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First Principles: The God Who Gave Us Life, Gave Us Liberty At the Same Time
“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.” – Thomas Jefferson Happy Fourth of July!!
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Tagged Destroy, Disjoin, First Principles, God, Hand of Force, Liberty, Life, Same, Thomas Jefferson, Time
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Speaking Up From the Heart
Speaking Up From the Heartby Michael DoyleSometimes life flies at me undeserved,And my viewpoint seems a bit underservedSo I find myself, as I have from the start,Speaking my mind straight from the heart.We might be in opposition, and that’s okay.But … Continue reading
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Tagged Amicable, Appropriate, Art, Bullies, Capable, Consider the Source, Decide, Deserve, Discourse, Exert, Expert, Grift, Heart, Known, Life, Machine, Mean, Okay, Opposition, Poetry and Poems, Propsition, Pure, Say, Shown, Side, Sold, Speaking My Mind, Speaking Up, Take A Stand, Truth, Underserved, Understand, Undeserved, Viewpoint, Wrong or Right
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Thought For the Day: The Happiness of Your Life Depends On the Quality of Your Thoughts
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts” – Marcus Aurelius
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Tagged Depend, Happiness, Life, Marcus Aurelius, Quality, Thought, Thought For the Day
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Being True To Oneself
Being True To Oneselfby Michael DoyleOne doesn’t need to be a king to wield authority.One only needs to have and possess personal sovereignty.To know that strength lies in one’s personal dignity.And to dare to speak one’s truth with great authority.Hamlet … Continue reading
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Tagged Authoritarian Personality, Authority, Bias, Bookshelf, Brave Heart, Brokered Peace, Challenge, Confusion, Correctly, Crisis, Dare, Delphi Oracle, Door, Echo, Empathy, Errors, Fool, Hamlet, Happy, Honesty, Hour, Imperfect, Indirect, Innate Power, Insight, Integrity, King, Know, Know Thyself, Legacy, Lies and Deceptions, Life, Maaster, Motivation, Nation, Onself, Pathway, Personal Development, Personal Dignity, Personal Growth, Personal Integrity, Personal Sovereignty, Poetry and Poems, Russian Hoax, Self Doubt, Self-Awareness, self-improvement, Self-Serving Deluson, Seneca, Show, Strength, Success, The eft, Tool, True, Trump, Truth, Walk, Wise Man, World
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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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In Moving Pictures
In Moving Picturesby Michael DoyleDrawing on our life’s experienceThere are characters of preference.They serve as molds of imagination.So much of life is pure improvisation.The charm that got us byAs we hustled to give life our try.The shots of the frame-by-frameAre … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistry, Behind, Blow By Blow, Brilliance, Brothers, Brutality, Bullets, Characters, Charm, Chemistry, Cinematic Magic, Dalliance, Deep Dive, Differently, Divine Spark, Draw, Experiment, Fashion of Truth, Feel, Fifty Years, Frame, Friendship, Game, Glory, Grown, Heart, Humility, Hustle, Imagaination, Improvisation, Inspiration, Knights, Known, Life, Life's Experience, Light, Light From Dark, Lights, Love, Mind, Mold, Moving Pictures, Night, Okay, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Pushing Forward, Real, Reverently, Score, Shots, Sin, Sixteen, Spirituality, Story, Switchblade Knife, Visceral, Well, Writing
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As Invincible As the Stars
As Invincible As the Starsby Michael DoyleAnother Father’s Day approaches soon.I think on this under the shining moon.I love talking to each of my daughters,And I realized I’m blessed to be their father.I think on the long drives and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Babies, Blessed, Cars, Catch Fire, Coddled, Daughters, Desire, Eyes, Family, Father, Father's Day, Invincible, Joy, Life, Long Drives, Love, Moon, Poetry and Poems, Stars, Stars Above, Talk, Window, Young Ladies, Youth
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Lapsed Into Vulnerability
Lapsed Into Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleFor most of my life, it’s been grasp and capabilityNow we’ve followed the Silent Generation into vulnerability. Our straightforward path toward security and prosperityLent itself to jaded jokes that were mostly others’ jealousy.The sky was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdity, Age of Austerity, Boomer Generation, Capability, Confident, Easy Stride, Free Ride, Future, Grasp, Imagination, Innovation, Jaded Jokes, Jagged Edges, Jealousy, Jeopardy, Lapse, Life, Nurture, Our Share, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Poverty, Relaxed Feeling, Silent Generation, Social Security, Spending Hawks, Vulnerability
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Inconvenient. Life Is Lumpy. A Lump In the Oatmeal, A Lump In the Throat and A Lump In the Breast Are Not the Same Kind of Lump, One Needs To Learn the Difference.
“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Breast, Coping Mechanism, Difference, Inconvient, Learn, Life, Lump, Oatmeal, Problem, Robert Fulghum, Thought For the Day, Throat
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First Principles: If Their Rejection Brought Reconciliation To the World, What Will Their Acceptance Be But Life From the Dead?
“If their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” – Romans 11:15
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Tagged Acceptance, Dead, First Principles, Life, Reconciliation, Rejection, Romans 11:15, The World, Their
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