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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter and Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

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Thought For the Day: Elegance Is When the Inside Is As Beautiful As the Outside

“Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.” – Coco Chanel

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Thought For the Day: Knowing Your Own Darkness Is the Best Method For Dealing With the Darknesses of Other People

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself … Continue reading →

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Heart Made Whole

Heart Made Wholeby Michael DoyleIn the pain of endless moments,There are times of sheer torment.The things accidentally said,These echo roundabout in my head.Worse yet are the things I’ve seen.Sights that destroy my inner being.Painful recollections from the startAre the scars … Continue reading →

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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter and Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln (Look at the election results in NYC, Seattle, Portland, and elsewhere. We are voting in … Continue reading →

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First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter And Lose Our Freedoms, It will Because We Destroyed Ourselves

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’ – Abraham Lincoln

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The Great American Train Song

The Great American Train Songby Michael DoyleSometimes words come out stiltedLeaving heads hung and tiltedListening as the lonesome whistle blowsSuddenly, we’re all raggedy hobosAs we wonder to ourselves where time has goneWasn’t it just yesterday when trains rolled onSomewhere down … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Best Way To Renew Thought Is To Outside the Human Imagination

“The best way to renew thought is to go outside the human imagination.” —Bernard Werber

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Separate Lives

Separate Livesby Michael DoyleWhat we know is so littleAnd we’re feeling stuck in the middleIt’s said that is a perfect scoreFor life; we still want morePlaying chutes and ladders in the corporateFrom the outside, it seems something desperateThere’s some room … Continue reading →

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Gifts On this Morn

Gifts On This Mornby Michael DoyleIt’s just how it is since we were bornWe await the superficial gifts of this mornExcited eyes search around the Christmas treeWondering what presents are for you and meThen when all the gifts have been … Continue reading →

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