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Push Button
Push Buttonby Michael DoylePushed buttons bring us to griefFrustrations from which we need reliefWe have but one Father, one God of creationBrothers and sisters sharing our one situationWe should then, treat one anotherAs we are, sisters and brothersEqually held in … Continue reading
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First Principles: Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But Government Even In Its Best State Is But A Necessary Evil
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, … Continue reading
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Tagged Best State, Blessing, Every State, First Principles, Government, Intolerable, Necessary Evil, Society, Thomas Paine, Worst State
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Torn As A Teenage Girl’s Heart
Torn As A Teenage Girl’s Heartby Michael DoyleThis one has me in tears before I even startWatching torn as a teenage girl’s heartThe princess who loved me like her biggest heroYells at me and treats me as less than zeroOnly … Continue reading
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Happy First Day of Spring
Welcome to Spring 2022! Today is Spring Equinox 2022 in a continuation of those traditional blessings each of us used to embrace by heading outdoors and starting to live large. With the Covid experience behind us now, maybe we can … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Anew, Behind, Blessing, Blessings, Bloom, Covid Experience, Days, Embrace, Emily Dickinson, Flowers and Trees, Happy First Day of Spring!, Heading Outdoors, Living Large Again, Renewal, Spring 2022, Spring Equinox, Thought For the Day, Tradition, Warm
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First Principles: Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But Government, Even In Its Best State, Is But A Necessary Evil
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Common Sense, Country, First Principles, Government, Intolerable, Means, Misery, Necessary Evil, Reflect, Society, State, Suffer, Thomas Paine, Worst State
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The Magic of Hope, Part I
The Magic of Hope, Part Iby Michael DoyleIn all of the hustled hassleOf a snow-blanketed sense of seasonLife is oft lived like an air-castleFilled with whimsy decorated with reasonA good Christmas is worked uponAnd not just a state-of-mindJust as soon … Continue reading
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First Principles: Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But, Government, Even In the Best State, Is But A Necessary Evil In Its Worst State An Intolerable One
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” – Thomas Paine
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Tagged Best State, Blessing, Common Sense, Every State, First Principles, Government, Intolerable, Necessary Evil, Society, Thomas Paine, Worst State
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Set Apart
Set Apartby Michael DoyleAs a church, we’re set apartBy God, stirred in our heartsLiving life by past precedentWe do our best to live reverentBestowed in the Lord’s good favorIt’s a life we’re meant to savorFearfully and wonderfully madeThere is no … Continue reading
Whispered My Reminder
Whispered My Reminderby Michael DoyleWhispered my reminderOf how it should beI thought I’d never find herMy side by side for eternityYou hear it said that true loveLasts and you know it never endsGod reveals this from abovePatiently blessing lovers as … Continue reading
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Tagged Always On My Mind, Bears All Things, Believing, Blessing, Blessings Felt, Brings, Circle, Completes, Conquer, Dimmed Mirror, Eternity, Every Beat, Every Day, Find Her, Fresh Start, Friends, From Above, God Reveals, Godly One, Good, Hear It Said, His Woman, Hope, Hope of Tomorrow, How It Should Be, I know, It Never Ends, Kind, Know, Knows, Lady, Lasts, Leave Me Undone, Leaving It Behind, Love, Love Is, Lovers, Mean, My Battle Flags, My Side By Side, My Wounded Heart, No Other Way, Nothing At All, Old Ways, One Another, Patient, Patiently, Poetry and Poems, Promising, Recall, Reminder, Replace, Slip Away, Sorrow, That I Should, This Man, This World, Thought, True Love, Walking, Whispered, You and Me, You Know
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 