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Art and the Artist
Art and the Artistby Michael DoyleIt isn’t much of a choiceAn artist must feel their voice.Of course, money means something,But it’s in no way everything.It’s better to go down in gloryThan to never live one’s story.The fight is the undivided … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Choice, Control, Critics, Feel, Glory, Meaning, Money, Music, Plugging In, Poet, Poetry and Peoms, Pound, Snip, Story, The Artist, The Collective, The Fight, Tragically Unhip, Undivided Soul, Voice, Write
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Thought For the Day: The One Who Plants Trees, Knowing That He Will Never Sit In Their Shade, Has At Least Started To Understand the Meaning of Life
“The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.“ – Rabindranath Tagore
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Tagged Thought For the Day, Meaning, Understanding, Start, Tree, Rabindranath Tagore, Shade, Planter, lLife, Knwledge
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Belonging To the Father
Belonging To the Fatherby Michael DoyleThe scriptures are perhaps the most influentialWords ever written, and arguably the most beneficial.As its pages have shaped the best of humanity’s culture,It has been a book of controversy and of nurture.The Bible’s pages have … Continue reading
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Tagged Belong, Beneficial, Bible, Bond, Burning Bush, Christianity, Context, Controversy, Core Belief, Craft, Culture, Door, Experience, Faith, Father In Heaven, God, God's Name, House of Light, Humanity, IInetntion, Influence, Jesus, Judaism, Lord's Prayer, Meaning, Moses, Mudbrick, Mystery, Narrow Place, Nurture, Obedience, Pages, Pharoah, Poetry and Poems, Power, Redemption, Relatonship, Scripture, Sheep and Goats, Slavery, Soon, Teachings, Tests of Time, The Father, Time, Understanding, Whatever Will Be, Words, Worshp
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Thought For the Day: The Meaning of Life Is To Find Your Gift. The Purpose of Life Is To Give It Away
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
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Tagged Find, Gift, Give It Away, Lfe, Meaning, Pablo Piicasso, Purpose of Liife, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: We Are Not Determined By Our Experiences, But Are Self-Determined By the Meaning We Give To Them
“We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Adler, Ascribe, Basis, Certain, Degree, Determiination, Experience, Future Life, Meaning, Misguided, Situation, Thought For the Day
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My Most Meaningful Bond
My Most Meaningful Bondby Michael DoyleIn this age where the hard Left seeks to divide,I know that I always want my daughters by my side.I read to them nightly while they were in the womb,And by my side, there will … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Without Continual Growth and Progress, Such Words As Improvement, Achievement, and Success Have No Meaning
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin Whether your New Year’s resolutions be based on virtues as Franklin chose or some other set of goals, his system is nearly … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievement, Benjamin Franklin, Continual Growth, Goals, Improvement, Meaning, Progress, Resolutions, Success, Thought For the Day, Words
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In the Complexity of This World
In the Complexity of This Worldby Michael DoyleAnger and other toxic emotionsCan linger with all their commotion.All of these feelings are indwelling,And are in our control. God willing.We grow up as boys in the hood,But the hope is that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Boys In the Hood, Commotion, Complexity, Control, Depth, Feelings, God Williing, Hope, Indwelling, Meaning, Mr. Rogers, Opportunities To Grow, Poetry and Poems, Saint, Snapshot, Step, Talked, The Bible, Toxic Emotions, Understood, Walked, Words
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It Feasts On Fear
It Feasts On Fearby Michael DoyleI.Watch for signs of corruption in the morning,In all the troubles that come without warning.American Sign Language signals the meaningOf all the challenges for us human beings.Small towns brush life with their mercy,Sipping whiskey from … Continue reading
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Tagged American Sign Language, Anxiety, Challenges, Drry, Evil, Fear, Feast, Hennessy, Human Bengs, It, Kid, Life, Meaning, Mercy, Narrowly, Night, Poetry and Poems, Pout, Signal, Small Town, Solitude, Trouble, Vice, Warning, Whiskey, Writing
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