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My Foundation
My Foundationby Michael DoyleWhen everything around is shakingAnd my heart falls apart breakingMy best battles begin on my kneesCasting my worry and fears on the breezeKnowing that I can trust the LordTo find the words as shield and swordMy faith … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Breaking, Faith, Fear, Foundation, Heart, Holy Child, Jesus, Loss, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Shaking, Shield and Sword, The Lord, Trust, Victory, Words
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Thought For the Day: Protest Songs Have Long Played A Critical Part of Our Political Dialogue, From “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to “War”
“Protest songs have long played a critical part of our political dialogue, from ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ to ‘War.’ This controversy only helps highlight how the corporate effort to control what people hear or consume is backfiring.” – Jonathan Turley As … Continue reading
First Principles: Never Suppose That In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading
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Tagged Any Circumstances, Best, Dishonorable, First Principles, Never Suppose, Possible, Situation, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Shadow Owes Its Birth To Light
“Shadow owes its birth to light.” -John Gay, poet and dramatist (30 Jun 1685-1732)
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Tagged Birth, John Gay, Light, Owe, Shadow, Thought For the Day
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Vocal Choices – The Songs of Our Lives
Over 100 songs that have made up the soundtracks of our lives that nearly all of us have sung along with in our lives can be found here on this compilation that I have put on the Spotify playlist entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Music
Tagged Art & Music, Ballads, Choices, Compilation, Our Lives, Playlist, Rock Era, Songs, Sountracks, Spotify, Sung Along, The Songs of Our Lives, Vocal
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His Cure
His Cureby Michael DoyleJehovah by nameHe takes our blamePurified in praiseBringing light to our daysHis is the peaceThat wins from sin, our releaseGiving us our freedomIn the name of His KingdomHe who has set the starsAllowing us healing from our … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Verbs, Blame, Broken, Correction, Cure, Days, Empty Words, Fear, Freedom, Gardens, God, Graves, Heal, His Cure, His Path, Humanity, Jehovah, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mourning, Name, Only Way, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pure, Release, Ressurection, Scar, Sin, Spoken, Stars, Steady and Sure
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
Thought For the Day: There Is Nothing Like Returning To A Place That Remains Unchanged To Find the Ways In Which You Yourself Have Altered
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” – Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel laureate (18 Jul 1918-2013)
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Tagged Altered, Find, Nelson Mandela, Nothing, Place, Return, Thought For the Day, Unchanged, Ways, Yourself
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Crash and Burn
Crash and Burnby Michael DoyleCrash and burnWhen will I learnMy stomach churnsFrom the lessons that I learnIf I haven’t learned by nowWill I ever somehowI keep pushing onI keep pushing onGonna slow it downA warm smile turned to frownI keep … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Answer, Bad Fish, Churn, Count, Crash and Burn, Ebb and Flow, Fall, Feel, Feet, Floor, Good Dish, Good Wish, Hall, Hesitation, Insane, Know, Learn, Lessons, Life, Matter, Nothing, Now, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing On, Questions, Sheep, Sleep, Slow It down, Somehow, Stomach, Train, Vain, Voice, Which, World, Worries
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