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To Keep the Sacred Near
A look at life’s lessons. To Keep the Sacred Near by Michael Doyle Life thrusts us into situations Thigh deep in aggravations But then there’s a lesson even in that One felt deep even if you’re not an empath Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggravations, Another Day, Bambi, Care, Country, Dear, Doe, Doesn't Really Matter, Empath, Endless Days, Eyeball, Eyes, Felt Deep, Go Far, Good Enough, Heart, Holding On, Home, Instinct, Keep, Last Night, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Mortality, Near, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realization, Sacred, See, Situation, Slip By, Spare, Surprise, Thigh Deep, Thrust, Time, True, Wonder, Yearling
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Thought For the Day: There’s No Money In Poetry, But, Then There’s No Poetry In Money Either
“There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either.” – Robert Graves, poet and novelist (24 Jul 1895-1985)
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Tagged Either, Money, No, Poetry, Robert Graves, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just (and) That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever
“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever…. The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.” – Thomas Jefferson, in Notes … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannot Sleep, Contest, Country, First Principles, Forever, God, His Justice, Just, No Attribute, Notes On the State of Virginia, Reflect, Takes Side, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble
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Thought For the Day: Today’s Far Left Is Not Interested In Winning Debates With Better Arguments – They Prefer To Shut Down Debate Altogether
“Today’s far left is not interested in winning debates with better arguments — they prefer to shut down debate altogether.” – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Say no to violent, Marxism touting the slogan Black Lives Matter to the exclusion … Continue reading
First Principles: It Is of Great Importance To Set A Resolution, Not To Be Shaken, Never To Tell An Untruth
“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 All Good Disposition, Depraves, Falsehood, First Principles, Great Importance, Heart, In Time, Not Shaken, Resolution, Tell, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Untruth
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Just Where You Belong
Funny thing about life is we have a choice of going with the flow or pedaling as fast as our hamster wheel allows us to spin and often times regardless of effort or lack of effort, we end up just … Continue reading
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Tagged Around, Being Okay, Belong, Best, Capability, Certainty, Chasing, Choices, Circles, Comfort, Day After Day, Direction, Duking It Out, Each Day, Ease, Far, Felt Less, Find Yourself, Flexibility, Forward, Found, Gaining More, Going With the Flow, Hamster Wheel, Journey, Kind of Day, Least, Let Things Go, Life, Life's Road, Life's Test, Lost, Never Know, Off Script, On with the Show, Out of Control, Pass, Pedaling, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precise, Reasons, Rest, Run, Running At Full Speed, Soul, Spin, Still Flow, Take You Along, Than Lost, Travel, Troubling, Turn Out, Unfold, Variables, Wheels, Where, You
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In Your Silent Reply
Is silence really the best answer at times? I am not so certain of this. In Your Silent Reply by Michael Doyle Haunted by all the dreams Filled with the dramatic scenes Wondering what it is to find All the … Continue reading
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Tagged Answer, Bleed, Blur, Burn, Cards, Certain, Cheap, Cheer, Chipped, Conversations, Cry, Cushion, Dark, Decisions Made, Despite, Dramatic, Dreams, Embrace, Emotions, Erase, Expect, Fear, Find, Fine Point, Force, Forget, Greed, Haunted, Heart, History, Hold Onto the Dead, Keep, Kept In Head, Lark, Led, Losses, Lost, Might Against Might, Miracles, More, Mystery, Near, No More Tears, No Reason, One Moment, Pages, Photograph, Play On the Mind, Poem, Poetry, Point, Pointless, Prepared To Fight, Price Paid, Priceless, Pride, Reply, Scar, Scenes, Silence, Silent, Smell of Fear, Something, Special, Steep, Tears, Tend, Times, War, Weep, Well Played, Wished For, Wishing, Wonder, Written Words
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First Principles: If General Rules Are To Be Maintained At All, It Is Obvious That They Must Be Applied Equally To Every Case Which Satisfies Their Terms
“The only shape in which equality is really connected with justice is this — justice presupposes general rules. If these general rules are to be maintained at all, it is obvious that they must be applied equally to every case … Continue reading
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Tagged Applied Equally, Connect, Equality, Every Case, First Prinicples, General Rules, James Fitzjames Stephens, Justice, Maintain, Obvious, Presuppose, Satisfies, Shape, Terms
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Thought For the Day: The People Who Get On In This World Are the People Who Get Up and Look For the Circumstances They Want and If They Can’t find them, Make Them
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t … Continue reading
