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Tag Archives: Lesson
Lessons From Life’s Jungles
There are laws that are met in all jungles be these forested or concrete. The two most vital are survival and truth. Lessons From Life’s Jungles by Michael Doyle The jungle has two laws Survival and truth There is no … Continue reading
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To Keep the Sacred Near
A look at life’s lessons. To Keep the Sacred Near by Michael Doyle Life thrusts us into situations Thigh deep in aggravations But then there’s a lesson even in that One felt deep even if you’re not an empath Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggravations, Another Day, Bambi, Care, Country, Dear, Doe, Doesn't Really Matter, Empath, Endless Days, Eyeball, Eyes, Felt Deep, Go Far, Good Enough, Heart, Holding On, Home, Instinct, Keep, Last Night, Learn, Lesson, Lessons, Life, Mortality, Near, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Realization, Sacred, See, Situation, Slip By, Spare, Surprise, Thigh Deep, Thrust, Time, True, Wonder, Yearling
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All Life Is Sacred
Perhaps I repeat myself in saying that elevating one skin tone or sex over another is as wrong as having the first offense kept in place. Love and respect for each other is what is needed. All lives are sacred. … Continue reading
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A Summer Breeze Calls
Situational haiku or maybe just something from the place I photographed today… A Summer Breeze Calls by Michael Doyle A summer breeze calls Passing joyfully today Butterflies drift by Dragonfly alights Resting on a steady branch Offering comfort Goldfinch says … Continue reading
The Good of the Middle
Complex isn’t it? Good in the bad; bad in the good. And we swear our allegiance to one or the other while seemingly never getting it completely right. The Good of the Middle by Michael Doyle Is man good Or, … Continue reading
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Texas 1836
I have always found American history fascinating in all of our legends and tales, tall or not. https://flic.kr/p/rcGaxj Texas 1836 by Michael Doyle Texas, Eighteen Hundred Thirty Six Thousands of Americans invited in Finding their place in desert sand and … Continue reading
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Guarding Against Faction
Today’s poem about American history speaks on some basic principles as set out in largely in Federalist Paper Number 10 in which we choose to become a republic and not a democracy to protection of nation from the encroachment of … Continue reading
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A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty
May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet … Continue reading
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