“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: Walking Is the Best Possible Exercise. Habituate Yourself To Walk Very Far
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Thought For the Day: Keep Away From People Who Try To Belittle Your Ambitions. Small People Always Do That, But the Really Great Make You Feel That You, Too, Can Become Great
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
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First Principles: On This National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, We Ask Almighy God To Watch Over Our Nation and Grant As Patience and Resolve In All That Is To Come
“On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life.” – George W. Bush
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Thought For the Day: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” – Solomon
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Victory Worn
Victory Worn
by Michael Doyle
When we talk about my king,
I can't help but sing.
Wide awake with praise,
I lift my voice in all my days.
Into the world, He shines His light.
Darkness is defeated in this fight.
With Grace given on Calvary,
He has given me newfound dignity.
He parades like a lion who has arose
Wherever it is that He goes.
No enemy can hold Him down.
In Heaven, he wears the victory crown.
The stone rolled away to reveal
His holiness is powerfully real.
The Lamb gave His life for mine,
Sacrificially pure and given for mine.
For a moment, the Devil felt victory
As Jesus gave up His life for me.
Seamlessly, the holy veil was torn.
Heaven and earth have a victory worn.
(c) April 30, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: To Model Our Political Systems Upon Speculations of Lasting Tranquility Would Be To Calculate On the Weaker Springs of Human Character
“To model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human character.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
Thought For the Day: A Single Rose Can Be My Garden…A Single Friend, My World
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” -Leo Buscaglia, author, speaker, and professor (31 Mar 1924-1998)
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The Accidents of Love
The Accidents of Love
by Michael Doyle
Life is short and fleeting.
It leads to accidental meetings,
Some that can be meaningful in stride
If we do our best not to hide
The willingness to try
To say hello or smile in reply.
It turns out strangers care.
Our lives were born to share.
It's an adventure lived together,
Lived for love and moments that are better.
Step by step, we find our way.
It's all part of our living day.
Look around there's a lot to see,
Filled with love and possibility.
It's a gift for life to be seen,
And the secret of being a human being.
A life lived well has its romance.
If only we give it our best dance.
I'll never forget that it's how we met.
The truth of our journey is one I'll never forget.
Life turns out precisely as it is meant,
Maybe it's the message that Heaven sent.
Life isn't lived in it's distant miles,
But inch by inch, we measure it in smiles.
(c) April 29, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptional Characters
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams (1775)
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Thought For the Day: Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates
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