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Thought For the Day: Our Dilemma Is That We Hate Change and Love It At the Same Time; What We Really Want Is For Things To Remain the Same But Get Better
“Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” – Sydney J. Harris
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Tagged Better, Change, Dilemma, Hate, Love, Remain the Sam, Same Tme, Sydney J. Harris, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter and Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln (Look at the election results in NYC, Seattle, Portland, and elsewhere. We are voting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, Destruction, First Principles, Freedoms, Ourselves, Outside
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Fully Present In the Past
Fully Present In the Pastby Michael DoyleRage bait and other angry fillsHave long ceased being thrills.No one has asked for my tainted advice,But I think it’s long past time to offer mine.Let’s not be rattled by our every whim.Instead, let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Fills, Authority, Chaos, Courage, Discourage, Eyes of a Child, Fully Present, Goodness, Inner Strength, Know, Past, Poetry and Poems, Profile, Rage Bait, Reel, Strife, Tainted Adviice, Thrill, Whim
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Thought For the Day: We Are Made Wise Not By the Recollection of Our Past, But By the Responsibility For Our Future
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Tagged Future, George Bernard Shaw, Past, Recollection, Responsibility, Thought For the Day, We, Wise
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First Principles: To Argue With A Person Who Has Renounced the Use of Reason Is Like Administering Medicine To the Dead
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” – Thomas Paine (In this age where each of us are prone to believe all views opposed to our own are … Continue reading
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Of Harmony and Division
Of Harmony and Divisionby Michael DoyleThere in all the bold stories told Of early Christians in days of old,Paul found too many walking in false divisionAnd this led to words of needed admonition.The quality of the church family’s worshipComes down … Continue reading
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Tagged amily, Christinaity, Church, Division, Dvision, Harmony, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Unity
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First Principles: I Urge You, Brothers and Sisters, To Watch Out For Those Who Cause Divisions and Put Obstacles In Your Way That Are Contrary To the Teaching You Have Learned. Keep Away From Them.
“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” – Romans 16:17
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Tagged Contracy, Divisions, First Principles, Learn, Obstacles, Romans 16:17, Turn Away, Urge, Watch Out
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Sunny Rays For Better Days
Sunny Rays For Better Daysby Michael DoyleAll around the neighborhood,It’s something understood.That it comes down to right attitude,And it comes down to gratitude.Glimpse by glimpse, behind the doors,We find friends we’ve come to adore.Though sometimes, it’s hard to forgive,But we … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Days, Doors, Forgive, Friends, Glimpse, Gratitude, Hello, Hurt, Life, Live, Love, Neighborhood, Poetry and Poems, Relationships, Right Attitude, Sight, Sunny Rays, Undestood, Writing
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Thought For the Day: It Is Better To Be Divided By Truth Than To Be United In Error
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is better to be hated for … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Rogers, Comfort, Division, Error, Falsehood, Heal, Kill, Speak, Thought For the Day, Truth, Unity
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