Road Trips With My Daughters 2024 by Michael Doyle
There's a sort of magic I learned as I grew That traveling with children reveals anew The wonders and enchantments there are to find Along with the souvenirs that serve to remind
One of the places gone to and things done As the days pass under the summer's sun Maybe lacking perfection but building memories These are the things that make good families
It's an investment in growth and happiness Even on those days that add up to less than bliss In a lifetime of such blunders and wonders and glories This might become a day that had stories within stories
Traveling too many hours, not quite well-planned And yet adding up to missteps easy to understand And easier still to smile on and maybe forgive Of adventures, we didn't quite manage to live
I had chose the Henry Ford as a point of creativity To share with my daughters and encourage ingenuity I have always sought to encourage leaps of imagination Believing that all things are possible with innovation
This was another stop along the way to becoming mature Hoping that in sharing one man's path it might nurture The sorts of choices that would help these girls find voices That would rise above chambered echoes and drowning noises
There we were stuck on the wrong side of the gate We found ourselves just short and several minutes too late But instead of disappointment, they found pleasure In the times spent talking as having worth beyond measure
Turning toward dinner we recounted times that had passed And the sorts of dreams and pleasures that have been cast In the days that have come and gone and have readily shown That imagination and inspiration are better than things known
We arrived just after sunset had filled the night skies We had seen its last traces of pink and peach with our eyes Turning to night above the trees near Lake Erie's shore Without disappointment, they smiled that there would be more
And that said the truth that I did not really want to hear That sometimes things are missed but magic doesn't disappear We had watched the seagulls overhead before we had arrived Other beaches are left to explore and we had survived
(c) July 17, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon this Earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.” – H.G. Wells
There's something in my attitude It's heard in my love and gratitude On my knees, I am praying On my lips, I am saying
Hallelujah, for all my healing There is grace in all I'm feeling Here in all my days I keep my words of praise
Lifting up my heart in song It's to Jesus, my soul belongs I have no other gift for my king Living by the words of this song I sing
In all the wonders and the signs As I look on with love for the divine There is wonder as I look on the glory Of how Jesus rewrote my story
From death to life, in the dark and light By Jesus, through Jesus, I do what's right There are greater things yet to be done All of this, delivered by the Son
(c) July 16, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity; secondly, duration; thirdly, an adequate provision for its support; fourthly, competent powers.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers No. 70 (1788)
We need to keep ourselves humble However, the world may tumble We need to be on our knees and pray Our hearts are in gratitude and will stay
This is our best good answer As we live life's flow like a dancer Living the ebb and the flow Giving our all in all we live and know
All this passes with words of prayer God's will helps us evade Satan's snare In our moments of prayerful worship We are building our greatest relationship
His will and not ours to be done All of this in the name of the Son Small stories often have big meaning Parables and prayers make us better human beings
Knocking at the doors for righteous opportunity We know God will always be true to you and me In this faith, we ask God for what we need Day and night it is given as we daily read
It's there in the words of the good book And seen by opened eyes as we take our look Heaven is filled with angels waiting to hear All that we love and all that we fear
Prayer is our first response, not a last resort However much the Devil rails in his retort Prayer changes things for the Lord's better From where we are and whatever the weather
It creates the climate of where we need to be As the divine catalyst for you and for me Taking us from where we are to the there We will reach through the effort of holy prayer
Prayer will always change our minds In doing this, it leaves worry and anxiety behind Instead, living the peace that is found In the presence of the Lord as prayer abounds
Prayer changes our hearts from being broken As we live the righteous life in words spoken We learn we need to pray through our pain It brings the sunshine, even in our life's rain
Praying changes the nature of our relationship When given adversity, prayer becomes worship You learn that if you can't meet in the middle A secret is to pick God's side for just a little
And find yourself in a prayer held for the whole Because, it turns out prayer shifts the soul God can handle all that we find that we cannot This is the open secret that some have forgot
Living in prayer will change our future This grows as we grow and learn to mature Prayer is the difference between where want to be Shifting where we are to the good of our dignity
It turns out, prayer is the miracle of every season Truth in vision is given for righteous reasons Taking us to exactly where we need to be Prayer is the best answer for all of eternity
(c) July 14, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 