“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! “- Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (27 Sep 1821-1881)
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Short. Be Swift To Love! Make Haste To Be Kind!
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Reality Vs. Constructs
Reality Vs. Constructs
by Michael Doyle
An understanding states and instructs
That the "real world" consists of constructs
We all oblige each other to reach an understanding
But to apply this loosely rather than too demanding
This is to say we lie so often to our imagination
That we insist unreal things are real by tradition
It's from such constructs that we struggle to be free
Breaking our shackles to explore our fantasies
It's the inter-crossing boundaries that are stranger
Than, the normalcy sought that breeds the most danger
Of the dangers that intrude overtly and seemingly most
These are the shadows of the past, living on as ghosts
(c) October 4, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.” – Mercy Warren (1805)
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Thought For the Day: Self-Education Is, I Firmly Believe, the Only Kind of Education There Is. The Only Function of A School Is To Make Self-Education Easier; Failing That It Does Nothing
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.” – Isaac Asimov
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The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
The Lord Turns His Blessed Face
by Michael Doyle
Praise the Father; Praise the Son
Praise the Spirit for what is done
Joy spreads across all creation
Giving us all its holy inspiration
Truth is truth, new to old
This is God's story told
All things that are done
Through the power of three-in-one
It's to the king of kings
That the choir sings
Joining in the joy that God brings
It's for this love that we sing
The Lord turns His blessed face
To give us all peace and grace
In His Word, we find the traces
That act to help set our paces
This is our daily prayer said in mind
Giving sacred sight to the blind
If we seek, we're told we will find
The truth of God won't be left behind
(c) October 3, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: I Would Rather Be Exposed To the Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than Those Attending Too Small A Degree of It
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
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Thought For the Day: That Which We Call Substance and Reality Is Shadow and Illusion, and That Which We Call Shadow and Illusion Is Substance and Reality
“That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.” – H.P. Lovecraft
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From the Mountains of Madness
From the Mountains of Madness
by Michael Doyle
It's difficult to say which came first
Was it feelings of fear or bloody thirst
That moves souls beyond the edges of sadness
Pilloried by the blinding drive of madness
The dreams of men are older than Cthulhu's call
Beyond the growing shadows of the world's fall
A contemplative Sphinx sleeps for all eternity
Until the darkness grows and overcomes with urgency
Subjugating and overwhelming the resistance of mankind
Making even the strongest among mere mortals blind
Blind to the unknown heaven where abysmal gods sleep
The walls of slumber speak, grown slippery and steep
The moon grows darker, and the gods dance that night
When the shadows prevail until there is no more light
Eclipses foretell that the sensible will seek death
When the Ancient One comes to claim our last breath
Never say never, as we give way to primeval fears
We lose our way into the pools of blood and tears
Our minds are lost as we slip into our insanity
We seek to forget those things that take our humanity
There, on the borders of this world, standing on the edge
We look into the unceasing chaos just beyond the ledge
Into the terrifying vistas somewhere beyond our reality
We have stumbled into the new Dark Age beyond our safety
(c) October 2, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Reason and Experience Both Forbid Us To Expect That National Morality Can Prevail In Exclusion of Religious Principle
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” – George Washington, in his Farewell Address
