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Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

Thought For the Day: Watch Out For Each Other. Love Everyone and Forgive Everyone, Including Yourself…Embrace and Open Up Your Love

“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.” – Jim Henson

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The Weight of Life’s Precision

The Weight of Life’s Precisionby Michael DoyleError is the margin of lost control.The world gradually takes your soul.The things of this world will cost us pain,Until we walk beyond the shadow of rain.Traveling this world on the way out,The darkest … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers That Perches In the Soul – and Sings the Tunes Without the Words – and Never Stops At All

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson

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First Principles: If Fear Is Cultivated, It Will Become Stronger; If Faith Is Cultivated, It Will Achieve Mastery

“If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.” – John Paul Jones

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Beats Held In Reverence

Beats Held In Reverenceby Michael DoyleRiffing off Shakespeare to be closer at heartThe drum roll lyrics caught us from the start.Never playing down any observed reflection,There’s not been much that has escaped detection.Dissatisfaction with the points arrived,There are greater truths … Continue reading

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First Principles: The First Maxim of A Man Who Loves Liberty, Should Be Never To Grant To Rulers An Atom of Power That Is Not Most Clearly and Indispensably Necessary For the Safety and Well Being of Society

“The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.” – Richard Henry Lee

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Thought For the Day: Take Care of Your Garden. And Keep Out the Weeds. Fill It With Sunshine, Kind Words, and Kind Deeds

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine, Kind words, and Kind deeds.” – … Continue reading

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A Praise Song For Mother’s Day

A Praise Song For Mother’s Dayby Michael DoyleA Mother’s Day is a remembrance of love.It’s devoted to following Heaven above.Angels sing of her righteous wayHere on this, our holy Mother’s Day.Without a mother in this story,Where would be God’s good … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Change Your Words Into Truths and Then Change That Truth Into Love

“Change your words into truths and then change that truth into LOVE.” – Stevie Wonder

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First Principles: 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

“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 … Continue reading

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