Monthly Archives: September 2024

To Delight In Becoming Complete

To Delight In Becoming Completeby Michael Doyle We thank you for the glory you let us liveAll of the sins that you found to forgiveBy your Spirit, I think on things I’ve saidI thank you for where your path has … Continue reading

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First Principles: We Have Staked the Future of All Our Political Constitutions Upon the Capacity of Each of Ourselves To Govern Ourselves According To the Moral Principles of the Ten Commandments

“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: There Are Conditions of Blindness So Voluntary That They Become Complicity

“There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity.” – Paul Bourget

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Unburdened (A Quest For Inner Peace)

Unburdened (A Quest For Inner Peace)by Michael DoyleUnburdened by what is in the pastSo many things that couldn’t lastThe way of life is to carry onBeyond what we survive and is goneIn all the parts that are rearrangedNot everything in … Continue reading

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First Principles: No People Can Be Bound To Acknowledge And Adore the Invisible Hand, Which Conducts the Affairs of Men More Than the People of the United States

“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Yes’m, Old Friends Is Always the Best, ‘Less You Can Catch A New One That’s Fit To Make An Old One Out of

“Yes’m, old friends is always best, ‘less you can catch a new one that’s fit to make an old one out of.” – Sarah Orne Jewett

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Please Enjoy Your Labor Day Holiday!!

Please enjoy our Labor Day!! Today is a day to celebrate a little the blessings given to us from our labor and the labor of others. Why not take a moment and thank those who work so hard for us … Continue reading

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In the Name of the Father and the Son

In the Name of the Father and the Sonby Michael DoyleTrying to hide in the nightWaiting for the morning lightFeeling my soul must atoneI have never felt so all aloneUntil I glanced on God’s faceThen and there, I knew graceA … Continue reading

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First Principles: Do Not Spoil What You Have By Desiring What You Have Not; Remember That What You Now Have Was Once Among the Things You Only Hoped For

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus

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Thought For the Day: Of All the Home Remedies, A Good Wife Is Best

“Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.” – Kin Hubbard

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