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First Principles: The Only Limit To Our Realization of Tomorrow Is Our Doubts of Today
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First Principles: There Is Nothing Which I Dread So Much As A Division of the Republic Into Two Great Parties, Each Arranged Under Its Leader, and Concerting Measures In Opposition To Each Other
“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” – John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson (2 October 1780), “The Works of John Adams”, vol 9, p.511
As it turns out a challenge has been made about Adams having said today’s prior First Principle. In recognition that reliable sources can be wrong, I have added this First Principle for today.
Time Keeps Moving On
Time Keeps Moving On
by Michael Doyle
All these things I meant to do
The greatest being loving you
It seems I made the plans right
But they escape into another night
All these days, they seem to go
Moving faster than my own flow
I always mean to get this right
But it escapes into another night
Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after year, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on
It happens to me quite a lot
Another year passed with my plans forgot
I wish it was something to count on
I look behind me at all my yesterdays gone
New Year's Eve is creeping up on me
With most of my hopes a burnt-out memory
Whispering regret into my wounded ears
Whatever happened to all my years
Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on
I write out my list of how I want to be
Like a million other times, I wished for me
The waves of my life crushed on a rocky shore
I keep clinging on for a little more
When I look into your beautiful eyes
It's not all that hard to recognize
That you are the best of my broken life
If I can win this time, you'll be my wife
Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on
Our worlds collide with a heavy sigh
We hold on tight, not merely passing by
It's easy to see you are the best of me
I feel the truth of our treasured eternity
Every time that you reach out for my hand
I know things that I can't really understand
We live on two sides of this world's crust
I suppose it all comes down to living on trust
Time, it seems, keeps moving on
What was tomorrow is already gone
Year after, I keep holding on
I need to make this a dream to depend on
(c) December 30, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Children Should Be Educated and Instructed In the Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams
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Thought For the Day: History Is A Guide To Navigation In Perilous Times. History Is Who We Are and Why We Are the Way We Are
“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” – David McCullough
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God’s Good Purpose
God's Good Purpose
by Michael Doyle
It is less about the should-ness
Then it is about the goodness
God is gracious despite our deeds
In His inspiration, He sows good seeds
Abounding in love, He reaches
With mercy, He quietly teaches
All the growth that we can grow
To become all that we might know
With all the wisdom spoken
There is healing for hearts broken
We Christians walk in fellowship
Spreading the gospel beyond our worship
Giving and sharing in praise
We live the love of our living days
Each moment is a true blessing
It's best to not leave others guessing
Instead of pointing each other to god in the new year
The Lord knows each smile and all our tears
We have seen all of God's mighty acts
In our snapshots that prove these facts
With grace, we live and walk
Faithful and forgiving as we talk
God speaks to us through our days
We should follow His guidance in our ways
Turning toward each other, we face
The need for gratitude and mutual grace
Life's seasons need their release
For this reason, we need to cultivate peace
There is so much in life to discourage
Let's turn to one another instead and encourage
Hard times come and do exist
Paul's life proves that we must persist
More than I could ask in my redemption
Is my God, who is beyond all comprehension
The Lord has shown His ways
Bringing me through the best and worst of days
There is a fullness in the good story
The kind that brings out God's glory
This is the life lived in true service
As we fulfill God's every good purpose
(c) December 29, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: To Be Grateful Is To Recognize the Love of God In Everything He Has Given Us – and He Has Given Us Everything
“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.” – Thomas Merton
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First Principles: And We Know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purposes
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28
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Beyond the Meaning
Beyond the Meaning
by Michael Doyle
In the midst of all this festivity
Some reflect on the Nativity
How somewhere beyond the meaning
God came to dwell among us human beings
Most of us have heard the Christmas story
And how God shined on us with His glory
The birth of the Messiah preserved in memory
As we were given the manger as symbolic imagery
There was so much the angels had to say
As a holy night gave way to Christmas Day
There in a manger, the babe Christ was born
To smile on us all that first radiant morn
There is no language barrier to love
Especially, the love from God above
It shines down on all us from that holy star
That led three kings who traveled far
People around the world are brought together
In hope and prayer that we can make it better
And learn to live in love as we know we should
This is the path of the wise and the good
All of the words that pass by type and pen
None measure up the Word born in Bethlehem
It is through this birth peace comes to men
Who otherwise are born to pride and to sin
Every artistic depiction of our Lord's Nativity
Rests itself squarely on God's gentle humility
Coming down to live among us as something ample
To live by and up to in His Holy example
And now just past our celebration it's almost here
That time we mark symbolically as the new year
Peering around the corner into the future's meaning
We try again with meaning to become better human beings
(c) December 28, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Gravity Explains the Motions of the Planets, But It Cannot Explain Who Sets the Planets In Motion
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” – Isaac Newton
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