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Positivity In Action
Positivity In Actionby Michael DoyleThis evening, as I took myself on a hike,I put my mind toward what I do and don’t like.Deciding to take the course of satisfaction,I have decided to put positivity into action.I will set new limits … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Adventure, Aspiration, Baby Steps, Comfort Zone, Commitment, Contentent, Darkness, Desintation, Determination, Dignity, Discern, Embrace, Evening, Explore, Fear, Gratitude, Guiding Light, Hasrhness, Hike, Hour, Inspiration, Lean, Lifetime, Light, Limits, Mind, Mindful Attitude, Movtivation, Notoriety, Patterns, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Positivity, Potter's Hand, Purpose, Rearranging, Remember, Right and Wrong, Right Changes, Satisfaction, Service, Shap, Sustance, This and That, Thought, Tribute, Understand, Universe, Unknown, Verse
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Father In A Modern World
Father In A Modern Worldby Michael DoyleBeing a father who is generationally removedLeaves very little feeling that life has improved. The world is spinning, and it feels blurredWhen I think of the changes that have occurred.I watch my daughters rooting … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Believe, Blur, Broken Nations, Career, Change, Choice, Cradle, Daugvhters, Father, Feelling, Generationally Removed, Improved, Life, Modern World, Occur, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Spin, Struggle, Voice, World
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Dire Consequences
Dire Consequencesby Michael DoyleBack breeding and use of DNA sequenceWithout thinking of possible consequencesSeems so easily at our potential expenseThat I struggle to make it make any senseYes, what we have lost was wonderfulAlmost all of it has been something … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adversity, Apex Predator, Aspiration, Back Breeding, Balanced Diversity, Beasts, Beautiful, biodiversity, Climate Change, Complexity, Conservator, Considrations, Dark, Dire Consequences, Diseasee, DNA Degradation, DNA Sequence, Encroashing, Face, Genetics, God, Greater Care, Habitat Loss, Health, Intention, Jurassic Park, Man and Nature, Mankind, Misunderstood, Nation, Philosophy, Planetary Health, Poaching, Possible Consequence, Potential Expense, Protect and Ease, Rearange, Recompense, Restore, Science, Sense, Spirt of God, Struggle, Trace, Unintended Consequence, Unleash, Wonderful
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To Stay Alive In All Seasons
To Stay Alive In All Seasonsby Michael DoyleWe give up our courageTrying hard to discourageOurselves or any othersAmong those we call our brothersBut not a single John Wayne aspirationWould save Pearl Harbor or our nationThe men present mostly fought to … Continue reading
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Tagged A Thousand Images, All Seasons, Aspiration, Attack, Belly Crawling, Bitter Memories, Boys, Brave Men, Breath, Brothers, Burn, Competing Reasons, Courage, Courage and the Dead, Cry, Dark Stain, December 7th, Dire, Discourage, Earn, Expected, Fire, Fought, Ghosts, Great War, Heart, Hide, History, Infamy, Insane, John Wayne, Learn, Lessons, Make It Home Tonight, Memorial, Men, Modern-Day Cowboys, Nation, No Glory, Ourselves, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Real War, Reality, Remain, Return, Sadness, Scars, Seasons, Situation, Sleeping Giant Awoken, Smoke, Spoken, Start, Stay Alive, Story, Stumble, Survive, Survivors, Talk, Tears, The USS Arizona, Tragic Day, Turn Out Right, Unsuspected, Walk, World
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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Aspiration, Challenge, Come, Dust Ourselves Off, Encounters, Failure, Fallen, Falling Down, First Principles, Giving up, Gods, Grow, Growth Mindset, Humor, Interpreters, Lamp Filament, Learn, Life, Life's Journey, Mistakes, Motivation, Obstacles, Opportunity, Overcome, Perseverance, Personal Growth, Poets, React and Respond, Resilience, Rethinking, Setbacks, Significant Error, Socrates, Stay, Stepping Stones, Success, Suitable Approaches, Surrender, Think, Thomas Edison, Time To Time, Vain, Wise
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The Loss of His Voice
The Loss of His Voiceby Michael DoyleThinking on this, I must confessThe icon’s death has left a messLike Poitier and Belafonte goodJames Earl Jones rose above HollywoodWith the loss of a singular voiceBlack and white Hollywood became lessThough lives end … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Battle of Poitiers, Belafonte, Brute, Confess, Confidence, Darth Vader, Dead Men, Deal, Death's Kiss, Denial, Disturbing, Easy Pace, Embrace, Far Away, Fear, Galaxy's Night, Gant, Hide, Hollywood, Human, James Earl Jones, Lack of Faith, Last Flight, Loss, Mess, Movies, Mut, Nation's Father, Overcame, Page, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Popular Culture, Prominence, Promises, Proper, Ranger's Tab, Role, Singular Voice, Stage, Star Wars, Star-Filled Light Inside, Stellar Ruin, Strong, Tear Soaked Eyes, The Force, Tragic Childhood, Unnerving, Vader, Voice
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How Much Law Is Enough Law?
How Much Law Is Enough Law?by Michael DoyleIt is no secret that laws weren’t to be numerousNor were our laws meant to be written as voluminous Every one of our Founding Fathers made that clearWhen they said as much and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Average Man, Clear, Command, Complex, Complexity, Demand, Expected, Explode, Explore, Facts, Founding Fathers, Freedom and Liberty, Glory, Graze, Hand, Human Story, Law, Maze, Measure, Measures, Nation, National Goal, Needed, Numerous, Ordinary Americans, Our Republic, Our Soul, Outrages, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Qualitative, Quantitative, Rationale, Regulatory Law, Rejected, Seldom, Simplicity, Soul, The People, Tolerated, Tyrannical, Understand, Voluninous, Written
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Putting the Good In the Goodness
Putting the Good in the Goodnessby Michael DoyleIn the days of my life, I seek every day to learnKnowing full well that there is much to discernSeeking only to do my best to live the good lifeI seek earnestly to … Continue reading
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Tagged All Ways, Aspiration, Best, Chances, Circumstances, Comfort, Consistency, Constanct, Counsel, Days, Discern, Divinity, Earnest, Everyday, Expectation, Faith, Fear, God, God's Path, God's Plan, Good, Good Life, Goodness, Grace, Heed, His Holy Name, Holy Word, Hope and Purpose, Inspiration, Jesus, Joy, Know, Learn, Life, Lord's Plans, My Life, Pass, Path, Peace, Pillow, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pure Goodness, Reason, Reassure, Reliance, Rest, Seek, Sorrow, Soul, Source, Sovereignity, Strife, Tests, Today, Tomorrow, Transform, True Dignity, Trust, Uncertainty, Wish, Wonders, Works
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My Daily Bread
My Daily Breadby Michael DoyleI find my daily breadIn all His words saidThankful that he paid the costWithout which, I would be lostFrom my cup of coffeeTo all that’s given meI find myself thankfulFor a life that is so wonderfulIt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazed, Aspiration, Blessings, Ceaseless Dedication, Cost, Cup of Coffee, Daily Bread, Desperation, Feel, Filled, Given, Given Freely, God, Grace, Healing, Higher, His Word, Holy Power, Hour, Inspiration, Jesus, Life, Life Unfolds, Lost, Mind, Moments, Name, Paid, Poetry and Poems, Side, Soar, Soul, Source, Spread, Thankful, Told, Wildfire, Wonderful
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 