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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiration, Challenge, Come, Dust Ourselves Off, Encounters, Failure, Fallen, Falling Down, First Principles, Giving up, Gods, Grow, Growth Mindset, Humor, Interpreters, Lamp Filament, Learn, Life, Life's Journey, Mistakes, Motivation, Obstacles, Opportunity, Overcome, Perseverance, Personal Growth, Poets, React and Respond, Resilience, Rethinking, Setbacks, Significant Error, Socrates, Stay, Stepping Stones, Success, Suitable Approaches, Surrender, Think, Thomas Edison, Time To Time, Vain, Wise
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Danza Pieta
Danza Pieta by Michael DoyleNoisome crypts jangle the bones of innocenceWhere evil lingers knowing no pretenseOrgan music begins to play in its tonal rangeSomething wicked and something strangeParanoia, whispered fears, and shades of doubtEcho like unfriendly notes raised into a … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, Bones, Cause, Crypt, Danza Pieta, Death, Echo, Evil, Fragility, Imagery, Innocence, Insensibility, Memento Mori, Momento Mori, Organ Music, Paramoia, Philosophy, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Sacred, Sensuality, Stoicism, Terror, Tonal Range, Unfriendly Notes, Vain, Wicked
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Nine Lives
Nine Livesby Michael DoyleIt wasn’t exactly love at first biteBut it took an encouraging inviteShe wanted a man who loved her brainAt long last, the search wasn’t in vainIt was a love affair made for a fewIt was time to … Continue reading
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Tagged After, Alive, Beliefs, Brain, Broken Hearts, Conscience, Disaster, Done, Door, Families, Fate, First Bite, Gone, Grain, Grief, Haiti, Hang On, Hell, Hope, Horde, Invite, Lies, Lives, Love, Love Affair, Love Is Blind, Meant, New Tomorrow, Nine Lives, Optimists, Poetry and Poems, Ripped Apart, Say, Science, Scientist, Secrets, Sense of Humor, Sorrow, Strong, Struggle, Sun, Teeth, Think On, Vain, Way, What For, World
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Calling On God’s Name
Calling On God’s Nameby Michael DoyleIn days like these, we seeThe need to depend on divinityIt’s best that we all recallThat even heroes can topple and fallNow, though the battle feels longerOur brave hearts beat ever strongerFollowing Jesus as our … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Best, Bible, Blame, Brave Hearts, Burning Fires, Call, Calling On God's Name, Christianity, Christians, Dark Moments, Days Like These, Deceit, Defeat, Depend, Divinity, Doubt, Efforts, Eterninty, Even Heroes, Extraordinary, Eyes, Faith, Fall, False Position, Fight On, Final Dominion, Forgotten, Generations, God, God's Children, Good People, Hold Firm, Holy Power, Hope, However Things Look, Insurrection, Jesus, Lift, Longer, Mockers, Poetry and Poems, Ranks, Recall, Reign, Resurrection, Rule of Law, Satan Reigns, See, Stand Tall, Standing Firm, Stout, Strong, The Battle, Through Him, Tremble, True King, Truth of Jesus, Vain, Veneration, Victory, Voice of Victory
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Complexity-Simplified
Complexity Simplifiedby Michael DoyleOf all the things I have in life reservedThe right to peacefulness is deservedI have no need for people who like to cause stressAnd this is something I will readily address2024 will be a year of peace … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, Act Right, Address, Around, Back To the Wall, Backflow, Bring Me Down, Cage-Less, Childish Games, Clear, Complexity, Conflict Free, Conscious, Court, Deserved, Destination, Distinct, Document, Don't Tread On Me, Doubt, Edge, Evidence, Eyes, Foolish, Games, Guitar, Inhumanity, Inked, Intention, Known, Last and Final Warning, Learn, Ledge, Life, Lion, Look, Mane, Mercenary Knight, Mistakes, Need, Once In Your Lifee, Owe, Pack of Lies, Pay, Peace, Peacefulness, Pick On, Poetry and Poems, Price, Profound, Push, Rarified, Reserved, Right, Road Runner, Roll, Route, Shade, Shallowness, Share, Simplified, Sin, Soul, Steer Clear, Stress, Strum, Tale, Tattoo, Time, Transparent, Trite, Tug, Tust, Vain, Vain Effort, Voice, Wasted, Wicked, Wile Y. Coyote, Wonder, World, Writing, Wrong Sort of Man, zoo
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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come, When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Aspiring, Country, Experienced, First Principles, Government, Highest Seats, Need, Patriots, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Time, Vain
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Lamentations Through the Tears
Lamentations Through the Yearsby Michael DoyleBefore my eyes and with my own earsI’ve witnessed miracles in my yearsYet, there have still been times of painWhich have brought lessons, not in vainHard times hit, and they hit hardWith darkness compelling like … Continue reading
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Tagged Cares, Communication, Dependent, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Frustration, God, Hard Times, Heartbreak to Hope, Lamentations, Lessons, Limitation, Miracles, New, Old Testament, Pain, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Psalmist, Relationship, Sovereignty, Submit, Tears, Theology, Vain, Wild Card, Years
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