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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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The Footprints In My Soul
The Footprints In My Soulby Michael DoyleLove is not a monologue,Talking to myself gets me nowhere.Let’s get on with the dialogue,Moving beyond where I simply persevere.Under my empire of ashesLives a garden from my heart.Despite the doom of thrashes,This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning, Betrayal, Beyond, Dialogue, Dream, Empire of Ashes, Empty Burn, End, Endless Torment, Fly, Footprints, Friend, Garden, Give and Take, Gone, Grave, Heart, Long-Distance Runaround, Love, Many Voices, Memory, Monolgue, Nowhere, Perfect Moment, Poetry and Poems, Rubicon, Snow, Solitary, Soul, Talking To Myself, Wings, Winter
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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Success Is To Do the Common Things Uncommonly Well
“The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller
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Tagged Common Things, John D. Rockefeller, Secret, Success, Thought For the Day, Uncommonly Well
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First Principles: Unless the People, Through Unified Action, Arise and Take Charge of Their Government, They Will Find That Their Government Has Taken Charge of Them
“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition … Continue reading
First Principles: For God So Loved the World, That He Gave His Only Begotten Son, That Whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not Perish, But Have Everlasting Life
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16 Merry Christmas, one and all!
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Tagged Believe, Everlasting Life, First Principles, God, John 3:16, Love, Only Begotten Son, Perish, World
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Thought For the Day: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths, and Make Us In All Our Several Vocations Useful Here
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington
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Tagged All Mercies, Darkness, Due Time, Father, George Washington, Happy, Light, Paths, Thought For the Day, Vocations
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Merry Christmas (If You Will)
Merry Christmas (If You Will)by Michael DoyleChildren are silly,Believing everything they see.Playing in Christmas snow, This image is everything to know. I’ve watched the parade unfold.It’s Christmas spirit, and it becomes quite bold.Dancing across the magic of a winter’s day,I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Child's Love, Believe, Bold, Children's Play, Chill, Chilren, Christmas Snow, Christmas Spirit, Confie, Dance, Dreams, Fire, Frosty, Inspire, Invincible, Mage, Merry Christmas, Parade, Poetry and Poems, Santa Inside, Secret, See, Silly, Warm, Winter's Day
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