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Thought For the Day: There Is No Other Salvation Except That Which Begins and Ends With Grace
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First Principles: For God So Loved the World That He Gave His One and Only Son, That Whoever Believes In Him Shall Not Perish But Have Eternal Life
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
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Love and Mutuality
Love and Mutuality
by Michael Doyle
Love, respect, and mutuality
Are words thrown around with meaning.
They add up to the commonality
Of life relatable to human beings.
Do we choose love on purpose?
Or is love a beautiful accident?
I don't mean to do love a disservice
But it seems it's often a matter of coincident.
It is a matter of things coming together,
And then, as if by magic, life feels better.
We who believe in romance find this provident.
It feels to us as if love is heaven-sent.
Smiles shared often lead to friendly laughter,
And that's charming for here-ever-after.
Mutuality requires patience in our affection,
And this then helps build our connection.
Those we love change weakness into strength,
And this is amazing at the end of a day's length.
We find life best when our lover is our ally,
As it makes for the goodness of life, we cannot deny.
It is a matter of things coming together,
And then, as if by magic, life feels better.
We who believe in romance find this provident.
It feels to us as if love is heaven-sent.
If the one we love can make good from our bad,
Maybe then, life can be happier than feeling sad?
And if in our lover we have someone who can conceive
The best in us is then what they happily believe.
We find that a life well lived is less lonely,
And the truth of this makes us smile as we think only
That when tomorrow comes, we will be there with our one
This is, after all, the best of life said and done.
It is a matter of things coming together,
And then, as if by magic, life feels better.
We who believe in romance find this provident.
It feels to us as if love is heaven-sent.
(c) March 21, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: You Will Accomplish More By Kind Words and A Courteous Manner Than By Anger Or Sharp Rebuke, Which Should Never Be Used Except In Necessity
“You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.” – Angela Merici
First Principles: Now More Than Ever, the People Are Responsible For the Character of Their Congress. If That Body Be Ignorant, Reckless, and Corrupt, It Is Because the People Tolerate Ignorance, Recklessness, and Corruption
“Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. . . . If the next centennial does not find us a great nation . . . it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.” – James Garfield
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Waking Up the Summer of Love
Waking up from the Summer of Love
by Michael Doyle
Love is more than sexual annexation,
And maybe that's why some hold vexation,
That's what passes off as animalistic desire
Comes off cold and in need of some fire.
Love and lust are more than curiosity.
Tactless plays at desire hold no chemistry.
It takes the obvious need for connection,
And it is so much deeper than a juvenile erection.
It seems some find it a fragrant mystery,
The Summer of Love has lost its intensity.
They seek romance and get degeneration,
It's the futility of an enraged generation.
Too often, the elements of romance are missing.
It takes more than groping and excitable kissing.
The dirty hippy generation with their love-ins,
Only got to the commission and omissions of sins.
The question of what love truly is was a question
They only approached with the most juvenile hesitation.
When a generation by and large finds romance just for fun,
The premise of finding love is a stuck fork of being done.
It seems some find it a fragrant mystery,
The Summer of Love has lost its intensity.
They seek romance and get degeneration,
It's the futility of an enraged generation.
Sex, money, and endless mental-health struggles
Are the latest rage, and love isn't in this jungle.
Sadly, love and intimacy bring the truest equality.
Without romance, there cannot be the needed intimacy.
The scripts and cues of the romantic relationship,
Has been lost in the hub where all fall for worship.
However deviant and skewered by what leads to sorrow,
If love doesn't get its mojo back, there's no tomorrow.
It seems some find it a fragrant mystery,
The Summer of Love has lost its intensity.
They seek romance and get degeneration,
It's the futility of an enraged generation.
(c) March 20, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Chemistry, Connection, Curiosity, Desire, Fire, Love, Love and Lust, Poetry and Poems, Romance, Sexual Annexatioin, Summer of Love, Vexaton, Waking Up
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First Principles: Don’t Expect To Build Up the Weak By Pulling Down the Strong
“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge
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Thought For the Day: You Make Each Day A Special Day. You Know How, By Just Your Being You
“You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.” – Fred Rogers
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Dancing With Ghosts
Dancing With Ghosts
by Michael Doyle
In spaces where war is thought of as glory
There are legends that make for great story.
Those of us who have fought for our nation
Know this as a fantastic conversation.
Around the fire, it's meant to endlessly inspire
So that in battle, we will not tire.
At least not so much as to give up the fight,
As endlessly as it can last into the night.
We find ourselves moving toward
The fights and ever forward,
All so we would never be flanked.
The marks of battle reach truth fully ranked.
Death comes too often at our completion.
It often comes quietly and without apt explanation.
At least, not the acceptable kind,
But the truth found can leave you half blind.
Though it's easier not to think or feel,
The worst truth is that some monsters are real.
They strike quietly n the silence of the night,
And are gone before the morning's light.
On the back country pathways,
Can be evaded for many days
We hide away our treasures in a hidden cave,
Keeping away the memories we live to save.
When we begin to live our nightmare
In the day, we begin to forget why we care.
Maybe that's the thing of war we miss most,
The way we find ourselves dancing with ghosts.
(c) March 19, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Meet Someone Who Can Fix Any Situation You Don’t Like… Look Into A Mirror, Then Say This Word: “Hello”
“If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don’t like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other people say or believe, look in a mirror, then say this magic word: ‘Hello.'” -Richard Bach
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