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Thought For the Day: Never Worry About Numbers. Help One Person At A Time and Always Start With the Person Nearest You

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa

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Thought For the Day: Never Worry About Numbers. Help One Person At A Time, and Always Start With the Person Nearest You

“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.”– Mother Theresa

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Like A Velvet Snare

Like A Velvet Snareby Michael DoyleShe looked at meWith the eyes of an angelI was worried there’d beSome kind of angleI put my guard upShe dropped it with a smileBefore I knew what was upThere could be no denialI knew … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Don’t Worry That Children Never Listen To You; Worry That They Are Always Watching You

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum, author (b. 4 Jun 1937)

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Thought For the Day: You Can’t Change the Past, But You Can Ruin the Present By Worrying About the Future “You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.”– Isak Dinesen (pen name … Continue reading

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The Love In Your Eyes

The Love In Your Eyesby Michael DoyleWe look for love in the life we embraceWe struggle to find our footing in this placeThere is nothing left for us to explainHow it is that we’ve walked past life’s painThe struggles that … Continue reading

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A Wood Dragon’s Cosmology

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmologyby Michael DoyleThe time spent quietly comes to its endIt’s been another year of pleasant enough livingHaving found my best habits and friendsAnd it has been another year of peacefully givingBut in truth it has been yet … Continue reading

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A Sunrise Journey

A Sunrise Journeyby Michael DoyleClouds hang high in the morning skyAs if painted for the poet’s eyeThere’s a journey undertaken by the heartWhere the holiest of holy finds its startLike a seagull traveling light on its journeyA soul travels reaching … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Perhaps Travel Cannot Prevent Bigotry, But By Demonstrating That All Peoples Cry, Laugh, Eat, Worry, and Die,…If We Try…We May Even Become Friends

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” -Maya Angelou, poet (4 Apr … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill-Turned Vaccination

Na/GloPoWriMo #20: Sijo For An Ill Turned Vaccinationby Michael DoyleFather, will you be alright? But of course, I will my dearsWith one hundred three point three, who might I fooling?The fire blazes hot inside, but not as deep as my … Continue reading

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