Monthly Archives: May 2024

First Principles: Start Children Off On the Way They Should Go, and Even When They Are Old They Will Not Turn From It

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

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An Albatross Weighs Me Down

An Albatross Weighs Me Downby Michael DoyleOnce again, I stand reminded of a weightThat my days are numbered and have a dateOn which no more effort will be to my gainI push forward that my life is not in vainIt … Continue reading

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First Principles: Constitutions of Civil Government Are Not Framed Upon A Calculation of Existing Exigencies, But Upon A Combination of These With the Probable Exigencies of Ages

“Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: How We Spend Our Days Is, of Course, How We Spend Our Lives

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” -Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)

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To Find That One Person

To Find That One Personby Michael DoyleTo find that person in life’s journeyIs instrumental to being happyWith each touch and every kissI know now how much I would truly missIf ever I should not have foundIn this world where no … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Love of A Mother Is the Veil of A Softer Light Between the Heart and the Heavenly Father

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Thought For the Day: The World Is More Malleable Than You Think and It’s Waiting For You To Hammer It Into Shape

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” – Bono, musician and social activist (b. 10 May 1960)

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In Pursuit of Great Expectations

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Life of Every Man Is A Diary In Which He Means To Write One Story, and Writes Another, and His Humblest Hour Is When He Compares the Volume As It Is With What He Vowed To Make It

“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.” -J.M. … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Accumulation of All Powers…In the Same Hands…Whether Hereditary, Self-Appointed, Or Elective, May Justly Be Pronounced the very Definition of Tyranny

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison (1788) This … Continue reading

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