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

Thought For the Day: Wealth Is Not To Feed Your Ego But To Feed the Hungry and To Help People Help Themselves

“Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.” – Andrew Carnegie

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Mandami I:

Mandami I: by Michael DoyleAmerica has become a victim in dangerStabbed by the seditious enemy within.Our predicament could not be any strangerThan to see the blue city endorse communist sin.Sanders wants this throughout our country,But it will only drive us … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Right of Nature…Is the Liberty Each Man Hath To Use His Own Power, As He Will Himself For the Preservation of His Own Nature

“The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.” – Thomas Hobbes

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Thought For the Day: The Most Tyrannical of Governments Are Those Which Make Crimes of Opinions, For Everyone Has An Inalienable Right To His Thoughts

“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.” – Baruch Spinoza

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The Blessings We’ve Received

The Blessings We’ve Receivedby Michael DoylePositioned by love for significance,Christianity walks with magnificence.We do the hard things in hard places.In all of this, our Lord lovingly embraces.In praise of a path that readily knows,Our faith has daily come to succeed … Continue reading

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First Principles: Watch Out For Those Who Cause Divisions and Put Obstacles In Your Way That Are Contrary To the Teaching You Have Learned. Keep Away From Them

“I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.” – Romans 16:17 NIV

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Thought For the Day: A Child of God Should Be A Visible Beatitude For Joy and Happiness, and A Living Doxology for Gratitude and Adoration

“A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.” – Charles Spurgeon

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Words Well Spent

Words Well-Spentby Michael DoyleDon’t wait until the endTo learn to live as a father and a friend.Now and then are the moments to seize.This lesson doesn’t come with fancy degrees.It begins and ends by saying I love you,And living each … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: People Will Come To Love Their Oppression, To Adore the Technologies That Undo Their Capacities To Think

“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” – Aldous Huxley (Take care when it comes to AI and even programs like Grammarly. As people, we have a duty to think … Continue reading

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First Principles: To Be Good, and Do Good, Is the Whole Duty of Man Comprised In A Few Words

“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.” – Abigail Adams

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