“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist…..Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.” – Stephen Hawking
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Thought For the Day: One of the Basic Rules of the Universe Is That Nothing Is Perfect. Perfection Simply Doesn’t Exist….Without Imperfection, Neither You Nor I Would Exist
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Tagged Basic Rules, Exist, Imperfection, Nothing, Perfecdt, Perfection, Stephen Hawking, Thought For the Day, Universe
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Holy Is My God’s Name
Holy Is My God's Name
by Michael Doyle
Holy is my God's name
His wonders erase my blame
He descended among us on His arrival
To bring humanity to our survival
His abundance gives us all
Here together we heed His call
Yahweh's mercy is shown
No greater love is known
Ages have passed in veneration
AS we have worshipped for generations
Blessed by a walk into freedom
Given to us by His holy kingdom
Give to each is His inspiration
To live life in His creation
Declared as the greatest of powers
God's name fills our numbered hours
Up into Heaven's unending skies
We hear the angels' cries
As infinite as you are holy
I am surprised that you love and know me
(c) January 24, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abundance, Angels, Arrival, Blame, Blessed, Call, Creation, Cries, Descended, Freedom, Generations, God's Name, Heaven, Holy, Holy Kingdom, Humanity, Infinite, Inspiration, Know, Love, Mercy, No Greater Love, Numbered Hours, Poetry and Poems, Powers, Skies, Surprised, Survival, Veneration, Walk, Wonders, Worship, Yahweh
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First Principles: It Is Not Enough To Acquire Wisdom, It Is Necessary To Employ It
“It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Thought For the Day: There Comes A Time When Time Itself Is Ready For A Change
“There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change.” – Coretta Scott King
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Tagged Change, Coretta Scott King, Ready, Thought For the Day, Time
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Facing Death Boldly
Facing Death Boldly
by Michael Doyle
Facing death is one thing
Watching the death of your men
That hurts more than anything
It burns like the second mortal sin
Cold and hungry in the night
A target was seen in every light
You never forget the death seen
It takes away part of a human being
Tears rolled down his face
As his mind touched the traces
Of memories about the war fought
Some things are never forgot
The best nights are spent dreamless
So that the images are seen as if seamless
It takes away a man's breath
To have seen so much useless death
Pulled to the breaking point's line
Praying to walk on these emotional landmines
Inching forward in his silent advance
He lies, barely breathing, somewhere in France
(c) January 23, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Advance, Best Nights, Bold, Breaking Point, Breath, Burn, Cold and Hungry, Death, Dreamless, Emotional Landmines, Face, Forgot, Fought, France, Human Being, Hurt, Images, Inching, Light, Man, Memories, Nivht, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Seamless, Second Mortal Sin, Seen, Target, Tears, Traces, Useless, War, Watch, Your Men
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First Principles: An Honest Man Can Feel No Pleasure In the Exercise of Power Over His Fellow Citizens
“An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson (1813)
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Tagged Citizens, Exercise, First Princpiles, Honest Man, Pleasure, Power, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The Shepherd Always Tries To Persuade the Sheep That Their Interests and His Own Are the Same
“The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.” -Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842)
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Tagged Interssts, Own, Persaude, Same, Sheep, Shperhed, Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), Thought For the Day
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If You’re Going To Stay
If You're Going To Stay
by Michael Doyle
Despite the world's distractions
We hear the clarion call for action
There is much to be done
If this battle is to be won
Each side fights to stay on top
In and endless cycle that never stops
It doesn't matter, wrong or right
Most are here just to stay in the fight
If you're going to stay, then stay
If you're not, then just runaway
If you stay, then things must change
The dominos on the table rearrange
Bringing this as if the madness grows
This is the mystery of how it goes
A bullet finds its home in the flesh
Lord knows, how it got to be this mess
Dog-eat-dog, the world knows
In the rules of this game of shadows
A hammer to the head leaves you just as dead
As the loose lips sinking ships as it's said
If you're going to stay, then stay
If you're not, then just runaway
If you stay, then things must change
The dominos on the table rearrange
Bleeding out on the basement floor
Is something a little hard to ignore
There's a lot of pain that's felt
Over all the blood that's been spilt
Morbidity has head its erosion
Like the poison pen of the worse corrosion
My confidence is dented by your conception
That I'd be any part of this world's deceptions
If you're going to stay, then stay
If you're not, then just runaway
If you stay, then things must change
The dominos on the table rearrange
(c) January 22, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Action, Battle, Bullet, Change, Clarion Call, Dead, Distraction, Dog-Eat-Dog, Dominos, Done, Each Side, Fight, Flesh, Game of Shadows, Hammer, Madness, Mess, Mystery, Poetry and Poems, Runaway, Stay, Stay On Top, Won, World, Wrong or Right
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Thought For the Day: Truth Is Ever To Be Found In the Simplicity, and Not in the Multiplicity and Confusion of Things
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” – Isaac Newton
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Tagged Confusion, Found, Isaac Newton, Multiplicity, Simplicity, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: If A Man Will Begin With Certainties, He Shall End In Doubts; But If He Will Be Content To Begin With Doubts, He Shall End In Certainties
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” – Francis Bacon, The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
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Tagged Certainties, Content, Doubts, End, First Pricinples, Francis Bacon, Mankind
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