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Thought For the Day: If Money Is Your Hope For Independence You Will Never Have It. The Only Real Security That A Man Will Have In This World Is A Reserve of Knowledge, Experience, and Ability
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First Principles: What Is the Most Sacred Duty and the Greatest Source of Our Security In A Republic? An Inviolable Respect for the Constitution and Laws
“What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.” – Alexander Hamilton
For the millionth time, we in the US live in a Republic under the Rule of Law, and not in a Democracy under the rule of the ‘mob’.
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Boudica’s Cry For Freedom
Boudica's Cry For Freedom
by Michael Doyle
In a timeless sense that somehow conspires,
A show of barbarians rising turned up to inspire.
Telling stories about almost heartless empires,
With moral convictions that are as hot as fire.
A sharp whip cracked on Boudica's royal skin
As if trying to save her people was a Roman sin.
A queen and her daughters were exposed to unjust might,
The Eagle claws at her honor on a blood-stained night.
Rising high like a fire into that night's sky,
The Queen of the Iceni was too proud to cry.
The scars of whips and cruelty cannot chain
A people from rising up to break Rome's reign.
Freedom and death spin on the chariot's wheel,
The warriors fight, and the Druids heal.
Queen Boudica wished for freedom's dignity
It could only be found if Rome chose to flee.
When Celtic blood wakes, it will not sleep.
In the sacred groves, war drums reverberate deep.
Andraste's priests die in a whisper of doom,
It's as if the ancient oaks chose to conspire.
Rising high like a fire into that night's sky,
The Queen of the Iceni was too proud to cry.
The scars of whips and cruelty cannot chain
A people from rising up to break Rome's reign.
The boom of remorse spread like thunder had decided
That the Celtic Britons would fight united.
War cries were swallowed by the day's fading light,
Thousands would die that tear-filled, unholy night.
Swords swung, spears flew, river surged of blood,
As the Iceni and Roman bodies lay on the stained mud.
Eyes like ravens looked sharply into the fateful night,
It would be freedom or death and death it was that night.
Rising high like a fire into that night's sky,
The Queen of the Iceni was too proud to cry.
The scars of whips and cruelty cannot chain
A people from rising up to break Rome's reign.
However righteous, there are some battles not to be won.
Some brave dances with death's cruelty can't be undone.
The drumbeat falters, and the rhythm itself breaks,
The souls of Britannia are born for freedom or to ache.
With a last breath, a mother urges her child to run,
That battle was over almost as soon as it was begun.
Listen closely, though, and hear that the drumbeat never dies.
It can still be heard under the East Anglican skies.
Rising high like a fire into that night's sky,
The Queen of the Iceni was too proud to cry.
The scars of whips and cruelty cannot chain
A people from rising up to break Rome's reign.
(c) January 22, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Andraste, Barbians, Boudica, Celtic Blood, Chain, Cry For Freedom, Druid, Empire, Fire, Freedom and Death, History, Honor, Iceni, Moral Conviction, Night's Sky, Poetry and Poems, Queen, Remorse, Roman Sin, Rome, Rome's Reign, The Eagle Claw, Unjust Might, Whip
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Thought For the Day: What Is the Essence of Life? To Serve Others and To Do Good
“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.” – Aristotle
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First Principles: A Little Science Estranges A Man From God; A Lot of Science Brings Him Back
“A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.” – Francis Bacon
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To Unburden the Heart
To Unburden the Heart
by Michael Doyle
We live in a dual age filled with creativity.
But it is also an age of reactivity.
The outcome so much depends on our energy,
As we take every thought into our captivity.
The Lord commands us to push away negativity.
We are to give these over to Jesus immediately.
In spiritual warfare, our armor is worn reflexively,
Be the need to do so offensively or defensively.
The mighty name of Jesus
Speaks to us with majesty
As the Holy Sprit whispers
With the Kingdom's authority.
We are living in and through an age of anxiety.
It is a time filled with much complexity.
Worry and fear are vexatious to our living souls.
It feels as if it is out of our control.
We forget the sacrifice at Calvary
Gave us all our fullest atonement.
