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In Honor and Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
“If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace. If peace means being complacently adjusted to a deadening status quo, I don’t want peace. If peace means keeping my mouth shut … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence of Conflict, Adjust, All People, Complacent, Deaden, Dominated, Economic, Existence, Exploited, Honor, Humiliated, Justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Peace, Politically, Remembrance, Segregated, Status Quo, Thought For the Day, When Peace Becomes Obnoxious, Willingness
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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient, Attributes of God, Avow, Believe, Christian Religion, Christianity, Equity, Eternal, Existence, First Principles, General Principles, Humanity, Immutable, Independence, John Adams, Modern, The Fathers, Times, Virtue, Wisdom
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Self Awareness Penned In Resurrection
Self Awareness Penned In Resurrectionby Michael DoyleA dull cubicle’s existence jabsLeaving the feel of bruising hopelessnessPondering the future’s uncertaintyLife’s lemons squeezed with a twist of darknessIt’s an endlessly looped sense of stuckTrapped inside a mental simulationWith crushing inertia’s dominant luckSetting … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration, Backward, Bliss, Charm, Chemistry, Clickbait, Corporate World, Creativitiy, Cubicle, Cynicism, Darnkness, Disarm, Distraction, Emotional Hooks, Exhaustion, Existence, Foundation, Free Agency, Hoplessness, Inertia, Intense, Introspection, Legacy, Looped, Lore, Mental Simulation, Millennials, Pen, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Pretenses, Provocative, Reboot Culture, Resurrection, Savagery, Self Awareness, Sentimental, Slate, Stain, Stake, Torment, Treadmill, True Affection, Uncertainty, Unending Din
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Thought For the Day: I Am Grateful For What I Am and Have. My Thanksgiving Is Perpetual.
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this … Continue reading
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Tagged Am and Have, Bank, Breath, Content, Definite, Enjoyment, Existence, Grateful, Henry David Thoreau, Indefinite Riches, Laugh, Perpetual, Possession, Sweet, Thanksgiving, Think, Thought For the Day, Variety, Wealth
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Thought For the Day: The Segregation of the Spiritual Life From the Practical Life Is A Curse That Falls Impartially Upon Both Sides of Our Existence
“The segregation of the spiritual life from the practical life is a curse that falls impartially upon both sides of our existence.” – Lewis Mumford, in Faith for the Living “
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Tagged Both Sides, Curse, Existence, Fall, Lewis Mumford, Practical Lifee, Segregation, Spiritual Life, Thought For the Day
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Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashes
Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashesby Michael DoyleA slit-throat bloodied scarf knows its sacrilegeAs Dorian’s portrait holds his stains like privilegeHiding what’s done in the waters by the river bankIt offers little good to say about position and rankUntil … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn, Cerberus, Darkness, Death, Dorian Gray, Eternity, Existence, Grave, Illumination, Lost Children, Poetry and Poems, Portrait, Prayers, Rank, Reflections, Revelry, River, Scarf, Scarilege, Soul, Tale, Tethered Leashes, Warn
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Thought For the Day: Welfare’s Purpose Should Be To Eliminate, As Far As Possible, the Need For Its Own Existence
“Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Eliminate, Existence, Need, Possible, Purpose, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Welfare
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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity
“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading
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Tagged Above All the Religons, Ancient, Attributes, Avow, Believe, Believed, Christian Religion, Christianity, Equity, Eternal, Exist, Existence, First Principles, General Principles, God, Humanity, Immutable, Independence, John Adams, Modern, Prevail, The Fathers, Virtue, Wisdom
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Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room
Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room by Michael Romani Jackie Rhoades stumbles into age thirty four Like a blemished dot behind the cheap hotel’s door While some men leave a mark of fragmentary existence All Jackie has are traces … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Life, Choice, Existence, Fate, Mirror, Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, The Twilight Zone
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 