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Thought For the Day: The False Theory of Progress Maintains That We Alter the Test Instead of Trying To Pass the Test
“The false theory of progress maintains that we alter the test instead of trying to pass the test.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
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Tagged Alter, False Theory, G.K. Chesterton, Maintain, Pass, Progress, Test, Thought For the Day
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The Knife Slipped In
The Knife Slipped In by Michael DoyleWith the surrender of human freedomThe therapeutic class becomes a fiefdomEach criminal a victim of circumstanceSimply put they have become marionettes of happenstanceThose meant to help come to equally defendWith the incomes and career … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Elite, Arguments, Asian-American Achievement, Bereavement, Blame, Blind Eye, Bureaucratic Price, Citizens, Civil Society Understood, Colorless Technocrats, Conditions, Constantly Forgiving, Criminal, Daily Stresses of Living, Defend, Depend, Endless Cycle, Fate, Fault, Fiefdom, Government, Happenstance, Help, Human Freedom, Incomes and Career, Justification, Knife, Lawless Conensus, Marionettes, Mask, Mentality, Mother, Partisan, Pass, Passivity, Permanent Wards, Pessimism, Philosophical Decomposition, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Reactivsm, Receptivity, Reduced to Subjets, Removed, Responsibility, Risk and Liberty, Role, Self-Confessed, Self-Interest, Self-Serving, Serfs, Simple Advice, Slipped, Speech and Freedom, Spooned Out Good, Surrender, Therapeutic Class, Towards, Underclass, Vapid Rationalization, Victim of Circumstance, Victimhood, View, Virtual Cuckoo's Nest, Virtue, Virtue Signaling, Welfare State, Will
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Dollar Rich (Soul Poor)
Dollar Rich (Soul Poor)by Michael DoyleYou can live life on the stealthHaving unbounded amounts of wealthAnd if you have no one to live forYou may be dollar rich, but you’re still poorYou can own precious gems and artThings that some … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Same, Art, Dollar Rich, Dreaming, Engraved, Eyes, Glass, Hold On Tight, Life, Locket, Love, Make Life Alirght, Moon, No One To Live For, One True Love, Only Thing, Part, Pass, Pocket, Poetry and Poems, Precious Gems, Search, Shine Above, Someone Speical, Soul Poor, Stealh, Swear, Three Words, Tiffany, To Be Loved and Love Back, Wealth, What and Who You Love, What Life is For, Without Love, Words, World
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Truth In Gratitude
Truth In Gratitudeby Michael DoyleIt isn’t just a thoughtBut the needed actionActing in rightful gratitudeBrings its satisfactionThankfulness is the beginningOf the truest gratitudeIt’s the fat chance that’s thinningUnless given in the right attitudeStruck as we are on life’s tread millWe … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Action Step, All Right, Beginning, Bits, Breath, Chosen, Confession, Darkness, Discerning, Fat Chance, Follow, Given, Gratitude, Know, Learn, Lessons, Life, Light, Mindfulness, Need, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Progression, Right, Right Attitude, Satisfaction, Self Made, Struck, Thankfulness, Thinning, Thought, Torments, Tread Mill, Truth, Unclean Moments
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Christeaster Christians
Christeaster Christiansby Michael DoyleChristeaster ChristiansWithout real meaningTwice a yearFind their way homeChrister ChristiansIn their presence beingBubbled in their tearsFeel lost and aloneMiracles prayed forWithout believingFind their own wayHitting hard without courageThere must be moreDespite the deceivingCan it be felt todayLived … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Believe, Christians, Christmas, Courage, Deceive, Declare, Easter, Encourage, Endure, Find, God, Hitting Hard, Home, Hope, Live Again, Love, Meaning, Miracles, More, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Presence, Pure, Square, Steps, Surrender, Tears, Today, Twice, Way
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And Suddenly…
And Suddenly…by Michael DoyleAnd suddenly, I was the guy on the floorThe pain in my chestToo difficult to ignoreThe daughters stood thereIn frozen frames of timeBeing brave despite their fearWould daddy live to share another rhyme?Dear Lord, don’t let me … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Day, As All Men, Being Brave, Brave, Break, Breathe, Breathing Shallow, Chest, Clinging Closely, Daddy, Daughters, Dear Lord, Defiantly, Don't Let me Be Gone, Don't Let Me Die, Explosive, Feeling, Feeling Sorry, For the Grave, Force, God, Guy On the Floor, Holding Close, Holding On, Hopeful, Ignore, In Every Way, Into, Into My Source, Live, Looking Deeply, Meaning, My Daughters Eyes, My Heart's Fibers, My Love, Of My Mistakes, Only God's Help, Pain, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pushing Back, Quietly Begging, Reaching Deep, Save, See Them, Share, Sigh, Speaking Encouraging Words, Suddenly, Their Fear, Their Voices, There, This Test, Too Difficult, Truth, Unready, What I Would Give, Whispered Softly
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Long Time, No Talk
Long Time, No Talkby Michael DoyleThough the Lord is my shepherdI think you know, Lord, that it’s inferredThat though I should not, yet I doIt’s been a long time since I’ve talked to youStanding as I am amidst life’s mysteryWondering … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment, Alone, Anchor, Attitude, Best, Daily, Deep Conversation, Demands, Desperate, Do, Eyes, Face to Face, Father, Fill, Grace, Gratitude, Harmony, Heal, Heart, Infer, Inquisition, Keep Things Real, Know, Life, Long Time, Lord, Marvel, Melody, Mind, Mystery, Need, No Talk, Open, Pass, Passes, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polite Society, Prodigal Son, Propriety, Questions, See, Shepherd, Time, Too Late, We, Welcome, Yet
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The Solace of Life’s Magnitude
The Solace of Life’s Magnitudeby Michael DoyleI’ve never quite decided the tragedyIn the inches of life’s comedyIt’s all just another way to dieQuite laughable in how it brings another cryThere in the bullet that’s firedIs the bang up finish that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Allow, Another Way To Die, Balance, Bleed Out, Breath, Bullet, Chase, Coincidences, Collide, Comedy, Conspiracy, Conspire, Crash, Cry, Daily, Desperate, Doubt, Embrace, Faces, Finish, Fire, Full Stop, Hard, History, Hold, Impossible To Fake, Inches, Last Inning, Laugh, Life, Living, Lock of Hair, Loud, Magnitude, Marvel, Mystery, Pain, Pass, Photograph, Picked Lock, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Questions, Reason, Scratch, Search, Secrets, Sentimental, Shroud, Slow To Heal, Solace, Surrender, Take It, Tragedy, Wound, Wounds
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From Condemnation To Redemption
Based in part on Romans 8: From Condemnation To Redemption by Michael Doyle In Christ Jesus There is no condemnation The blessings of Jesus Bring our firm redemption Whatever the struggles had The storms pass in safety Finding joy even … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Belong, Betrayal, Blessings, Cherish, Christ, Christ Jesus, Condemnation, Contemplation, Deep, Depravity, Deserved Share, Divine Love, Do Right, Firm, God's Love, God's Path, Had, Harbor, His Light, Jesus, Joy, Judas Kiss, Know, Life, Mercy, Misery, Pass, Peace, Perish, Photorgraph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Purity, Receive, Redemption, Romans, Sad, Salvation, Security, Set Free, Share, Sinful World, Sins, Storms, Strong, Struggles, The Lord, Truth, Victory, Walk, Words, Wrongs
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