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Thought For the Day: I Will Not Allow My Life’s Light To Be Determined By the Darkness Around Me
“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Darkness, Easier, Fight, Freedom, Good fight, Hard Battle, Laugh, Life, Life's Light, Sing, Sojourner Truth, Thought For the Day
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Allowing Allowable Differences
Allowing Allowable Differencesby Michael DoyleIn our family’s living sanctuary,The Bible serves as a special library.It teaches us how to live and to love,Instructed in conversation with Heaven above.Each of us has our own interpretationOf what it is and isn’t to … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Bible, Christianity, Conversation, Differences, Faith, Family, God, God's Will, Harmony, Jesus, Library, Live, Living Sanctuary, Love, nterpretation, Poetry and Poems, Unity
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First Principles: If You Want To Know Who Controls You, Look At Who You Are Not Allowed To Criticize
“If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” – Voltaire
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Tagged Allow, Control, Criticize, First Principles, Know, Voltaire, Want
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Places Forms Voice
Place Forms Voiceby Michael DoyleIt’s said that place forms voiceEven when it’s not of our choiceIn my life, I’ve traveled aroundAnd this is what I, too, have foundThis is especially true of poetryEach of us is formed by our countryIt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Believe, Can, Changes, Choice, Circumstance, Clogged, Constant, Country, Desitny, Dreams, Fear, Feet, First Step, Found, Ground, Happiness, Impossible, Journey, Life, Life's Dance, Limited, Make, Master, Moonbeams, Need, Places, Plunge In, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Possible, Read, Space, Success, Sun, Thoughts, Time, Trace, Travel, Trrap, True, Understand, Voice, Words
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Please Enjoy Your Labor Day Holiday!!
Please enjoy our Labor Day!! Today is a day to celebrate a little the blessings given to us from our labor and the labor of others. Why not take a moment and thank those who work so hard for us … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Allow, Celebrate, Equal Chance, Equal Oppotunity, Equity, Everybody, Focus, Getting Rich, Good, Gratitude, Harm, Humblest Man, Labor, Labor Day, Law, Life, Popose, Reject Equity, Thankfulness, Thought For the Day, War On Capital
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Into A Pirate’s Tomorrow
Into A Pirate’s Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIt’s a rough pirate’s world out thereWhen words spoken spill into loose fearMobs, it seems, are as easily turnedAs pirate shanty towns are easily burnedJust as melancholy on the azure wavesAre the boarding plans that … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Allow, Allure, Azure Waves, Battle, Boarding Plans, Burn, Consternation, Desire, Fade, Fantasy, Fear, Fire, First Thrust, Forgot, Grave, Half-Broken, Heart, History, Improvisation, Into, Melancholy, Mobs, Pirate, Pirate King, Pirate's Lot, Pirates, Pistol, Plans Made, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Power, Ragtag World, Shanty Towns, Tattle, Timeless Hour, Tomorrow, Travel, Treasure, Turn, Understood, Winced, Wonder, Words, World, Zig and Zag
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First Principles: No Man Is Allowed To Be A Judge In His Own Cause, Because His Interest Would Certainly Bias His Judgment, and…Corrupt His Integrity
“No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged Allow, Bias, Corrupt, First Principles, Integrity, Interest, James Madison, Judge, Judgment, No Man, Own Cause
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Disciples By Grace
Disciples By Graceby Michael DoyleJesus allows us to questionAccepting this without hesitationThough He was given all authorityHe charges His disciples authenticallyTo go and spread the good newsWhile allowing differing viewsThere was room for strategies and doubtWhile spreading the good news … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Accept, Allow, Authentic, Authority, Charge, Community, Complxity, Disciples, Done, Doubt, Earth, Eternity, Eyes, Forget, God's Power, God's Family, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Great Commission, Gspel, Heart, Hesitation, Hope, Humanity, Hurting Places, Impact, Jesus, Omission, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises, Question, Real, Regret, Ripple, Seen, Share, Simplicity, Sorrow, Souls, Strategy, Supernatural Hour, Surrender, Testimony, Today, Tomorrow, Universal Paths, Vision, Witness, Word, Worth, Zeal
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Thought For the Day: You Are Precisely As Big As What You Love and Precisely As Small As What You Allow To Annoy You
“You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.” – Robert Anton Wilson
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Tagged Allow, Annoy, Big, Love, Precise, Robert Anton Wilson, Small, Thought For the Day
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Turkey Run State Park
Turkey Run State Parkby Michael DoyleIndiana is prone to having a second winter appearAfter it seems the real winter has disappearedThis was the circumstance in February 2024When a snowfall came, inviting my family to exploreMy daughters and I loaded up … Continue reading →