Tag Archives: Open

Eyes Opened To See

Eyes Opened To Seeby Michael DoyleThere’s an art to living gratitude.It is transformative of our attitude.The habits you adopt as your own,As if nothing can bother the life you own.So much around us easily shatters.It comes down to what really … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Man Will Be Imprisoned In A Room With A Door That’s Unlocked and Opens Inwards; As Long As It Does Not Occur To Him To Pull Rather Than Push

“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Thought For the Day: Since No Man Is Excluded From Calling Upon God the Gate of Salvation is Open To All. There Is Nothing Else To Hinder Us From Entering, But Our Own Unbelief

 “Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief.” – John Calvin

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That I Might Be of Service

That I Might Be of Serviceby Michael DoyleJesus is the holy and sacred nameOf the one who took away my shamePowerful enough to break every chainRefreshing my life like the pouring rainEvery day begins on my kneesTalking to God who … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Keep Moving Forward, Opening New Doors, and Doing New Things, Because We’re Curious and Curiosity Keeps Leading Us Down New Paths

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

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Thought For the Day: A Prison Cell, In Which One Waits, Hopes – and Is Completely Dependent On the Fact That the Door of Freedom Has To Opened From the Outside, Is Not A Bad Picture of Advent

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Library Is An Arena of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into the Soul and A Door Onto the World

“The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.” – Rita Dove

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Thought For the Day: The World Is Full of People Who Have Never, Since Childhood, Met an Open Doorway With an Open Mind

“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.” – E.B. White

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First Principles: The Republican Is the Only Form of Government Which Is Not Eternally At Open Or Secret War With the Rights of Mankind

“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)

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Tomorrow From Yesterday

Tomorrow From Yesterdayby Michael DoyleI’m listening to the memoriesI’m studying all the melodiesI’m listening to a lifetime of soundsQuietly mesmerized by what I’ve foundGoing all the way back to 1965It’s almost before I was aliveHere on the sonic avenue of … Continue reading →

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