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Thought For the Day: Live As If You Were To Die Tomorrow. Learn As If You Were To Live Forever

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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Thought For the Day: Be Advised That All Flatterers Live At the Expense of Those Who Listen To Them

“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” -Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (8 Jul 1621-1695)

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In the End (We Die Alone)

In the End (We Die Alone)by Michael DoyleHarsh words are toldSometimes quietly, sometimes boldThere are a million ways to live your yearsBut it’s best when you free your fearsAnte up to stay in the gameWhatever happened or who is to … Continue reading

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How, Then, Should I Live?

How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading

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Reflections On the Aftertaste

Reflections On the Aftertasteby Michael DoyleIt was just one of those endless nightsI sat feasting on a garden of fried delightsTurning the channel to hear a bit of debateSurreally hoping to help decide the nation’s fateThere on the stage were … Continue reading

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About Trees

About Treesby Michael DoyleDriving through the forestIt can be a bit like a testTo know that they pleaseAs you examine all the treesFrom saplings up to the heightsA million reasons offer delightSome live through the centuriesAll offer their sweet legaciesBranched … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Live and Let Live and Remember This Line: Your Bus’ness Is Your Bus’ness and My Bus’ness Is Mine

“Live and let live, be and let be, / Hear and let hear, see and let see, / Sing and let sing, dance and let dance. … Live and let live and remember this line: / ‘Your bus’ness is your … Continue reading

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Nature and Dignity Earned

Nature and Dignity Earnedby Michael DoyleThere’s a quiet in natureThat you won’t find in the cityIt helps you to think and matureLearning what is and isn’t prettyThis is especially true of the soulAs you learn the value of self-controlBeing where … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: When I Am Asked, “What In Your View Is the Worst Human Rights Problem In the World Today?” I Reply: “Absolute Poverty.”

“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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In An Act of Hope

In An Act of Hopeby Michael DoyleIn an act of hope, we turn to poetryTo capture life’s acts in some capacityIt expands beyond what any language can doTo extend and share my heart’s point of viewWe live in a world … Continue reading

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