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Thought For the Day: Life Is Not A Problem To Be Solved But A Mystery To Be Lived. Follow the Path That Is No Path, Follow Your Bliss

“Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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Death Revealed Truths

Death Revealed Truthsby Michael DoyleWe don’t get more real than with death.The feeling of this stays until the last breath.If you’re not prepared to succumb and die,We need to focus on the how and the why.If you’re not ready for … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Music Is A Higher Revelation Than All Wisdom and Philosophy. Music Is the Electrical Soil In Which the Spirit Lives, Thinks, and Invents

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

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First Principles: You Are Not Here Merely To Make A Living. You Are Here In Order To Enable the World To Live More Amply, With Greater Vision

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, … Continue reading

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Whispered Words

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading

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Something Beyond Beautiful

Something Beyond Beautifulby Michael DoyleWhen the hurricanes pass me by,And I realize that I did not die.I go to the place where the river flows,That quiet place where nobody goes.I find that passion has ruled my game,And my character has … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: For To Be Free Is Not Merely To Cast Off One’s Chains, But To Live In A Way That Respects and Enhances the Freedom of Others

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” –  Nelson Mandela

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Thought For the Day: I Don’t Know Any Other Way To Live But To Wake Every Day Armed With My Convictions, Not Yielding Them To the Threat of Danger

“I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.” – Wole Soyinka

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Thought For the Day: Consider Your Origins: You Were Not Made To Live As Brutes, But To Follow Virtue and Knowledge

“Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.” – Dante Alighieri

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Thought For the Day: Live In the Sunshine, Swim the Sea, Drink the Wild Air

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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