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First Principles: I Am A Friend To Righteous Government, To A Government Founded Upon the Principles of Reason and Justice; But I Glory In Avowing My Eternal Enmity To Tyranny
“Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.” – John Hancock
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Tagged Avow, Eternal Enmiity, First Priinciples, Friends, Governmet, John Hancock, Justice, Priinciples, Reason, Righteous Goverrment, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: If You Ask God For A Gift Be Thankful If He Sends Not Diamonds Pearls Or Riches But the Love and Trust of Friends
“Friendship is a precious gift that can’t be bought or sold. It’s value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bought or Sold, Friends, Friendship, Gift, God, Gold, Love and Trust, Marlene Dietrich, Mountain, Precious Gift, Riches, Thought For the Day, Value
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World of Possibility
World of Possibilityby Michael DoyleIn a blind man’s eyesWe can make the worldA lot more wonderful.In a blind man’s eyesWe can make this worldA million shades of beautiful.If only we would try.You know that I don’t lie.Trade your smile for … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Blind Man, Care, Cry, Dare, Do It Or Die, Eyes, Fair, Friends, Give Up, Hand, Hearts, Laugh, Liie, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Shades, Share, Sigh, Smile, Start, Sunny Dial, Together, Try, Wonderful, World
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Sunny Rays For Better Days
Sunny Rays For Better Daysby Michael DoyleAll around the neighborhood,It’s something understood.That it comes down to right attitude,And it comes down to gratitude.Glimpse by glimpse, behind the doors,We find friends we’ve come to adore.Though sometimes, it’s hard to forgive,But we … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Days, Doors, Forgive, Friends, Glimpse, Gratitude, Hello, Hurt, Life, Live, Love, Neighborhood, Poetry and Poems, Relationships, Right Attitude, Sight, Sunny Rays, Undestood, Writing
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The Rise of Cthulhu’s Kingdom
The Rise of Cthulhu’s Kingdomby Michael DoyleI.The world around us is in crisis.Yet it is just as it finds us. Those we call friends try to advise usAbout all the badness they think we need because..Things couldn’t be bad enoughAs … Continue reading
Where Are the Kids’ Bikes?
Where Are the Kids’ Bikes?by Michael DoyleDriving down the suburban streetsIt seems the few kids out are on their feet.What happened to the bikes in my neighborhood?The fun of this, I thought, would be understood.But even as I tried over … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdit, Bikes, Briliance, Computers, Contrary, Daughters, Feet, Forget, Friends, Fund, Health, Kids, Kids Bikes, Lines, Neighborhood, Passe, Poetry and Poems, Protective Helmets, Regret, Resilience, School-Aged Children, Sedentrary, Suburban Streets, Understood
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Thought For the Day: Count Your Age By Friends, Not Years. Count Your Life By Smiles, Not Tears
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
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Tagged Age, Count, Friends, John Lennon, Life, Smiles, Tears, Thought For the Day, Years
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Thought For the Day: Appeasement Is the Policy of Feeding Your Friends To A Crocodile, One At A Time, In Hopes That the Crocodile Will Eat You Last
“‘Appeasement’ is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tagged Appeasement, Crocodile, Feed, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Friends, Hope, Last, Policy, Thought For the Day, Time
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Until It Unfolds
Until It Unfoldsby Michael DoyleLife’s biggest projectsAre a lot to figure out.Life success, not reject.Even the best life has doubt.Because of this or despite this,We don’t want to have a miss.So we find ourselves pressing onUntil all our tomorrows are … Continue reading
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Tagged Access, Artistry, Best and Worst, Best Life, Clarity, Class, Commit, Confront, Despite, Destiny, Different Ways, Doubt, Effort, Elusive, Figure Out, Found, Friends, Grown, Inclusive, Journey, Labor of Love, Learn, Life, Meaning, Miss, Own Human Being, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Press On, Project, Puzzle, Question, Reject, Right End, Scuplt, Shown, Stay, Strength, Sublime, Success, Time, Told, Tomorrow, Trick, Uneasy Process, Unfold, Unknown, Vision, Wade, Words, Worth
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