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Thought For the Day: What Is Life? It Is the Flash of A Firefly In the Night. It Is the Breath of a Buffalo In the Winter Time. It Is the Little Shadow Which Runs Across the Grass and Loses Itself In the Sunset
“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.” … Continue reading
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It Strives To Make Things Right
It Strives To Make Things Rightby Michael DoyleDespite what the day brings,Some of us are simply broken things.It’s not a crime to count on self-defense.To believe otherwise is simply a false pretense.A father takes his congregant’s confession,Willingly making his valid … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Things, Cold of Wnter, Concession, Confession, Crime, Dark Night, Day, False Pretense, Father, Few, Fix, Greed, Life, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Prisoner, Ride Hard, Right, Self-Defense, Speak, Strive, Suffer
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Thought For the Day: Let Us Be Grateful To People Who Make Us Happy, They Are the Charming Gardeners Who Make Our Souls Blossom
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
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First Principles: The Greater Part of Our Misery or Unhappiness Is Determined Not By Our Circumstance But By Our Disposition
“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” – Martha … Continue reading
Eyes On the Future
Eyes On the Futureby Michael DoyleThere will be seasons of favor.These times are the times to savor.Calling our minds toward the future,And thinking about what to nurture.The prophet Jeremiah spent his yearsBringing the Israelis through their tearsTo bravely come all … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Brave, Christianity, Eyes, Faith, Forwrd Lord, Future, God, Jesus, Kingdom, Mind, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Prophet Jeremiah, Room, Speak, Strength, Swasons of FAvor, Tears, Times To Savor, Womb, Words, Years
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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life. And Those Who Look Only To the Past Or Present Are Certain To Miss the Future
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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First Principles: Stand At the Crossroads and Look; Ask For the Ancient Paths, Ask Where the Good Way Is, and Walk In It, and You Will Find Rest For Your Souls
“This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ – Jeremiah 6:16 NIV
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The Last Snow
The Last Snowby Michael DoyleThis Winter has been warmer than those I recall.I might have expected it after a lingering fall.The last snow Indiana saw fell for a full night.It kept falling through the passing morning light.Piles of slush lasted … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Fall, Full Night, Heat, Hik, Indiana, Morning Light, Morning Plans, Poetry and Poems, Slush, Snow, Spring, Warm, Warm Fronts, Winter
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Thought For the Day: If You Ask God For A Gift Be Thankful If He Sends Not Diamonds Pearls Or Riches But the Love and Trust of Friends
“Friendship is a precious gift that can’t be bought or sold. It’s value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bought or Sold, Friends, Friendship, Gift, God, Gold, Love and Trust, Marlene Dietrich, Mountain, Precious Gift, Riches, Thought For the Day, Value
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First Principles: It Will Be Of Little Avail To the People That the Laws Are Made By Me of Their Own Choice If the Laws Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read, Or So Incoherent That They Cannot Be Understood
“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Incoherent, James Madison, Law, Little Avail, Own Choice, Read, The People, Understood, Voluminous
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