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The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
The Lord Turns His Blessed Faceby Michael DoylePraise the Father; Praise the SonPraise the Spirit for what is doneJoy spreads across all creationGiving us all its holy inspirationTruth is truth, new to oldThis is God’s story toldAll things that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed Face, Blind, Choir, Creation, Daily Prayer, Done, Find, God, God's Story, His Word, Holy Inspiration, Joy, King of Kings, Left Behind, Love, Mind, Pace, Peace and Grace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Sacred Sight, Seek, Sing, The Father, The Lord, The Son, The Spirit, Three-In-One, Traces, Truth, Truth of God
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First Principles: I Would Rather Be Exposed To the Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than Those Attending Too Small A Degree of It
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
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Tagged Attend, Degree, Expose, First Principles, Inconveniences, Thomas Jefferson, Too Much Liberty, Too Small
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Thought For the Day: That Which We Call Substance and Reality Is Shadow and Illusion, and That Which We Call Shadow and Illusion Is Substance and Reality
“That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.” – H.P. Lovecraft
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First Principles: Reason and Experience Both Forbid Us To Expect That National Morality Can Prevail In Exclusion of Religious Principle
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” – George Washington, in his Farewell Address
Thought For the Day: Relationships Are Based On Four Principles: Respect, Understanding, Acceptance and Appreciation
“Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Tagged Acceptance, Appreciation, Base, Four Principles, Mahatma Gandhi, Relationship, Respect, Thought For the Day, Understanding
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Doomscrolling the Past Time Lore
Doomscrolling the Past Time Loreby Michael DoyleIt’s a twisted blade to the knife That makes a struggle for our lifeInto a battle to hold off deathUntil the very last draw of breathSo much deception when truth becomes liesWhile we look … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Battle, Belief, Bite, Breath, Cost, Cure, Death, Death by Death, Deception, Dignity, Doomscrolling, Drag, Dreams, Endure, Eyes, Faint-Hearted, Families of Choice, Government Laboratory, Halloween, Holding On, Hope, Humanity, Isolated, Knife, Legends Bred, Lies, Life, Lived Through, Lost, Love, Mude, New Mythology, Past Time Lore, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Relief, Scratch, Struggle, Survivors, Tears, Thirst For Blood, Tribe, Truth, Unproven Authority, Walls of Defense, Whispered Story, Zombie Virius
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First Principles: Go Confidently In the Direction of Your Dreams. Live the Life You Have Imagined
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
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Tagged Confident, Direction, Dreams, First Princioples, Henry David Thoreau, Imagine, Life, Live
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Thought For the Day: I’m So Glad I Live In A World Where There Are Octobers
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L. M. Montgomery, in Anne of Green Gables
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Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Glad, L.M. Mongomery, Octobers, Thought For the Day, World
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Garrulous Excess Canonized
Garrulous Excess Canonizedby Michael DoyleThe poet fought against fame againThinking only of peace found in ZenSeeking quiet life in a monastery But the truth faced turned out contraryDeath on two legs stole no small amountLeaving Cohen with nothing in his … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Amount, Angel, Archangel, Bending Words, Breath, Broken and Lame, Canonized, Catalog, Cohen, Collide, Contrary, Creatures, Dark, Deal, Death, Death On Two Legs, Deity, Disallowed, Emotions, Essence of Fame, Ethics, Excess, Experience, Fame, Game, Generational Divide, Guard, Guitar, Hand, Healer, Heart's Song, Hollywood, Image, Induced, Insight, Light, Monastery, Muse, Numbers, Peace, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Prefrence, Private Failures, Produce, Quiet Life, Reality, Recall, Reduced, Role, Seduce, Songs, Star, Stardom, Sympathy, Symphony, Tall, Truth, Understood, Unwanted Fans, Wealth, Zen
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