Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale…Man likes to run from God. It’s a tradition. – Mitch Albom
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Thought For the Day: Adam Hid In the Garden of Eden. Moses Tried To Substitute His Brother. Jonah Jumped A Boat and Was Swallowed By A Whale…Man Likes To Run From God
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First Principles: To the Roots of the Mountains I Sank Down; the Earth Beneath Barred Me In Forever. But You, Lord My God, Brought My Life Up From the Pit
“To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.” – Jonah 2:6
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Spinning Wheel Spun
Spinning Wheel Spun
by Michael Doyle
When the wheel is spun
And you look at what you've won
You find the truth in what has been done
At the end of it, you're number one.
The crowd gets overly loud,
But you know that it's allowed.
You walk into your scene.
It's how we live the dream.
The street has its symphony
Where's there no time for sympathy.
So you roll your loaded dice
Knowing that you should never think twice.
The lights begin to go down low,
And it tells you more than you know.
Some say it's how you rock-n-roll.
It doesn't matter because it's part of the show.
Everyone has hustle to their game.
Every day of life is more of the same.
To some of us, it's one big rhyme.
To me, we're all destined to do time.
(c) August 8, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged "The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799), Allowed, Done, Dream, Game, Hustle, Lights, Loaded Dice, Number One, Poetry and Poems, Rock-n-Roll Circus, Scene, Show, Spinning Wheel, Spun, Street, Sympathy, Symphony, The Crowd, Twice, Wheel, Won
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Thought For the Day: It Is Strange How Often A Heart Must Be Broken Before the Years Can Make It Wise
“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” – Sarah Teasdale
It is the anniversary of Sarah Teasdale’s birth.
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First Principles: Do Not Wait; the Time Will Never Be ‘Just Right.’ Start Where You Stand, and Work With Whatever Tools You May Have At Your Command, and Better Tools Will Be Found As You Go Along
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” – George Herbert
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Tagged Command, First Principles, Found, George Herbert, Go Along, Just Right, Stand, Start, Time, Tools, Wait, Work
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Celebrity Wife (Celebrity Life)
Celebrity Wife (Celebrity Life)
by Michael Doyle
He says he loves her modesty,
But he won't allow her the dignity
Of choosing how she'll dress.
Her makeup is smeared into a mess.
Going out in public on her own,
Sitting on the grass and not her throne,
Allows others to see her personal taste
In the world of celebrity, that's a waste.
A celebrity wife its to be seen
As the star's goddess, not a human being.
She'll speak when she's spoken to
And she'll do as she's told to do.
All the little lies and deception
Danced in rock-n-roll in its insatiable conception.
A little girl plays at being a rock-n-roll queen.
It turns out she's a fragile human being.
Someone's thinking with too much imagination.
It's a life of constant celebration.
Despite the flash of too many paparazzi lights
There's an overwhelming harshness in these nights.
(c) August 7, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Allowance, Celebration, Celebrity Life, Celebrity Wife, Conception, Dance, Deception, Dignity, Dress, Fragility, Goddess, Human Being, Imagination, Lights, Little Lies, Makeup, Modesty, Nights, Personal Taste, Poetry and Poems, Public, Rock Star, Speak, Spoken, Throne, Waste
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Thought For the Day: What Keeps Faith Cheerful Is the Extreme Persistence of Gentleness and Humor
“What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids-all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.’ – Garrison Kellor
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First Principles: The Constitution Is the Origin and Measure of Legislative Authority. It Says To Legislators, Thus Far Ye Shall Go and No Farther
“The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a particle of it should be shaken; not a pebble of it should be removed.” – William Paterson
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Love When the World Is Broken
Love When the World Is Broken
by Michael Doyle
There's no need to wonder
About how the world broke.
That still voice inside me
Whispered as it quietly spoke.
Too often we chased
Seeking the way over the pedestal
With chemicals and technology as we paced
And we surrendered doing what was sensible.
With one dirty bomb, the end began.
One by one, the world was undone.
Time upended as the stains ran.
But what ends turns back as it was begun.
A child looks out the broken window,
Toward a sky turned macrabe shades of red.
Our government's play game the people didn't know,
And from there, we will all end up dead.
Taken in sum for recompense,
Feelings are real and have consequence.
Even the end of the world has time for love,
Especially when it fits like a glove.
(c) August 6, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Broken, Chemicals, Dirty Bomb, Hase, Ideal, Love, Pedestal, Poetry and Poems, Still Voice, Surrender, Technology, The World, Whisper, Wonder, World
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Thought For the Day: Prayer Does Not Mean Simply To Pour Out One’s Heart. It Means Rather To Find the Way To God and To Speak With Him, Whether the Heart is Full Or Empty
“Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one’s heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Tagged Conversation, Empty, Full, God, Meaning, One's Heart, Pour Out, Prayer, Thought For the Day, Way
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