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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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In the Hope of Perseverance
In the Hope of Perseveranceby Michael DoyleTo live and love as if ChristI’ll live in His promiseGod’s sacrifice is the gain of ChristThere is no compromiseThe little that I give, does not compareTo the gain in escaping the snareI know … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anchor, Bible, Christ, Consequence, Error, Eternity, Following, Forget, Foundation, Gain, Gift, His Grace, Hope, Live and Love, Momentum, No Compromise, Our Works, Perseverance, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Recompense, Sacrifice, Salvation, Snare, Witness
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First Principles: We Also Glory In Our Sufferings, Because We Know That Suffering Produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character; Character, Hope
“(W)e also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” – Romans 5:3-4
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Tagged Character, First Principles, Glory, Hope, Perseverance, Romans 5:3-4, Suffering
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To Be Understood
To Be Understoodby Michael DoyleWe get carried away by the moonlightForgetting ourselves in the hope of getting it rightThe garden walls throw off our shadowsIn hopes for what we do not truly knowIn all this world’s flight or fight distractionIt … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged AI, Anxiety, Attraction, Box of Chocolates, Carried Away, Chance, Day, Differences, Distraction, Embrace, Feelings, Fight Or Flight, Forget, Garden Walls, Getting It Right, Good, Hint, Hope, Hurray, Illustration, Inch By Inch, Inference, Know, Little By Little, Mask, Moonlight, Okay, Poetry and Poems, Reveal, Romance, Sacred Task, Seen, Shadows, Shyness, Too Much, Touch, True Face, Understood, Valentine
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I Thought Myself An Eagle
I Thought Myself An Eagleby Michael DoyleI thought myself an eagleAnd built me a nest in solitudeAbove where I could watch beautyAnd very few might intrudeThe disappointments I’ve knownHave dried up my springs of hopeI retreat to that comfort shownAnd … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absence of Love, Atone, Beauty, Broken, Comfort, Complement, Connection, Cope, Decision, Defect, Disappointments, Discovery, Eagle, Heart, Hope, Hypertensive World, Imagination, Inside Myself, Intrude, Jouney, Known, Leap of Faith, Life, Moments, Music, My Love, Nest, Notes, Own, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Private Sins, Pulled Apart, Refuge, Retreat, Revea;, Right Direction, Rote, Search, Secrets, Shattered, Shelter, Shown, Solitude, Soul, Spoken, Springs of Hope, Steady Eyes, Surprise, Survive, Talk, Thought, Times, Walk, Watch, Wordless Words, Would-Be Travelers
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So Begins Hope
So Begins Hopeby Michael DoyleSo begins hope for a golden ageWe stand as we turn our pageVowing in integrity to quench our thirstStep by step, we’ll make America firstAs exceptional as America’s past successTruth in challenges is sought in testsAs … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ambition, America, Assassin's Bullet, Bad Policies, Begin, Borders, Candid, Challenges, Compete, Compromise, Country, Dreams, Economy, Excepational, Fight, Free Speech and Thought, Furture, God's Glory, Golden Age, Greatest Danger, Honor, Honor and Promise, Hope, Inflation, Inihbiition, Integrity, Join Hands, Light, Make America First, Merit, Mortal Sin, Nurture, One Nation, Ongoing Tragedy, Pillar, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Quench Our Thrrst, Reach, Reclaim, Red White and Blue, Repair, Restoration, Safety and Freedom, Sense, Step By Step, Success, Test, Thoughts, Time, Trust, Truth, Truth and Justice, Wanton Crime
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Benediction For A New Day
Benediction For A New Dayby Michael DoyleIf it isn’t too demandingMight we live in peace and understandingWith opened eyes might we seeThe path walked within divinityThe wooded trace is sacred groundWaiting for its holiness to be foundWith every step each … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absent, Benediction, Better, Bring, Demanding, Divinity, Every Song, Every Step, Everything, Eyes, God, Grace, Gratitude, Holiness, Hope, Life, Live, Long Road, Love, Mercy, Mistakes, New Day, Nothing, Path, Peace and Understanding, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Sacred Ground, Sing, Soar, Spirits, Walk Together, Walked This Way Before, Wooded Trace
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Virtual Love Song
Virtual Love Songby Michael Doyle She peeked inside my windowTell me how was I to knowFrom outside my hdden shadowWas the heart that would rattle my soul Shaking me into a hope for tomorrowAnd make me forget my sorrowShe’s filling … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Above, Arm In Arm, Beautiful, Best Part, Control, Dreams, Enemy, Forget, Friend, Half-Way, Heart, Hidden, Hope, Know, Love, Magic, Nadia, New Day, Peek, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Rays, Run Away, Shadow, Sorrow, Soul, Start, Stay, Stroll, Sunshine, Tomorrow, Virtual Love Song, Window, World
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