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Thought For the Day: A Happy Marriage Is the Union of Two Good Forgivers
‘A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” – Robert Quillen, journalist and cartoonist (25 Mar 1887-1948) There appears to be more than one person claiming to be the origin of this quote but Good Reads attributes this … Continue reading
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Crossing Palms On Purim
Crossing Palms On Purimby Michael DoyleThis blessed day of Purim is also Palm SundayOffering mercy and majesty in God’s own wayA reversal of fortune arises by way of definitionIn how Esther was able to avoid the annihilationOf God’s people on … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Annihilation, Broken, Calling, Circumstance, Cross, Curses, Deliverance, Enemy, Esther, Fall, Forgot, God, God's People, God's Will, Good Shepherd, Holy Week, Honor, Jesus, Lent, Majesty, Mercy, Palm Sunday, Palms, Path, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Purim, Reversal of Fortune, Snare, Sought, Spoken, Trick, Victory, Watch
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First Principles: Be Joyful In Hope, Patient In Affliction, Faithful In Prayer
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” – Romans 12:12
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Tagged Affliction, Faithful, First Principles, Hope, Joyful, Patient, Prayer, Romans 12:12
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First Principles: We Can Easily Forgive A Child Who Is Afraid of the Dark; the Real Tragedy Is When Men Are Afraid of the Light
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato
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Tagged Afraid, Child, Dark, Easy, First Principles, Forgive, Light, Men, Plato
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Thought For the Day: Science Gives Us Knowledge, But Only Philosophy Can Give Us Wisdom
“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”– Will Durant
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Tagged Knowledge, Philosophy, Science, Thought For the Day, Will Durant, Wisdom
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Grief and Memory
Grief and Memoryby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I have never really been oneTo follow the lives of those holding celebrityFor the most part, when it’s all said and doneI’ve had even less time for British royaltyBut the turn of news imparted quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Bleed, British Royalty, Canncer, Casual Jeans, Celebrity, Civility, Colbert, Compassion, Crass, Cruel, Decency, Dignity, Example, False Headlines, Family, Follow, Grief and Memory, Hope and Dignity, Kate Middleton, Late Night, Malady, Media Strategy, Mercy, Mindset, Modest Truth, Mongrels, Mother With Young Children, News, No Stranger, Paparazzi, Poetry and Poems, Posture, Pray, Preach, Regret, Reject, Respect and Dignity, Said and Don, Strong, Strong As We Must Be, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treat, TV Comedy, Underpass, Unfeeling, Whispered Wounds
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First Principles: The Extravagant Expenditure of Public Money Is An Evil Not To Be Measured By the Value of That Money To the People Who are Taxed For It
“The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.” – Chester Arthur
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Tagged Evil, Expenditure, Extravagant, First Principles, Measure, Mony, Public Money, Tax, The People, Value
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Thought For the Day: The Number of College Degrees Is Not Nearly As Important As How Well Students Develop Cognitive Skills, Such As Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Ability
“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” … Continue reading
The Love In Your Eyes
The Love In Your Eyesby Michael DoyleWe look for love in the life we embraceWe struggle to find our footing in this placeThere is nothing left for us to explainHow it is that we’ve walked past life’s painThe struggles that … Continue reading
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Tagged Accidental Kiss, Angst and Doubt, Blindness, Bound, Celestial Skies, Close, Comes Our Way, Embrace, Explain, Eyes, Fall In Love, Feeling, Feelings, Footing, Found, God Given, Keep, Kept, Kindness, Know, Left Behind, Life, Life's Pain, Love, Love In Your Eyes, Muzzle, Not For Play, Not That Deep, Nothing, Openly Say, Place, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Purpose, Puzzle, Question, Raw, Real, Reflect, Replace, Reveal, Say, Seals the Deal, Secret, Shining Star, Slip Out, Smile, Somehow, Struggle, Tear, Tears Wept, This World, Top of the World, Tortured Mind, Truth, Walked Past, Watch, Way, Wish, Worry
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