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No Cause To Be Afraid
No Cause To Be Afraidby Michael DoyleSometimes it feels like death follows me,Creeping along like a shadow that swallows me.Maybe it is that I should already be dead,I know that’s too much to have been said.At three, I was pushed … Continue reading
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Tagged AFra, Afraid, Cause, Dad, Death, Follow, Life, Love, Number, Poetry and Poems, Pool, Shadow, Swallow
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Thought For the Day: Neither A Lofty Degree of Intelligence Nor Imagination Nor Both Together Go To the Making of Genius. Love, Love, Love, That Is the Soul of Genius
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Tagged Both Together, Genius, Imaginatio, Lofty Degree, Love, Soul, Thought For the Day, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For the Triumph of Evil Is For Good Men To Do Nothing
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
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Tagged Edmund Burke, Evil, First Prinicples, Good Men, Mankind, Necessary, Nothing, Triumph
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A Man Finds Love
A Man Finds Loveby Michael DoyleRolled up like a scroll,You still feel the rollOf a train around the bend.It echoes like a friend.It takes you back to yesterday,When you didn’t have as much to say.You were building your own mystery,And … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Too Many People Spend Money They Haven’t Earned To Buy Things They Don’t Want To Impress People They Don’t Like
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”– Will Rogers
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Tagged Buuy, Earn, Impress, Money, People, Peoplle, Thought For the Day, Will Rogers
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First Principles: In Matters of Style, Swim With the Current; In Matters of Principle, Stand Like A Rock
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Current, First Principles, Matters, Principle, Rock, Stand, Style, Swm, Thomas Jefferson
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Even Through Life’s Storms
Even Through Life’s Stormsby Michael DoyleThe story of Job requires attention.It’s a story filled with critical tension.Dating back to pre-Mosaic antiquity,Job is a tale of pre-Abrahamic history.Earlier than the Greeks had their philosophy,Job asked the questions of high morality.Deeper than … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiquty, Bible, Christianity, Complexity, Faith, God, High Morrality, Jesus, Job, Life's Storms, Living Worship, Meitation, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Relatoinship, Righteous, Satan, Tension, Test, The Book of Job
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Brood. Get On With Living and Loving. You Don’t Have Forever
“Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia
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Tagged Brood, Forever, Leo Buscagla, Live, Love, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Naked I Came From My Mother’s Womb, and Naked I Shall Return There; the Lord Gave, and the Lord Has Taken Away; Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” – Job 1:21 NIV
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Tagged Blessed, First Principles, Gave, Job 1:21 NV, Mother's Womb, Naked, Name, Return, Take, The Lord
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Living A Quiet Apology
Living A Quiet Apologyby Michael DoyleWorking a little love for opportunity,In the neighborhood, it’s new for meTo try to get a little somethingThat might free me up to sing. Climbing in through the window,Hoping to hide in the shadows.We tussle, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climb, Door, Family, Free Me Up, Hide, Life, Live, Living Poor, Love, Neighborhood, Opportuity, Poetry and Poems, Quiet Apology, Shaow, Sing, Something, Window
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