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A Redemption Song
A Redemption Songby Michael DoyleThey harked the heraldAs the angels began to singSpreading the good newsIn the joy they dared to bringOn the night of the first NoelWith the shepherds in the fieldThe angels began to tell the taleOf mercy … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels, Babe, Blessings, Born, Borne, Bring, Christmas, Dare, Done, Evil, Faced Down, Fail, Field, First Noel, God, Good News, Hark, Herald, Holy Contemplation, Joy, Kingdom, Love, Manger, Mercy Mild, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reason, Recall, Redemption, Redemption Song, Season, Shepherds, Sing, Tale, The Son, The Spirit, Word
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Truth of War
Truth of Warby Michael DoyleMost of the world’s problems start with warIt’s a noteworthy thing that it takes moreThen dreamy words offering a shallow victoryTo come out on the winning side of historyMany a fool has believed themselves betterWhen cooler … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Begun, Breath, Brilliance, Choose, Cooler Head, Creep Up, Depths, Done, Dream, Equally Sad, Fight, Fight Hard, Fool, Fought, Hell, History, Journey, Legacy, Lesson, Lessons Learned, Lose, Luck, Mirror, No One Wins, Poetry and Poems, Price, Problem, Reflection, Reliance, Review, Roulette Wheel, Rush of Exuberance, Shallow Victory, Sin, Slow Drag of Death, Struggle, Tragic, Truth, Truth of War, Victory, Wages of War, War, Well-Earned, Winning Side, Won, World, Wounded
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If the Truth…
If the Truth…by Michael DoyleIf the truth is to be unpleasant Let it be spoken in a bold voiceKeeping focused on the presentNot a stumbled mumble as if not a choiceIt is better that the disagreeableBe out there and quickly … Continue reading
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Tagged Avoid, Avoidance, Bad, Better, Bit By Bit, Bold Voice, Choice, Conceivable, Cycle, Dear, Deception, Disaagreeable, Done, Ear, End of Nature, Fear, Focus, Happy, If, Laws and Statutes, Life, Love, Malice, Moment, Mumble, Nibble, Pacify, Poetry and Poems, Present, Quick, Quick Usee, Reason, Reception, Sad, Seasonal, Seek, Spoken, The Cause, Think, Time, Torment, Truth, Unpleasant, Victory, Well Used, Wisdom, Won
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Wandering In the Night
Wandering In the Nightby Michael DoyleWeary souls wandering in the nightIn need of a healing lightWe are not ever truly aloneThanking God, we are not on our ownWe are unburdened from bitternessOur saved souls have felt the tendernessWalking each moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Another One, Bitterness, Childhood, Christ, Days, Done, End, Fee, Final Days, Friend, God, Good, Gratitude, Great, Healing Light, Hell, Instances, Journey, Know, Lives, Lost, Love, Night, Own, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Push, Right Attitude, Saved Souls, Tenderness, Thank, Understood, Walk, Wander, Weary Souls, Worthy
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Enough Pain To Go Around
Enough Pain To Go Aroundby Michael DoyleIf there’s one thingThat I’ve foundIt’s there’s enough painTo go aroundPages of sorrowTears of rageHolding on for tomorrowOn this world’s stageIt’s the state of artOf my darkened heartCalling out across the multiverseI’ve engineered it … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Confess, Confusion, Darkened Heart, Done, Doubt, Dream, Engineer, Enough, Found, Go Around, Hang Tough, Hugging It Out, Huts, Inside, Little Bit, Live, Mess, Miss, Multiverse, Not the Only One, Pages, Pain, Pieces Fit, Poetry and Poems, Primal Scream, Rage, Reverse, Rip Apart, Sorrow, Stage, State of Art, Tears, Tomorrow, World, Wrong Address, Zip Code
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Thought For the Day: Besides the Noble Art of Getting Things Done, There Is the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone. The Wisdom of Life Consists In the Elimination of Nonessentials
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” – Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)
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Tagged Done, Elmiination, Leave, Life, Lin Yutang, Noble Art, Non-Essentials, Thought For the Day, Undone, Wisdom
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First Principles: Let Justice Be Done Though The Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.“ – John Adams (1777)
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Tagged Done, Fall, First Principles, Havens, John Adams, Justce
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A Harper Rises
A Harper Risesby Michael DoyleWhen a harper rises from his slumberAnd whatever the spell that he’s been underHe will find his answers become rightAs though illuminated by the lightNo longer trading in colloquialisms and slightBut speaking only the true, noble, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alibi, Answer, Begun, Brdige, Brink, Clever, Conceive, Crumble, Dare, Done, Endeavor, Faith, Fog, Forget, Good fight, Harper, Humble, Illuminate, Journey, Life, Light, Love, Nobility, Noble, Poetry and Poems, Puzzles, Right, Rise, Saving Grace, Sensibility, Setting Sun, Slumber, Speak, Spell, Stride, Strong, Stumble, Think, Tight, Trade, Tragic Pride, True, Under, Victory, Way, Weak, Winds of Time
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Thought For the Day: The Principal Goal of Education In the Schools Should Be Creating Men and Women Who Are Capable of Doing New Things, Not Simply Repeating What Other Generations Have Done
“The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive, and discoverers, who can … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Create, Critical, Discover, Done, Education, Generations, Inventive, Jean Piaget, Men and Women, New Things, Offered, Principal Goal, Repeat, School, Thought For the Day, Verify
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 