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The Lessons Learned
The Lessons Learnedby Michael DoyleLooking back on the wandering years,There were smiles, and there were tears.It seemed at times the days’ long lengthWere pushing me to grow and gain strength.Taking comfort in the days the Lord made,I bowed my head, … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Bible, Christianity, Comfort, Conceive, Days, Faith, God, God's Love, Grateful, Jesus, Learn, Length, Lessons, Looking Back, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Push, Rejoice, Smiles, Speak, Strength, Strong, Tears, The Lord, Truth, Unafraid, Voice, Wandering Years, Weak
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Thought For the Day: Any Soldier Worth His Salt Should Be Antiwar. And Still There Are Things Worth Fighting For
“Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.” – Norman Schwarzkopf
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Tagged Antiwar, Fight, Norman Schwarzkopf, Salt, Soldier, Thought For the Day, Worthiness
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First Principles: As To My Title, I Know Not Wheter It Will Be Honorable or Dishonorable, the Issue of the War Must Settle It. Perhaps Our Congress Will Be Exalted On A High Gallows
“As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.” – Abraham Clark
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Tagged Abraham Clark, Congress, Dishonorable, Exalation, First Principles, Gallows, Honorable, Issue, Title, War
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First Principles: Difficulties Are Meant To Rouse, Not Discourage. The Human Spirit Is To Grow Strong By Conflict
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” William Ellery Channing
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Tagged Conflict, Difficiulties, Discouragement, First Principles, Human Spirit, Rouse, Strength, William Ellery Channing
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Thought For the Day: The Reason It Hurts So Much To Separate Is Because Our Souls Are Connected
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” – Nicholas Sparks
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Tagged Connection, Hurt, Nicholas Sparks, Reason, Separation, Soul, Thought For the Day
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Pages Turn (The Night We Watched The Notebook)
Pages Turn (The Night We Watched the Notebook)by Michael DoyleTogether in each other’s heart,You wanted to watch a movie.We did our best, and each did our best partYou picked one to see how it would move me.A summer spark with … Continue reading
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Tagged Calloused Hands, Cherish, Choice, Faith, Heart, Home, Kept, Kiss, Learned, Letter, Life, Lifetime, Lost, Love, Memories, Movie, Night, Notebook, Pages, Part, Poetry and Poems, Rain, Story, Summer Spark, The Notebook, Together, True Heart, True Love, Turn, Understand, Writing
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A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part II
A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part IIby Michael DoyleEach moment of life is loaded with intensity,Peppered in each moment to withstand the immensityOf whatever challenge might come our way.This is the wake-up call of a hero’s day.Staying the course keeps the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Challenge, Collective Conscience, Cool, Course, Day, Hard Science, Hero, Immensity, Intensityy, Journey, Lesson, Life, Meaning, Peservation, Poetry and Poems, Reach, School, Way
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Thought For the Day: There Are Those Who Seek Knowledge In Order To Serve; That Is Love
“There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard of Clairvaux, Curiosity, Knowledge, Known, Love, Sake of Knowledge, Serve, Thought For the Day, Vanity
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First Principles: A Sacred Respect For the Constitutional Law Is the Vital Principles, the Sustaining Principle of a Free Government
“A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.” – Alexander Hamilton It is too bad the DSA doesn’t realize this. In seeking to destroy the Constitution, they have pronounced themselves … Continue reading
A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part I
A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part Iby Michael DoyleEssentially, a hero is someone ordinaryWho is given the chance to be extraordinary.Through whatever set of events or circumstance,He or she has been given this dynamic chance.It’s about rising up to the opportunityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversaries, Answer, Beginning, Best, Call, Capability, Chapter and Verse, Choice, Chunk of the Universe, Circumstance, Death, Description, Dynamic, Event, Extraordinary, Eyes, Fear, Fight, God, Hero, Journey, Light, Me, Means, Opportunity, Opposition, Ordinary, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Push Forward, Readiness, Recognize, Rising Up, Test, The Rest, Thought, Tomorrow, Unflinching, Villains
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