Monthly Archives: August 2025

Thought For the Day: A Single Act of Kindness Throws Out Roots In All Directions, and the Roots Spring Up and Make New Trees

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart

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I Want To Write A Praise Song

I Want To Write A Praise Songby Michael DoyleI know that the past is always present.It’s nothing to me that I will resent.The scars are a reminder of whereI fell down, and God was always there.I was struggling, unable to … Continue reading

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First Principles: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina Or Softened the Fiber of a Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough.

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Thought For the Day: Thousands of Tired, Nerve-Shaken, Over-Civilized People Are Beginning To Find Out That Going To the Mountains Is Going Home; That Wildness Is A Necessity

“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” – John Muir

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Strange Days In Need of Integrity

Strange Days In Need of Integrityby Michael DoyleLooking at the strange days of indignity,It seems we need to find our integrity. In the toss of deception and sin, We wonder if we’ll find a way out again. Something is awry … Continue reading

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First Principles: Freedom Is the Open Window Through Which Pours the Sunlight of the Human Spirit and Human Dignity

“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover

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Thought For the Day: Make Sure That Nobody Pays Back Wrong For Wrong, But Always Strive To Do What Is Good For Each Other and For Everyone Else

““Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:15

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Silent Cal

Silent Calby Michael DoyleSilent CalSpent a lot of time in his head.But those things he said,Keep on being said.Silent Cal,Kept in thought with little said.But what he said resonates a lot.It’s not very likely to be forgot.To the point, yet … Continue reading

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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: Music Is the Literature of the Heart; It Commences Where Speech Ends

“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.”  – Alphonse de LaMartine

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