“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.” – John Ruskin
To Live the Good Life
by Michael Doyle
Looking out on the Milky Way's tapestry
Makes me wonder about life's mystery.
Who are we and how did we get here?
And what is it about life we should revere?
An unknown God out of nowhere created the universe,
We know this by way of many a repeated Bible verse.
That is what we say among the other ways,
So much was created in the best of only seven days.
Among God's many pauses at creation
Were the land and the sea, and so much of the imagination.
But the crowning achievement was humanity,
So the Bible tells us, or was that just our vanity?
Almost inevitably, we hiccupped into something sad,
When Adam and Eve disappointed their heavenly dad.
Given life in the Garden, they just had to loot,
Everything they wanted, even the forbidden fruit.
The secrets of morality were wrapped in something beautiful.
Beautiful and edible, in a temptation somehow too wonderful,
To pass up and since that bite mankind fell for sin,
As we would over and over again, tempting moments over again.
Moses acted the part of a social influencer by his zealous heart,
Coming down heavy with tablets of commanded laws for our start.
As a forewarning, mankind's lot was not to be one of hedonism,
And from this, we learned that we aren't to fall into any -ism.
So it was that it was set out for all of us human fools.
All we had to do was be faithful and follow a few hundred rules.
If we played this tight, everything was meant to set us right.
The end of life would become a tunnel ending in His holy light...
.. Wait,... that's not it, right?
(c) January 19, 20206 Michael Doyle
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
“My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.” – Zachary Taylor
Since the Garden
by Michael Doyle
In the beginning, the serpent in the garden
Arrive to induce sin without pardon.
The fruit of one tree was clearly seen
But was forbidden to every human being.
The Devil came as man's defiant adversary,
While God speaks truth, Lucifer is contrary.
Setting up mesmerizing traps and snares
To trap man, however much, it feels unfair.
Man was created with full free will.
It's from this that our decisions are kept real.
The bright light of God creates shadow.
It's a matter of our choice, as we know.
Our eyes are open, but we do not see,
Walking on our decisions based on curiosity.
It comes down to the issue of moral authority,
And the evil gained costs human dignity.
Everywhere we look, we find brokenness.
I say this without fear of outspokenness.
The evil that we find, comes as a matter of our choice.
In the absence of God, we find darkness in our voice.
Blame or credit, the fallen one leads the way.
But in the evil, it is we who have the final say.
The pillars of God only shine so far,
If we refuse to follow Bethlehem's star.
Satan sows the subtle seeds of indecision,
And the Devil comes at us with exacting precision.
Instead of trusting in God's trustworthiness,
We choose to do things that lead to our mess.
On the Cross, Jesus dealt with mankind's sin
Putting Lucifer in his place again and again.
Keeping the Biblical ball in its play,
Crucially, we study every word along our way.
The more familiar we are with God's ways,
The better we'll live out our living days.
Keeping in time with God's wise Word,
We'll be more ready when evil has occurred.
The world around us is fractured and broken.
The person in our mirror is simply one token.
We need to steward the truth with humility,
And to treat those around u with love and digniity.
(c) January 18, 2026 Michael Doyle
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“The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.” – George Herbert
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” – 1 Peter 5:8
An American Paradox
by Michael Doyle
It's always been so much the American way
That we do as we do not as we often say.
An example is found in our national bird,
Until recently, we revered it only in words.
While we drove to the edge of extinction,
We played up Bald Eagle's image with distinction.
While our bird's fate was almost a done deal,
We made it the central figure of our Great Seal.
Majestic and efficient in their agility,
The eagle rules the air with its great ability.
Its powerful wings catch the air with might,
Gliding with minimal effort as if just right.
Our society nearly destroyed its nesting sites,
Even as we admired its survivors in its flight.
We encroached on the areas of their nesting needs
Until we became wise enough to leave these freed.
Still, we would talk about how the eagle would soar,
At the same time, their losses we would ignore.
In one instance, we praised their splendid majesty,
In the other, we would not give them any sanctuary.
Between DDT and the unwashed sea of humanity,
It seemed we would not allow them to live in dignity.
Until at last our wisdom's circle was chased around.
Nearly at total loss, common sense was found.
Clinging today from a lofty perch with a focused gaze
The Bald Eagle lives a hundred years' worth of days.
Blissfully, it seems unaware of our grave paradox.
America finally learns to live as it simply talks.
Soaring above in the wide and windy open skies,
Our bald eagle remains the symbol of us as it flies.
With a wingspan of up to nearly seven feet,
Long may the bald eagle symbolize freedom without defeat.
(c) January 17, 2026 Michael Doyle
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“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.'” – Anthony the Great
Quite the sage, he was able to see the coming of The Woke from way back in his days…. 😉
“Common sense without education, is better than education without common sense.” – Benjamin Franklin
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