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First Principles: The Best of All Government Is That Which Teaches Us To Govern Ourselves
“The best of all government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832
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Tagged All, Best, First Principles, Govern, Government, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ourselves, Us
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Thought For the Day: Remove All Periods. They Are Scars Made By Words I Couldn’t Bring Myself To Say
“Remove all periods / They are scars made by words / I couldn’t bring myself to say/” – Charles Simic, poet (b. 9 May 1938)
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Tagged Bring, Charles Simic, Myaelf, Periods, Remove, Say, Scars, Thought For the Day, Words
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On Mother’s Day 2022
On Mother’s Day 2022by Michael DoyleWe’re here in celebration of no otherThan the holy names of our mothersAt this time of blessed worshipWe raise up this sacred relationshipLet’s bring it in intimate conversationShared love in its happy intimationGiven the power … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Blessed Worship, Celebration, Children, Complexity, Contentment, Delay, Full Attention, God, Grace, Gratification, Happy Intimation, Hesitate, Holy Names, Imperfect, Instruction, Intimate Conversation, Learned, Love, Mother's Day 2022, Mothers, No Control, Parenting, Persist, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Present, Raise, Resentment, Right Intention, Sacred Relationship, Season, Serving As Example, Shared Love, Simplicity, Stay, Sunrise, Surprises, Theology, Uncertainty, Urgency
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Happiest of Mother’s Days 2022
Wishing all mothers a very happy and blessed Mother’s Day 2022!
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Tagged 2022, Blessed, Happy, Mother's Day, Thought For the Day, Wish
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First Principles: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident,…Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Unalienable Rights, That Among These Are LIFE
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Life Is An Adventure In Forgiveness
“Life is an adventure in forgiveness.” – Norman Cousins, author and editor (1915-1990)
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Tagged Adventure, Forgiveness, Life, Norman Cousins, Thought For the Day
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The Power In God’s Name
The Power In God’s Nameby Michael DoyleWe believe in the sameThe power in God’s nameThough it feels impossibleWe know in God, all is capableMiracles out of nowhereThe final say of what is fairThe mover of the breakableFinds voice in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Altars, Attitude, Believe, Blessed, Breakable, Capable, Changed for Good, Cross, Crucifixion, Cry, Fair, Final Say, Found, Glory of God, Gratitude, Heaven Bound, Impossible, In God, Layer, Lives, Magnified, Miracles, Mover, Nowhere, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Prayer, Sea, Sky, Sunrise, Sunset, Surprise, Transformation, Unspeakable, Voice
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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It Much Easier To Do It A Second and A Third Time, Till At Length It Becomes Habitual
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Contemptible, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Habitual, Heart, Importance, Lie, Peter Carr, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truths, Untruth, Vice
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Muted In Discovery
Muted In Discoveryby Michael DoyleMuted, frightened screamOverheard on the data streamStill recovering from Covid isolationUnable to leave the habitationFiltering fragments in questionFeelings born in their hesitationCrimes hint at interpretationThere is something lost in this conceptionThinking in terms of last exclusionThere … Continue reading
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Tagged Code, Conception, Covid, Crimes, Data Stream, Discovery, Exclusion, Fear, Feelings, Filter, Fragments, Habitation, Hard, Hesitation, Interpretation, Intrusion, Isolation, Left Behind, Light, Lost, Means, Mind, Muted, Mystery, Nightmares, Overheard, Plain Sight, Poetry and Poems, Question, Recover, Scream, Seen, Thinking, Troubles, Troubling Thoughts, Truth, Unseen, Wake
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