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Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part II
Dedicated To A Half Remembered Lorax, Part IIIby Michael DoyleHowever much some point out their clarityA dreamer remains undeterred by realityEven when it seems everyone is living culpableIt never stops quixotic dreams of the impossibleFloating as it is into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottom-Line, Clarity, Culpable, Days, Death, Dedicate, Devastation, Devine, Dreamer, Dreams, Essence, Falls, Fire, Force Multiplier, Future Shock, Greed, Impossible, Last Breath, Last Hope, Lean, Lessons, Lorax, Mean, Mustard Seed, Nature and Trees, Need, Page, Perfect, Plays, Plead, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Rainbow, Reality, Shot, Sorrow, Soul, Stage, Success, Tomorrow, Truth, Vibes, Win, World, Worthy Thought, Zen
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Thought For the Day: The Lust For Comfort Murders the Passions of the Soul
“The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul.” – Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (6 Jan 1883-1931)
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Tagged Comfort, Kahlil Gibran, Lust, Murder, Passion, Soul, Thought For the Day
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Birds Aren’t Real
Birds Aren’t Realby Michael DoyleSpoken with a sense of zealIs the thought, “Birds Aren’t Real”Youth joins together to upendA disturbing sort of the worse trendIn an age of misinformationGen Z links arms across the nationEngaged in a case of absurdismWith … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdism, Admit, America, Banality, Birds, Birds Aren't Real, Charm, Collaboration, Conspiracy Theory, Construct, Cosplay, Diet, Drone, Engage, Enthusiasm, Fabricate, Falsity, Fiction, Friction, Frustration, Gateway, Gen Z, Good For the Soul, Growing Up, History, Improvement, Internet Age, Irreverence, Laugh, Line, Lunacy, Mad, Madness, McIndoe, Misniformation, Nation, Opportunity, Parody, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Process, Rabbit Holes, Rage, Real, Reddit, Remote Control, Sadness, Social Media, Social Mirror, Social Movement, Soul, Talk, Theory, Trend, Upend, Viewpoint, Walk, World, Youth, Zeal
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A Tale of Two Kings
A Tale of Two Kingsby Michael DoyleWatching as our days unfoldInto the stories yet untoldLife is a gift for us to liveIn taking less than we have to giveLet’s not let the Grinch steal ChristmasNo snarling sneer will stop this … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Baby, Best, Cheer, Christmas, Christmas Story, Confess, Death, Deception, Egypt, Evil, Fail, Fate, Fear, Forfeit, Gift, Gift of Gab, Give, Glory, God, Gold, Grinch, Hatred, Herod the Great, History, Impression, Insecurity, Joy, King of the Jews, Kingdom, Kings, Life, Live, Mary, Mass, Mirage, Myrrh, narcissistic, Nothing, Obsession, Poetry and Poems, Posession, Power, Preoccupation, Prestige, Prevail, Pride, Riches, Rule, Salvation, Savior, Separation, Serve, Sigh, Sin, Sneer, Soul, Strife, Surrender, Taking Less, Tale, Test, The Magi, Two, Tyranny, Unfold, Untold, Violence, Watch, Ways
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She Says…
She Says…by Michael DoyleAll the ugly truthsThat have tried to push her backHave tripped her up, since her youthUntil grace gave her all she might lackThoughts of how abundance increasesGave her the hope to move on pastIn her story filled … Continue reading
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Tagged Abudance, Admit, Back, Bad Choices, Brave, Broken Pieces, Claim, Confusion, Control, Faith, Glory, God, Gold, Good Man, Grace, Heart, Hell, Her Love, Honest Soul, Hope, Illusion, Life, Lights Up, Love, Need, Pain, Past, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Push, Rain, Sad, Scar, She Says, Shine, Smile, Sometimes, Soul, Stars, Still Small Voice, Story, Tale, Tears, Tell, Trick, Tripped, Trust, Ugly Truths, Unafraid, Victory, Voices, Walked, Youth
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Forgiveness Is…
Forgiveness Is…by Michael DoyleForgiveness is…Giving up on the thoughtOf some mythical better pastForgiveness is…Where reduction of negativity is soughtBecoming free from the pain that shouldn’t lastForgiveness is…Giving up on all the rageFor a return to a more moral communityForgiveness is…The … Continue reading
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Tagged Becoming Free, Better Past, Capacity, Ego, Emotion, Finding Peace, Forgiveness, Free, Healing, Heart, Injury, Last, Let Go, Long Run, Moral Community, Moving Past, Myth, Need, Needed, Negativity, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Reduction, Return, Reveal, Rise Above, Soul, The Light, Thought, To Find, To Live, To Love, Turning of the Page, Wrongs Done
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Discernment Revisited
Discernment Revisitedby Michael DoyleI guess that’s the dealLetting Jesus take the wheelLike the wisdom of Solomon’s sealIt is what keeps it realGoing deep into the ScriptureWe find the things of GodSurrendering in devotion to ScriptureWe recommit to the ways of … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Decisions, Buoyancy, Deep, Demanding, Destination, Devastation, Deviation, Devotion, Dimension, Discernment, Distracted, Do the Math, Drive, Dwell, Elimination, Eyes Set, Footing, God Is In Control, Grace, Grow Strong, Impediment, Inclination, Insecurity, Jesus, Know, Living, Lose, Loss, Maturity, Meander, Mindful, Narrow Path, Overestimation, Path, Personal Inadequcy, Played, Poetry and Poems, Prayed, Pressures of Life, Pushing Through, Put Aside, Real, Recommit, Reconsideration, Refuse, Revisited, Rhyme, Right Sentiment, Satan, Scripture, Serve, Significance, Slip, Solomon's Seal, Soul, Stay, Stay On the Path, Strive, Surrender, The Deal, Things of God, Thoughts, Time To Time, Tool, Tragic, Tricks, Truth, Understanding, Undiminished, Ways of God, Wheel, Wisdom, Words, Wrong Emphasis
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The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fallby Michael DoyleThe harder they fallEither side of the lawIt’s the repeat and callIn the nature of it allSins of the fathers growIn a deeper shade of shadowDarker than the blackest blackIt’s righteousness they lackTwo sides of … Continue reading
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