“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton
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Thought For the Day: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies, Those Transcendent Moments of Awe That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World
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First Principles: The True Liberty of the Press Is Amply Secured By Permitting Every Man To Publish His Opinion; But…Inquire Into the Motives of Such Publications
“The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and dignity of society, to inquire into the motives of such publications, and to distinguish between those which are meant for use and reformation, and with an eye solely to the public good, and those which are intended merely to delude and defame. To the latter description, it is impossible that any good government should afford protection and impunity.” – Thomas Mckean
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Bloodline Embraced
Bloodline Embraced
by Michael Doyle
Away from the fire I hide
As I quietly wait and confide.
The Savior has healed my heart
And this blessing will never depart.
I give thankfulness from this wayward son
For the too many times I thought I was done.
But the Lord has kept me alive and free
Teaching me who it is that I should be.
The promises were given long ago,
My faithfulness led to blessings on my soul.
Fear has surrendered, and I feel brave
As the Lord pulls me from my grave.
A bloodline from Jesus gives freedom
As I take my place in my Father's kingdom.
I bathe in the radiance of His glory,
And I quietly find faith in His story.
The cross stands forevermore,
And I know what's in store.
I raise my hands in loving praise
Jesus is my king for all of my days.
(c) July 26, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Blessing, Bloodlne, eartt, Embrace, Fire, Glory, Hidden, Thankfulness, The Cross, The Savior
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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is About Character – Integrity Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Moral Courage, and the Like. It Is About How We Treat Other People
“Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” – Dennis Prager
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First Principles: Before I Formed You In the Womb I Knew You; Before You Were Born I Set You Apart; I Appointed You As A Prophet To the Nations
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5 NIV
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Tagged Appointment, Birth, First Principles, Formation, Jeremiah 1:5 NIV, Knew, Nations, Personhood, Prophet, Set Apart, Womb
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Thought For the Day: Knowing Your Own Darkness Is the Best Method For Dealing With the Darknesses of Other People
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – Carl Jung
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First Principles: Texas Can Make It Without the United States, But the United States Cannot Make It Without Texas
“Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas”– Sam Houston
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Thought For the Day: The Framers of the Bill of Rights Did Not Purport To ‘Create’ Rights. Rather, They Designed the Bill of Rights To Prohibit Our Government From Infringing Rights and Liberties Presumed To Be Preexisting
“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” – Justice William J. Brennan
First Principles: The Happiness of A People, and the Good Order and Preservation of Civil Government, Essentially Depend On Piety, Religion, and Morality
“The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.” – Fisher Ames
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Open Questions of Opportunity
Open Questions of Opportunity
by Michael Doyle
A landscape of soy and corn
Is grown and has become replete.
In it, a different paradigm is born,
One rejecting the smaller portions of beef.
There is an unhealthiness in the equation.
Leaner foods could redeem the soil and feed the nation.
Instead, we choose the Omega Six over Omega Three.
Doing this, we accidentally choose the inflammatory.
We butcher our way into the unhealthy
And forget our lives were born to be happy.
It comes to a question of life's quality,
And to open up questions of opportunity.
Somewhere on the path of ranching technology
The decision was made to be like a factory.
There something to being more than the cow.
The good and bad of it comes down to the how.
You can go on uncultured by the numbers of science,
But sooner or later, it bothers your conscience.
It kills the pastures to ranch by overgraze,
Poly-cultural farming will give us better days.
We butcher our way into the unhealthy
And forget our lives were born to be happy.
It comes to a question of life's quality,
And to open up questions of opportunity.
(c) July 23, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Beef, Equation, Health, Inflammmation, Landscape, Open Questions, Opportunity, Paradigm, Poetry and Poems, Soil, Soy and Corn, Unhealthiness
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