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The Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela
The Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibelaby Michael DoylePeople tend to adopt the way of othersThey suit their own cultures to another’sAnd as people seek commonality with each otherThey also signify differences with one anotherIn Ethiopia’s highlands, we find many depictionsOf … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Angels, Arc of the Convenant, Bible, Black Jesus, Building, Common, Complexity, Conversion, Culture, Dead, Differences, Dignity, Diversity, Ethiiopia, ethiopia, Excavation, Explanation, Ezana Stone, God, God's Glory, Ground, Highland, History, Human Heart, Human Story, Imagery, Inconic, Jesus, Lalibela, Layers of Complexity, Lucy, Memories, Monoliths, Mysterry, Orthocox, Pillars, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Relationship, Revealing, Rock Hewn Churches, Sacred, Sacred FAce, Simplicity, St Mary of Zion, Steles, Testament, The Leakeys, The Nine Saints, Throne, Travel, UNESCO, Wonder, Worship
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First Principles: If I Believe In God and Life After Death and You Do Not, and If There Is No God, We Both Lose When We Die. However, If There Is A God, You Still Lose and I Gain Everything
“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.” – Blaise … Continue reading
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Tagged A God, Believe, Blaise Pascal, Death, Die, Do Not, First Principles, Gain Everything, God, Life, Lose, No God, Still
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Thought For the Day: The Least Movement Is of Importance To All Nature. The Entire Ocean Is Affected By A Pebble
“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” – Blaise Pascal
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Tagged Affect, Blaise Pascal, Entire Ocean, Importance, Least, Movement, Nature, Pebble, Thought For the Day
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The Golden Ratio of Fibonacci
The Golden Ratio of Fibonacciby Michael DoyleThe Fibonacci numbers aren’t tragicIndeed, these are a thing of constant magicLeonardo of Pisa is a true figure of historyThat revealed these numbers in their mysteryWe ask ourselves questions to puzzle and learnAll these … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Clear, Connections, Constant, Direction, Discern, Discover, Disparate Ways, Distortion, Diverese, Driving Force, End, Evenness, Everywhere, Exercise, Fable, Fibonacci, fibonacci-sequence, Forever, Go Along, Golden Ratio, Grand Contemplation, Grow, History, Joke, Knowledge, Leap Frogging, Learn, Leonardo of Pisa, Magic, Mind, Mystery, Nature, Numbered Patterns, Numbers, Numerical Propotion, Persuade, Pervade, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Puzzle, Question Why, Questions, Questionss, Revael, Riddles, Science, See, Sequence, Show, Sigh, Solve For X, Squares, Summed Up, The World, Thirds, Tragic, Travel, True, Wise
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First Principles: Between A Balanced Republic and A Democracy, the Difference Is Like That Between Order and Chaos
“Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.“ – John Marshall
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Tagged Balance, Between, Chaos, Democracy, Difference, First Principles, John Marshall, Order, Republic
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Thought For the Day: Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. Knowledge Is Limited. Imagination Encircles the World
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Encircle, Imagination, Important, Knowledge, Limited, Thought For the Day, World
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I Met A Lady One Day
I Met A Lady One Dayby Michael DoyleI met a lady who knew all the ways of loveAnd she came into my day like a voice from above I wondered what I might have to give her in her dayHaving … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Add, Day, Denial, Dream, Face, Hand, Heavenly Being, Lady, My Time, Nothing Special, Payers, Poetry and Poems, Smile, Talk, Touch, Voice, Walk, Ways of Love, Wish
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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respect. No Man Is Safe In His Opinion, …Person,…Faculties… Or His Possessions
“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is … Continue reading
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Tagged Excess, Faculties, First Principles, James Madison, Man, Opinion, Person, Possession, Power, Prevail, Property, Respect, Right, Rights, Safe
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Thought For the Day: Knowing Trees, I Understand the Meaning of Patience. Knowing Grass, I Can Appreciate Persistence
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)
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Tagged Appreciate, Grass, Hal Borland, Know, Meaning, Patience, Persistence, Thought For the Day, Tree, Understand
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In Prayers for My Mother
In Prayers For My Motherby Michael DoyleMy ex-wife recovers from surgery on this Mother’s DayI gave up the weekend she owed to show in some sort of wayThat I wish her to recover and want my daughters to tendTo her … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Best, Better Son, Call On God, Church, Daughters, Done, Every Day, Ex Wife, Family, Grace, Heaven, Imperfect Son, Jesus, Laugh, Lessons, Look Back, Love, Loving and Brave, Mature, Miracle, Mom, Momma, Mother, Mother's Day, My Mother, Nature, Personal Relationship, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Precious Daughters, Present, Quietly Pray, Recover, Remember, Saves, Show, Sought, Strength, Struggle and Strife, Stumble, Surgery, Taught, Tear, Tend, The Lord, The Power, The Son, Think, Throughout My Day, Time, Time To Pray, Traces, Trail, Weekend
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