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The Memory Is Bittersweet
The Memory Is Bittersweetby Michael DoyleI wish I could erase the darkness I have feltThat somehow, some way, I could escape the hand dealtAll the good and the bad that makes us who we areLeaves me wishing forlorn on that … Continue reading
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Tagged Apparitions, Bittersweet, Breaks Your Heart, Darkness, Dealt, Defeat, Echoes, Erase, Family, Fear, Felt, Ghosts, Good and the Bad, Life, Living Dead, Love, Memories, Memory, Past, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Sanity, Tears You Apart
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First Principles: If Destruction Be Our Lot, We Must Ourselves Be Its Author and Finisher. As A Nation of Freemen, We Must Live Through All Time, Or Die By Suicide
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.“ – Abraham Lincoln Lincoln spoke these words in the 1838 Springfield Lyceum address … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Jazz Is the Only Music In Which the Same Note Can Be Played Night After Night But Differently Each Time
“Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.” – Ornette Coleman
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Tagged Different, Each Time, Jazz, Music, Night, Ornette Coleman, Play, Same Note, Thought For the Day
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With His Grace
With His Graceby Michael DoyleI walk my life in honestyThankful for what God’s done for meRepenting now, I begin to turnAttentively finding things to learnLoving God with my deepest desireMy fervent faith burns like fireWalking away from culture’s toxicityI have … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Broken, Conversion, Culture's Toxicity, Desire, Done, Every Step, Faith, Filled, God, Honesty, Immersion, Learn, Living Testimony, Love For Love, Loving Embrace, Loving God, Loving Grace, More Than Talk, Out of Control, Poetry and Poems, Renewed Purpose, Repent, Servant, Simplicity, Sinner, Soul, Spirit, Spiritual Baptism, Spoken, Thankful, Turn, Walk, With His Grace
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First Principles: We Are, Heart and Soul, Friends To the Freedom of the Press… It Is A Precious Pest, and A Necessary Mischief, and There Would Be No Liberty Without It
“We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press. It is however, the prostituted companion of liberty.” – Fisher Ames (1807)
Thought For Today: Most of All, Perhaps, We Need Intimate Knowledge of the Past. Not That the Past Has Any Magic About It, But Because We Cannot Study the Future
“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that … Continue reading
Nine Lives
Nine Livesby Michael DoyleIt wasn’t exactly love at first biteBut it took an encouraging inviteShe wanted a man who loved her brainAt long last, the search wasn’t in vainIt was a love affair made for a fewIt was time to … Continue reading
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Tagged After, Alive, Beliefs, Brain, Broken Hearts, Conscience, Disaster, Done, Door, Families, Fate, First Bite, Gone, Grain, Grief, Haiti, Hang On, Hell, Hope, Horde, Invite, Lies, Lives, Love, Love Affair, Love Is Blind, Meant, New Tomorrow, Nine Lives, Optimists, Poetry and Poems, Ripped Apart, Say, Science, Scientist, Secrets, Sense of Humor, Sorrow, Strong, Struggle, Sun, Teeth, Think On, Vain, Way, What For, World
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First Principles: If Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More, and Become More, You Are A Leader
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
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Tagged Action, Become, Do, Dream, First Principles, Inspire, John Quincy Adams, Leader, Learn, Others
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Thought For the Day: When There’s No More Room In Hell, the Dead Will Walk the Earth
“When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.” – George Romero
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Tagged Dead, Earth, George A. Romero, Hell, Room, Thought For the Day, Walk, When
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Seeking the Ways
Seeking the Waysby Michael DoyleSeeking the ways I can improveI know that God is going to moveI can’t help but chase it aroundThe power and glory that I’ve foundLife lived in all its harmonyThere in the notes that surround meYou … Continue reading
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Tagged Brings, Chase It Around, Dead, Done, Finish, Found, Frightening, Glory, God, Harmony, Heart, Improve, Jesus Christ, Joy, King, Know, Life, Lightning, Love, Move, Notes, Poetry and Poems, Power and Glory, Praise, Rejoice, Rock, Satan, Seeking the Ways, Shout, Sing, Start, Struck, Surrendered My Life, Surround, Talk, Talking About, The Father and the Son, Walk, Worship and Testimony
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