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The Greater the Miracles
The Greater the Miraclesby Michael DoyleReligion it seems is love’s emotionPersonified and adhered to with devotionFor a person who lives life without reasonHas committed the most personal of treasonsIn the Grand Inquisitor we find rarified poetryIn which passions are taken … Continue reading
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In the Providence of Seneca
In the Providence of Senecaby Michael DoyleIn the age of ancient tyrannyWhen Rome had lost its libertyEven a good man might compromiseFor the partial good seen in his eyesThough at times, it took its tollTo hide his better angels in … Continue reading
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The God Smiles
A bit of a story about Celtic magic derived from a much larger story: The God Smiles by Michael Doyle The God smiles in sanctification Blessing His love in its purification Lessons taught in the Garden’s tending Such is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Burn, Burning Embers, Celtic, Dawn, Death, Demons, Face, Garden, Go On, Greater, Inside, Learn, Lessons, Life, Love, Magic, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretending, Pretense, Pride, Purification, Rage, Santification, Sleepy Village, Smiles, Taught, Tending, The God, Timbers, Wakes, Wish, Wolf
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It’s No Mystery
A thought that occurred to me over and over as I drove through Amish Country yesterday: It’s No Mystery by Michael Doyle Every day that we get to live We have to give what we can give To show that … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting Differences, Adds Up, Amish Country, Answer, Appears, Better, Blessing, Blindness, Brothers, Chance, Change Our Ways, Choose, Conquer, Different Fate, Drive, Each Other, End of Days, Every Day, Feel, Forgotten, Freed, Give, Grateful, Greater, Greatest Commandment, Greet, Hate, Hearts, Help, History, Kindness, Learn, Learn To Love One Another, Learned, Left, Lessons, Let's Talk, Live, Living, Looking Deep, Love, Love One Another, Love the Lord God, Moment, More Faith, Mystery, Need, Open Fist, Page Turned, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Right, Said, Second Guessing, See, Seeing With Another's Eyes, Seeking, Show, Sisters, Smile, Stop Forcing, Sunrise, Surface, Take Hand, Than Fear, This World, Thought, Turn That Page, Understand, Walk Together
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Thought For the Day: The Greater the Difficulty the More Glory In Surmounting It
“The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epictetus
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Tagged Difficulty, Epictetus, Gain, Greater, More Glory, Pilots, Reputation, Skill, Storm, Surmount, Tempest, Thought For the Day
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For Those Beneath
Today is National Wreaths Across America Day, December 21, 2019… please remember in your thoughts and prayers, those who gave all that we might live free. Thank you! For Those Beneath by Michael Romani Sharing a bottle of mental … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Battle, Belief, Beneath, Borne, Brothers, Ceremony, Christmas, Comemoration, Crown, Death, Dismiss, Dream, Driven, Eternal Life, Evergreen, Fallen, Feeble, Figurative, Finish, Flower, Free, Friend, Garland, Gesture, Give, Glory, Greater, Halcyon, Headstone, Heroes, Honor, Hope, Hour, Left, Lives, Lost, Memory, National Wreaths Across America Day, Night, No Greater Love, Peace, Photograph, Pine, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pure, Rage, Reveille, Ring, Row, Salute, Share, Shot, Silent, Sisters, Sol Invctus, Solstice, Story, Strength, Tear, Thoughts and Prayers, Trilithon, Victory, Whiskey, Wind, Wreath, Yalda
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Wisdom Greater Than Kindness
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” – Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)
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Tagged Greater, Jean Jacques Rosseau, Kindness, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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