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Busy Signal
Busy Signalby Michael DoyleMaking the best out of bad has my deference,And happiness first is my usual preference.Thinking over and over where it went wrongDoesn’t help matters much and takes too long.Holding on to grief and wallowing in the painIs … Continue reading
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Tagged Busy Signal, Deference, Grief, Long, Looking Around, Making the Best, Overthinkng, Paii, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Rest, Test, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Without Courage, We Cannot Practice Any Other Virtue With Consistency. We Can’t Be Kind, True, Merciful, Generous, Or Honest.
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
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Tagged Born, Consistency, Courage, Generous, Honest, Kind, Maya Angelou, Merciful, Potetital, Practice, Thought For the Day, True, Virtue
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First Principles: There Ain’t No Ticks Like Poly-Ticks. Bloodsuckers All
“There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.” – Davy Crockett
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Tagged All, Bloodsuckers, Davy Crockett, First Principles, Poly-Ticks, Ticks
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Love’s Cost
Love’s Costby Michael DoyleNo matter who it is that you might meetAs you walk down life’s long street, You might never know how she may feel.So, it’s important to make this real.It’s more than wedding bells’ chime,A counterfeit love would … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Fate, Chance, Chime, Counterfeit Love, Criime, Feel, Fine Romance, Imposter, Life, Love, Love's Cost, Meet, No Matter, Poetry and Poems, Real, Relationships, Reliable, Ribbons and Bows, Shadows, Stick Around, Street, Tomorrow, True Love, Wait, Wedding Bells
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Thought For the Day: We Are Not Determined By Our Experiences, But Are Self-Determined By the Meaning We Give To Them
“We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Adler, Ascribe, Basis, Certain, Degree, Determiination, Experience, Future Life, Meaning, Misguided, Situation, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Experience Has Shown That the Trade of the East Is the Key to National Wealth and Influence
“Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.” – Chester A. Arthur
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Tagged Chester A. Arthur, East, Experience, First Priinciples, Influence, Key, Nation, Trade, Wealth
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Sorrowful Oasis
Sorrowful Oasisby Michael DoyleIn the end, a label is a name,And a name is often a useful label.In an age-old sort of game,We play it often when we’re capable.The attributes of each screamTells us that necessary somethingThat lies beyond desert … Continue reading
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Tagged Attriibutes, Desert Skiies, Dreams, Eyes, Faith, Game, Illusio, Label, Name, Oasis, Poetry and Poems, Real, Scream, Seventh Veil, Sorrow
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Thought For the Day: The Fact That Millions of People Share the Same Vices Does Not Make These Vices Virtues
“The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so many errors does not make the errors to be truths, and the fact that millions of people share … Continue reading
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Tagged Erich Fromm, Errors, Mental Pathology, Millions, People, Sane, Thought For the Day, Truth, Vices, Virtue
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First Principles: The Less Government Interferes With Private Pursuits, the Better For General Prosperity
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” – Martin Van Buren
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Tagged Better, First Principles, General Prosperity, Government, Interference, Less, Martin Van Buren, Private Pursuits
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Identity From the Trinity
Identity From the Trinityby Michael DoyleThe surplus of gain is metIn ways that are nothing but net.Fifty-two held to the Lord’s plan,Living life as only the faithful can.Giving the Lord our deference,We run our race with perseverance.Living this way in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Cherishh, Christianity, Deference, Faith, Faithful, Gaii, Giift, God, God's Son, Gsopels, Identity, Inluence, Jesus, Living Day, Living Word, Lord's Plan, Pamos, Perish, Perseverace, Poetry and Poems, Revelation, The Apostle John, Trinity
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