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Thought For the Day: Throughout History, It Has Been the Inaction of Those Who Could Have Acted…That Has Made It Possible For Evil To Triumph
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil … Continue reading
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Tagged Acted, Boice, Evil, Haile Selassie, History, Inaction, Indifference, Justice, Known, Mattered, Possible, Silence, Thought For the Day, Triumph
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Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwich
Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwichby Michael DoyleCounterculture shined through the city’s veilGiving a glimpse of Eden through the fires of HellHarsh in its repressive bits of curdled adviceDreamers managed to paint their fleeting paradiseThe torches of an artistic … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Apocalyptic Noise, Bliss, Bytes, Chocolate Cherry Coffee, City, Clever, Counterculture, Dark Star, Different, Distraction, Door, Dreamers, Dreams, Eden, Ending, Falling In Love, Fear and Greed, Fires of Hell, Focus, Forever, Future, Glimpse, Happiness, Harsh, Hillbilly, Irreverent, Know, Knowing All, Lack, Life, Miss, Narcissistic Ego, Nurture, Pages, Paradise, Poetry and Poems, Presumptions, Read, Reality, Reborn, Sacred Cow, See, Serenity, Strife, The Enlightened, Torches, Veil, Vision, Waking, Words
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First Principles: If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep To the Slaughter
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
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Thought For the Day: If It Is Committed In the Name of God Or Country, There Is No Crime So Heinous That the Public Will Not Forgive It
“If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.” – Tom Robbins, writer (b. 22 Jul 1936)
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Tagged Commit, Country, Crime, Forgive, God, Heinous, Name, Public, Thought For the Day, Tom Robbins
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Thought For the Day: The Best People Possess A Feeling For Beauty, the Courage To Take Risks, the Discipline To Tell the Truth, the Capacity for Sacrifice
“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” – Ernest Hemingway, author and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Best People, Capacity, Courage, Destroyed, Discipline, Ernest Hemingway, Feeling, Ironic, Possess, Risks, Sacrifice, Thought For the Day, Truth, Virtues, Vulnerable, Wounded
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First Principles: Rejoice Always, Pray Without Ceasing, Give Thanks In All Circumstances, For This Is the Will of God In Christ Jesus For You
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain … Continue reading
The Beginning of Wisdom
The Beginning of Wisdomby Michael DoyleIn the harvest of all that becomes the soulThere is so very little that is in our controlAsked if there was anything for me to declareHaunted chords hint that I am becoming self-awareLocked in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Best Days, Best Ways, Breaks, Change, Civility, Control, Critical Step, Declare, Graveyard, Habits, Harvest, Haunted Chords, Just Society, Know Myself, Laugh, Long Gone, Mindset, Personal Development, Personal Virtue, Poetry and Poems, Self-Aware, self-improvement, Soul, Substance, Think On, Thoughts and Habits, Wisdom
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Happy International Moon Day 2024
This is the day that the UN has set aside to celebrate the first moon landing. This year’s theme is “Illuminating the Shadows,” which aims to focus on the ongoing exploration and discoveries related to the Moon’s South Pole. Ever … Continue reading
First Principles: The Greatest Good We Can Do For Our Country Is To Heal Its Party Divisions and Make Them One People
“The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.” -Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Tagged Country, First Principles, Greatest Good, Heal, One People, Party Divisions, Thomas Jefferson
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 