It meant everything for you and me.
All toward our good contentment.
At those times we are overwhelmed and feelings rush,
It can cause feelings of overwhelm and be too much.
At times like these, we must pray for calm and trust.
It isn't a mild suggestion, but truly we must.
With prayerful supplication we offer our petition
To the Holy One who well knows our very position.
Casting our concerns on the one we know to care,
Then we rely on our knowledge that He will be fair.
There is a fullness in our holy God.
It comes to deliver us and to save.
His will pulled my sinful self
For my otherwise well-deserved grave.
When we find ourselves feeling downcast,
And are sure we are twenty years before a mast,
We turn to embrace the rightful attitude,
And we know that we owe our Father rightful gratitude.
We keep our eyes peeled for signs of blessing,
And we know this is more than second guessing.
If our Lord is for us, who of consequence can be against?
Let's not sit on the proverbial fence.
We know that there is no one who compares
In the righteousness that He has been given.
The life He gives us is right righteous and fair.
To start with we owe to Him that we are forgiven.
To worry about the what ifs of life leads to sorrow.
We are to live today, and leave alone our tomorrow.
Any seeds of worry should be turned into worship.
We know better and to trust in our holy relationship.
In Christ, there is no longer any shame of condemnation.
He is our redeemer and the essence of our explanation.
The faithfulness of Jesus helps us resist the temptation
To shed His acceptance and keep His love in our contemplation.
Love has replaced pride in a world that can be demanding.
In our conversion, we've learned to not lean on understanding,
But instead in the meekness of confessed humility,
We learn our imperfections are the path of all humanity.
And even now as we struggle forward, we stumble and hesitate
Taking the scripture into our hears as we meditate.
Here in our prayers we find our way to know encouragement,
And through this we have found another layer of discernment.
(c) January 21, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Age, Armor, Bible, Captiviity, Creativity, Energy, Faith, God, Heart, Jesus, Negative, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Reactivity, Spiritual Warfare, Thought, Unburden
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First Principles: The Legislative Department Is Everywhere Extending the Sphere of Its Activity and Drawing All Power Into Its Impetuous Vortex
“The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.” – James Madison
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Thought For the Day: Go, Therefore, To Meet the Foe With Two Objects Before You, Either Victory Or Death
“Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives.” – Scipio Africanus
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Trusting Heart To Health
Trusting Heart To Health
by Michael Doyle
In a complete break from understanding,
Far Left critics feel they must keep demanding
All the details down to the minuscule
That will allow common sense to face its ridicule.
The protest is that there is nothing spiritual
That could ever prove even near capable
Of being of any use in trusting our hearts to health.
It's a role reversal that has no need for stealth.
In the Sixties, it was the Left who talked spirituality
As being that something extra with astute ability
To bring healing to the sick and mending into life
But now, out of a headstrong love for constant strife
Now they choose to talk about a salad bar approach.
It's as if they think interconnections might encroach,
That is, at least, if it's in the slightest disagreement
With the Left's unspoken sense of covenant.
Though I, myself, rely on more conventional institutions,
Why do feminists suddenly get rabid about female intuition?
Self-realization and waking divinity are lacking for me,
Who am I or anyone to say there may not be some utility?
It seems to be that most of the Left spoke of wellness,
As if it were something certain and that we could feel this.
I'm unsure of what to make of the Left's new form of pessimism.
To be completely honest, I believe in individualism.
It strikes me as odd to hear the Left speak ill of slowing down,
And God forbid if you listen to heart intelligence, as if a clown.
It seems the pantheon of articles published pooh-pooh all of this.
If it's not mainstream or Trumpian, it's something to dismiss.
It's not for me, but the author that I have just read
Puts down all that she has previously advocated and said.
The reason she cannot deny is that Trump is for it.
With faulty reasoning like that, what can I do but adore it?
(c) January 20, 2026 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: ‘Tis the Business of Little Minds To Shrink; But He Whose Heart Is Firm, and Whose Conscience Approves His Conduct, Will Pursue His Principles Unto Death
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” – Thomas Paine
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 