“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Human Life Is To Serve, and To Show Compassion and the Will To Help Others
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First Principles: When It Is Obvious That the Goals Cannot Be Reached, Don’t Adjust the Goals; Adjust the Action Steps
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals; adjust the action steps.” – Confucius
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Thought For the Day: We Do Not Believe In Ourselves Until Someone Reveals That Deep Inside Us Something Is Valuable, Worth Listening To, Worthy of Our Trust, Sacred To Our Touch
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – e.e. cummings
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First Principles: Duty Is Ours, Results Are God’s
“Duty is ours, results are God’s.” – John Quincy Adams
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Their Own Way of Mourning
Their Own Way of Mourning
by Michael Doyle
Out here in the cold mornings of the suck,
Each man learns to burn his own piece of luck.
Each man is more fragile than he seems,
But each of them has a passion for American Dreams.
Still, everyone mourns in their own way,
Some mourn best by being alone.
It's hard to push beyond the day.
A heart becomes little more than a jagged stone.
Pushed to the point of death,
There is little for space than found in faith.
A struggle in life just for breath.
It belongs best to the sacred God of faith.
Our unit holds together as a family,
Believing in the truth of our special community.
We stake to all the sacred rites,
As our eyes search out into the nights.
On the canyon rim, I close my eyes,
And I hear your voice in the word.
Your time came as a complete surprise,
And somehow grieve you less, my friend.
(c) September 2, 2006 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: It Is the Supreme Art of the Teacher To Awaken Joy In Creative Expression and Knowledge
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
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First Principles: In A Representative Republic, the Education of Our Children Must Be of the Utmost Importance
“In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!” – James Monroe
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Deeply Held Beliefs
Deeply Held Beliefs
by Michael Doyle
To the disbelief of our Father's Kingdom,
Satanists are sneaking in through religious freedom.
Though religious freedom is rather simple,
I cannot find myself supporting the Satanic Temple.
Only to the godless is this farcical.
It is not only Christians who are satirical.
But there is a moment in the confluence,
And designed for its dark influence.
Lucien Greaves has deeply held beliefs,
And for this I will not give him any grief.
Satan is held as the ultimate rebel against tyranny,
But we know that licentiousness destroys liberty.
The Temple went after the Baptists of Westboro.
They were hoping their infamy would grow.
And indeed it did, for the Devil told them so.
Blasphemy was the personal offense to grow.
Hidden behind religious expression
Was the desire to keep refined pluralism,
And direct the single ghastly impression -
That to be evil is to live for happiness, not depression.
To live this life is to live for Satan's renewal
And to hold this blatant mockery as a crown jewel.
Satanism is meant to be part of the culture wars.
It is to overthrow repressive tradition and social morals.
Referenced as it is as a form of liberation,
Satanism is cast as Liberty's revelation.
Spoken as if by possessed voices,
Worshippers speak of this as exercising free choice.
Absent this, they say we are kept in the chains of slavery,
And it only takes a willing slave to be up to knavery.
Nobody wants to be a useful sort of foolish tool.
Evil or divine, no one wants to be played for fools.
And yet by embracing these concepts as they appear,
There are indeed fools who travel from far and near.
This is a black rebellion against challenged authority.
They would keep the darkness in all of its religiosity.
There are the ways of partial and pastoral blasphemy,
Filled with nostalgia for the chains of perversity
This is, indeed, what it takes to be locked in the sadness,
And to surrender one's soul to Lucifer's madness.
(c) Sepbember 1, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: All We Have To Decide Is What To Do With the Time That Is Given Us
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J.R.R.Tolkien
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First Principles: The Future and Success of America Is Not In This Constitution, But In the Laws of God Upon Which This Constitution Is Founded
“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” – James Madison
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