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Thought For the Day: Do Not Follow In the Footsteps of the Wise. Seek What They Sought
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.” – Matsuo Basho
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Resistance Begun
Resistance Begunby Michael DoyleThere are times of darknessThat leads to nihilism.There was a time of harshness,From it arose Nazism.Banned music played on shortwave,Kept by some in their secrecyDancing on civilization’s grave.Conformity became a form of vanity.Worship was bent to teach … Continue reading
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Tagged Banned Music, Brave Fools, Civilization's Grave, Conformity, Darkness, Fight, Follow, Fuhrer, God's Way, Harshness, Nazism, Nihilism, Poetry and Poems, Price, Resistance, Rote Form, Rule, Shadow, Shortwave, Stand up, Thomas Mann, Times, Vanity, Woship
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Thought For the Day: Never Be Afraid To Raise Your Voice For Honesty and Truth and Compassion Injustice and Lying and Greed…It Would Change the Earth
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” – William Faulkner
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First Principles: My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side; My Greatest Concern Is To Be On God’s Side. For God Is Always Right
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln
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What Is To Be Will Be
What Is To Be Will Beby Michael DoyleAs the day of celebration approaches,My thoughts turn to the prayer that encroachesOn every other day and on all my ways.It is as important as Christmas Day.The Lord’s Prayer is, itself, a revolution.It … Continue reading
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First Principles: Behold the Lamb of God Who Takes Away the Sin of the World
“Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” – John the Baptist
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Thought For the Day: A Painter’s Got A Canvas. The Writer’s Got Reams of Empty Paper. A Musician Has Silence
“A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.” – Keith Richards
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Dancing Shoes
Dancing Shoesby Michael DoyleChristmas brings back faded memories,Mostly of how we love our family.The thing is that most of mine are dead,And still there is what needs to be said.I gather myself by the gravestone,Self-aware that I’m on my own.Thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibis, Ballerinas, Christmas, Cows, Dancing Shoes, Explore, Fade Memories, Family, Gravestone, Life, Love, Miles, My Life, Open Road, Poetry and Poems, Self-Aware, Slips By, Smiles, Tiny Miracles, Truth, Ultrasound, Writing
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First Principles: Conceiving God To Be the Fountain of Wisdom, I Found It Right and Necessary To Solicit His Assistance For Obtaining It
“Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.” – Benjamin Franklin
Thought For the Day: Mark the Season of Advent By Loving and Serving the Others With God’s Own Love and Concern
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.” – Mother Teresa
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