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Thought For the Day: The Shepherd Always Tries To Persuade the Sheep That Their Interests and His Own Are the Same
“The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.” -Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842)
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Tagged Interssts, Own, Persaude, Same, Sheep, Shperhed, Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), Thought For the Day
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If You’re Going To Stay
If You’re Going To Stayby Michael DoyleDespite the world’s distractionsWe hear the clarion call for actionThere is much to be doneIf this battle is to be wonEach side fights to stay on topIn and endless cycle that never stopsIt doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Battle, Bullet, Change, Clarion Call, Dead, Distraction, Dog-Eat-Dog, Dominos, Done, Each Side, Fight, Flesh, Game of Shadows, Hammer, Madness, Mess, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Runaway, Stay, Stay On Top, Won, World, Wrong or Right
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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Ever To Be Found In the Simplicity, and Not in the Multiplicity and Confusion of Things
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton
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Tagged Confusion, Found, Isaac Newton, Multiplicity, Simplicity, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: If A Man Will Begin With Certainties, He Shall End In Doubts; But If He Will Be Content To Begin With Doubts, He Shall End In Certainties
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” – Francis Bacon, The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
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Tagged Certainties, Content, Doubts, End, First Pricinples, Francis Bacon, Mankind
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Benediction For A New Day
Benediction For A New Dayby Michael DoyleIf it isn’t too demandingMight we live in peace and understandingWith opened eyes might we seeThe path walked within divinityThe wooded trace is sacred groundWaiting for its holiness to be foundWith every step each … Continue reading
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Tagged Absent, Benediction, Better, Bring, Demanding, Divinity, Every Song, Every Step, Everything, Eyes, God, Grace, Gratitude, Holiness, Hope, Life, Live, Long Road, Love, Mercy, Mistakes, New Day, Nothing, Path, Peace and Understanding, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Sacred Ground, Sing, Soar, Spirits, Walk Together, Walked This Way Before, Wooded Trace
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Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?
Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?by Michael DoyleThere is no doubt that God is against sinIn His Bible, He records this again and againGod’s truth exchanged for man’s liesReveals why it is that man now diesWhen darkness is chosen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Choice, Christianity, Darkness, Faith, God, Jesus, Lies, Light, No Doubt, Poetry and Poems, Reveals, Sin, The Bible, Truth, Wrath of God, Wrongness of Man
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First Principles: It Is the Reason Alone, of the Public, That Ought To Control and Regulate the Government
“It is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.” – James Madison (1788)
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Tagged Alone, Control, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Judgment, Passions, Reason, Regulate, The Public
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Thought For the Day: See Every Problem As the Opportunity To Find A Solution
“I decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution.” – Walt Disney
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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)
Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, Ability, Allegiance, Aspirations, Biden, Call, Celebration, Constitution, Country, Courageous, Crux, Donald Trump, Duty, Embrace, Execution, Face, Flaw, Fortitude, Free, Freedom, Glory, God, God's Glory, Guiding Light, Harris, History, Inauguration, Incidence, Instittion, J.D. Vance, Majesty, Malice, Mend, Nation, Nation's Story, New President, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Pomp and Circumstance, Power, Prayer, Principled Humility, Proceedings, Remember, Revive, Rights, Rule of Law, Silent Prayer, Splendid Moments, Steady, Stillness, Sunrise, Survive, Thrive, Transferred, Trust, Truth, Truths, Valiant, Vision, Wise
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love Will Have the Final Word In Reality
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
