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In Reverence For Life
In Reverence For Lifeby Michael DoyleFrom out of his humble life and thoughtA reverence for all life was truly soughtDoing his duty to a higher authoritySeeking the best for all of sacred humanityThe human spirit displayed at its bestWhen it … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Adversity, Albert Schweitzer, All of Life, All Things Have A Purpose, Approach, Awe, Bach, Betrayal, Big Business, Church, Civilization, Complete Obedience, Cultivation, Death, Deference, Devastation, Discern, Distinct, Divine, Duty, End of Days, Eschatology, Fails, Familiar, Free Conscience, French, Future, Gentleman, German, Global Security, Golden Rule, Heed, Higher Authority, History, Human Spirit, Humanity, Humble, International Friendship Day, Jesus, Life, Love, Mankind, Material Prosperity, Medical Missionary, Music, Need, Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Bomb, Overpowering, Peace, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Promises of Prosperity, Recall, Respect, Reverence, Right, Right Intention, Sacred, Savage War, Scholar, Seek, Tears, Technology, Test, Theology, Thought, Tremble, True Divinity, Vanity, War's End, World War I, World War Two
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Thought For the Day: Threatening A Temper Tantrum If One Does Not Get What One Wants Belies Any Pretense of Emotional Maturity or Basic Civil Decency
“Democratic leaders seem to have forgotten one of the principal lessons one ought to learn in kindergarten: Threatening a temper tantrum if one does not get what one wants belies any pretense of emotional maturity or basic civil decency.” – … Continue reading
Musing My Articulation
Musing My Articulationby Michael DoyleFilled with intense moments of suspensePut aside as real and yet it’s just pretenseThere is the much to do about all these thingsMusical, be it instrumental or songs I singI approach forward in my matriculationLooking at … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment, All Who Came Before, Amplitude, Articulation, Attack, Attitude, Change, Choice, Composition, Decay, Establish, Exploratory, Feel Deep, Fill, Flourish, Forward, Gratitude, Grounded In, Heaven Sent, Instrumental, Latitude, Matriculation, Moments, Motifs, Muse, Musical, Musical Notation, Myself, Oratory, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Real, Remember, Sing, Single Notes, Sound, Standard, Suspense, Swell, Texture, Things, Timbre, Tone Colors, Travel, True, Voice
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretense of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Americans, First Principles, Future, Government, Happiness, Labor, Predict, Pretense, Prevent, Taking Care, The People, Them, Thomas Jefferson, Wasting
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The God Smiles
A bit of a story about Celtic magic derived from a much larger story: The God Smiles by Michael Doyle The God smiles in sanctification Blessing His love in its purification Lessons taught in the Garden’s tending Such is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Burn, Burning Embers, Celtic, Dawn, Death, Demons, Face, Garden, Go On, Greater, Inside, Learn, Lessons, Life, Love, Magic, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretending, Pretense, Pride, Purification, Rage, Santification, Sleepy Village, Smiles, Taught, Tending, The God, Timbers, Wakes, Wish, Wolf
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On Habits of Soap, Water and Masks
My youngest princess is fond of teasing the truth that we are living history. What a memory this all will be one day won’t it? They’ll be able to say they lived through a global crisis and remember things … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, Antibody, Block, Car, Common Sense, Crowns, Daughters, Destructive, Disabuse, Disrupt, Embrace, Epidemiology, Face, Fancy, Father, Global Crisis, Habit, Learn, Live, Living History, Manipulate, Mask, Me and You, Memory, New Norm, Notion, Opportunity, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Protect, Protein, Safe and Sane, Scientists, Smile, Soap, Soap and Water, Strategy, Trials, Used, Viral, Virus, Wash Our Hands, Water
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