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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Care, First Principles, Government, Happy, Labor, Pretense, Prevent, The People, Thomas Jefferson, Waste
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Like Wanderers Seeking
Like Wanderers Seekingby Michael DoyleLike wanderers wandering a lovelier wayWe plant the seeds that bring the new daysWith a fullness of dreams filling our heartsWe loosely planned how the days would startBut kept the freedom breathing in and outNever steadfastly … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Arrive, Better, Breathe, Care, Change, Cold, Curves, Days, Desrve, Doubt, Dream Together, Dreams, Drive, Earn, Family, Flow, Freedom, Future, GPS, Guide, Happen, Heart, Hours, Journey, Late, Myself, Nurture, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Pth, Seeds, Seek, Show, Start, State, Straight Roads, Talk, Wanderer, Way, Wiggle Room, World
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I’m Growing Through It
I’m Growing Through Itby Michael DoyleEvery day brings the miracles that we prayIn peace and calmness as we stayCollected in the Church of His holy nameWe trust in God to remain the sameWisdom is shown when we pay attentionTo the … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Alone, Attention, Attentive, Available, Aware, Beautiful, Call, Calmness, Care, Church, Community, Creator, Cross, Easy Yoke, Embrace, Eyes of God, Faith, Family, Finished Work of God, Foolish Joke, God, Godliness, Grain, Grow, Growth, Heeded, Holy Name, Integrity, Lord's Will, Loss, Measure, Mercy, Miracles, Needed, Opportunity, Own, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Present, Questions, Real, Restore, Slug It Out, Soul, Sparrow, Stay, Stewardship, Tension, Theology, Treasure, Trust, Truth, Universe, Wisdom, Wonderful, Word of God, Worldly Domination, Wrestle
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Thoughts On A September Morn
Thoughts On A September Mornby Michael DoyleYou can feel it in the airA discernable sense of changeAs you take in the world with careAnd watch the leaves rearrangeSummer comes to its endAs Autumn starts to beginEven before leaves start to … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Apple Orchard, Autumn, Begin, Bicycle Rider, Blend, Blur, Call, Care, Change, Chili, Cider, Descend, End, Fall, Feel, Football Season, Fuzzy Memories, Glass, Halloween, Handy, Heaven, Hill, Kids, Leaves, Long Lost Friend, Ninth, Pick, Poetry and Poems, Pumpkin's Cand, Rearrange, Reason, Scarecrows, School Year, Seasons, Sense, September Morn, Seven, Sky, Snuggles, Spices, Stove, Summer, Sun Sets, Sunflower, Thought, Thoughts, Trail, Treasure Trove, Treat, Tricks, World
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Thought For the Day: Many People Take No Care of Their Money Till They Come Nearly To the End of It, and Others Do Just the Same With Their Time
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)
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Tagged Care, Come, End, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Many People, Money, Same, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
Thought For the Day: What Is It That Affectionate Parents Require of Their Children…? Only That They Would Be Wise and Virtuous, Benevolent and Kind
“What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.” – Abigail Adams, letter to John Quincy Adams, 1783
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Account, Affectionate, Anxiety, Benevolent, Care, Children, Kind, Parents, Thought For the Day, Toil, Virtuous, Wise
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Parkby Michael DoyleInto the mouth, we stand and peerSacred sandstone cap and biosphereFrom the Frozen Niagara to Fat Man’s MiseryMy family comes to observe your mysteryBatwings fly above the and blind shrimp belowThe endless dark is something … Continue reading
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Tagged Biosphere, Care, Fat Man's Misery, Frozen Niagara, Green River, Mammoth Cave National Park, Mouth, Observe, Poetry and Poems, Share
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Thought For the Day: War Is An Ugly Thing, But Not the Ugliest of Things
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than … Continue reading
For Sierra (At Age 14)
For Sierra (At Age 14)by Michael DoyleThough sometimes now, I have to squint To get the clue of what it is you meantThis poem is for you as you reach 14Growing into one of my favorite human beingsWhether it’s building … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstraction, Age 14, Amaze, Believe, Bigger and Lesser Things, Bolder, Breath, Building, Capable Mind, Care, Child, Clue, Coding, Conceive, Confidently, Confusing, Confusion, Day Passes, Daze, Dreams, Favorite Human Being, For Sierra, God, Grapple, Grow, Have Your Say, Head-On, Hesitation, Hold, Illusion, Impressive, Issues, Meant, Never Lost, Older, Parts of You, Path, Poem, Poetry and oems, Pray, Proud, Questions, Reach, Robots, Safe, Share, Sometimes, Squint, Standing Your Ground, Talk, Time and Day, Vote, World
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