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

Thought For the Day: Laugh As Much As Possible, Always Laugh. It’s the Sweetest Thing One Can Do For Oneself & One’s Fellow Human Beings

“Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings.” – Maya Angelou

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Loving Enough For Two

Loving Enough For Twoby Michael DoyleIt was easy enough to feel slightedAs off in the distance, he sightedEnough to evidence his dreams shatteringAs her coldness set his teeth chatteringHe hadn’t wanted to open up and hear itThat there was a … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day: If You Don’t Love Me, It Does Not Matter, Anyway I Can Love For Both of Us

“If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.” -Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842)

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First Principles: The Propriety of A Law, In A Constitutional Light, Must Always Be Determined By the Nature of the Powers Upon Which It is Founded

“The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788) 

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Examining the Gifts of Love

Examining the Gifts of Loveby Michael DoyleGod’s love brings tears to our eyesOpened wide, we look, and we recognizeThat all we live comes from God’s loveAs we keep our hearts fixed on God aboveAgape love is the primary emphasisThat takes … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Story Has No Beginning Or End: Arbitrarily One Chooses That Moment of Experience From Which To Look Back Or From Which To Look Ahead

“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.” – Graham Greene

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First Principles: Those Who Invalidate Reason Ought Seriously To Consider Whether They Argue Against Reason With Or Without Reason

“Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.” – Ethan Allen

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Sweet Victory

Sweet Victoryby Michael DoyleNothing can take God’s placeI’ve felt His glory, face-to-faceI am grateful from my heartHe’s been here from the startSaving me from my transgressionsAnd from all this world’s aggressionsIt’s amazing all that He’s doneIn the trinity of Father, … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Agape’s Object Is Always the Concrete Individual, Not Some Abstraction Called Humanity

“Agape’s object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity does not surprise you with inconvenient demands. You never find humanity on your doorstep, stinking and begging.” – Peter Kreeft, ‘Love’, in ‘Fundamentals of the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If I Speak In the Tongues of Men Or of Angels, But Do Not Have Love, I Am Only A Resounding Gong or A Clanging Cymbal

“13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have … Continue reading →

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