’s Love Flow
Let God’s Love Flowby Michael DoyleLook at what the Lord has done.He’s gone and set me free.By the power of the Father and the Son.Their truth brings our liberty.Here through my famished dignity,I experience my damaged humanity.Serious business finished on … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Of All Tyrannies Sincerely Exercised For the Good of Its Victims May Be the Most Oppressive
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” – C.S. Lewis
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First Principles: If We Fail To Check the Power of the Judiciary, I Predict That We Will Eventually Live Under Judicial Tyranny
“Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? … Continue reading
A Life’s Quest For Wisdom
A Life’s Quest For Wisdomby Michael DoyleThe quest for wisdom is one for which we yearn,There is so much of life that even as we learn,We cannot help but see for ourselves as we analyze,There is so much more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyze, Decision, Eyes, Faith, Lear, Life, Life's Quest, Love, Newborn Sun, Passing Hours, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Roads, Seldom Traveled, Shatter, Spirrit, Strength, Truth to Power, Wisdom, Yesterdy
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First Principles: My First Wish Is, To See This Plague of Mankind Banished From the Earth, and the Sons and Daughters of This World Employed In More Pleasing and Innocent Amusements
“My first wish is, to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements, and exercising them, for the destruction of … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A Constant Inner Smile, A Smile To Oneself Insured Health, Happiness, and Longevity…Smiling To Yourself Is Like Basking In Love
“In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient China, Bask, Best Friend, Happiness, Harmony, Health, Inner Smil, Inner Smile, Longevity, Love, Self, Taoism, Thought For the Day
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Too Many Voices
Too Many Voicesby Michael DoyleThe mourning after is brought by its happy day.Maybe it amounts to the memory kept, and by the way.How do I keep you today, hoping for our tomorrow,Without my smile, sometimes slipping into sorrow.If I should … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, Believe, Best Lies, Choices, Clouds, Dismiss, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Gathered Pieces, God, Happy Day, Heart, Hope, Jesus, Justiice, Love, Majesty, Memory, mental-health, Mourning, Much Ado, Orphan Moon, Passing Through, Poetry and Poems, Promse, Ran, Rock Paper Scissors, Smile, Sorrow, Soul, Spoken Dreams, Time, Today, Tomorrow, Too Many, Tragedy, True, Voices, Void, Way, Whole, Witness, Writing, Years
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Thought For the Day: Treat All Men Alike. Give Them All the Same Law. Give Them An Even Chance To Live and Grow. All Men Were Made By the Same Great Spirit
“If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were … Continue reading
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First Principles: Peace Is Not To Be Purchased By the Sacrifice of Truth
“Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.” – John Calvin
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Quiver
Quiverby Michael DoyleI reach for words from a quiver of choices,Drowning in a wave of three kinds of voices.This, then, is what makes up the poet’s armoryAnd the choices made make for dissonance or harmony.I find myself talking to me … Continue reading
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