“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” – H.G. Wells, in The Time Machine
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Thought For the Day: We All Have Our Time Machines. Some Take Us Back, They’re Called Memories. Some Take Us Forward, They’re Called Dreams
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Fiery Cinders
Fiery Cinders
by Michael Doyle
Hourglass sands spell tales of brutality
Whispering that most pirates keep their humanity
That is until they can only no longer see fit
Which mostly comes down to the matter of profit
In these moments, and when it's a Hell of a prize
It's strictly logic that there should be no witnessing eyes
None are to be left alive to tell the tale
That would put plundering pirates' souls in Hell
In fiery cinders, a ship sinks into the sea
There is no pomp in these circumstances to see
Only an end that must come to one day justify
In the day when muted voices of the dead can reply
That is to say, to the less-than-clever
That dead men tell their tales almost never
Sometimes, that's just how it is to be
As Jolly Rogers seals loose lips under the sea
A daring escape made before the watch change arrives
Is the only means by which some pirates survive
A defeated captain speaks his final fading plan
Bravado prevails, or they'll die to the last man
In fiery cinders, a ship sinks into the sea
There is no pomp in these circumstances to see
Only an end that must come to one day justify
In the day when muted voices of the dead can reply
(c) September 18, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: We Have Enough Religion To Make Us Hate, But Not Enough To Make Us Love One Another
“We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” – Jonathan Swift
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Greatest of All Virtues, Because If You Haven’t Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any of the Others
“Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” – Samuel Johnson
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A Cry From the Wilderness
A Cry From the Wilderness
by Michael Doyle
The Lion of Judah protects our salvation
The keeper of our faith provides our explanation
This family of faith prays in His name
To find our path perfected without blame
Paul and Barnabas sharply disagreed
About John Mark's journey, due to his needs
Yet, he grew to become one who would lead
Which indeed makes up for his past misreads
Peter and Mark both needed to take a pause
In spreading the gospel as God's cause
It comes down to the compassion of the God we follow
Who makes the stars from those in the shadows
From acts to redeem us with compassion
Jesus came to reason but also with His passion
From the mercy given on the roadside
There is healing truth that cannot hide
Son of David, not of Levi, He came to heal
Those diseased did not have sins to reveal
Christ came to love and bring us our salvation
Healing us regardless of rabbinical suppositions
Jesus tells us which direction to rise and fall
That we might each hear our spiritual call
Hearts are stirred to take the best action
That leads us to our best godly satisfaction
The Bible, as revealed, is the best love story
Written to and for us all and to be worn in glory
Do not be silent, but cry out all the more
To be close to Jesus and open the kingdom's door
Healing the blind so that they can see
Healing the wounded eyes with Heaven's mercy
So many reasons to follow Jesus' ways
Attesting to the truth throughout our days
We come as we are and grow to conform
Putting on Christ as our desired new norm
There is no reason to hide this joy in shame
Through Jesus, our hope bears no sense of blame
All of us are more than worth in God's sight
Whatever our wrongs, we too can get it right
Even a wretch like me deserves God's grace
Saved by the love of His holy embrace
However, judged it is that we may feel
Our prayers for mercy can make this real
We know ourselves as part of God's family
We can be and are recipients of His mercy
(c) September 17, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Without Religion, I Believe That Learning Does Real Mischief To the Morals and Principles of Mankind
“Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.” – Benjamin Rush (1783)
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Thought For the Day: The Most Important Scientific Revolutions All Include, As Their Only Common Feature, the Dethronement of Human Arrogance
“The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance.” -Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, biologist, author (10 Sep 1941-2002)
On the Journey of Fatherhood
On the Journey of Fatherhood
by Michael Doyle
Asked about how fatherhood is rated
It has seemed to me somewhat understated
I could not have imagined the journey
That it has been in all of its totality
When you talk about consequences and morality
Fatherhood is the one thing that has me most happy
In all ways, the birth of my beautiful daughters
And their lives after have brought me to be the father
Step by step, mostly who I'd like to be the most
Knowing that they matter most and I don't want to boast
But I think they've taught me lessons I needed to learn
At least, that's what I think and believe that I discern
My heart has become a masterpiece of part of nature
As I have grown, and they have grown, each to mature
Becoming the persons that we are destined to be
Each of them is a superstar, and me? And I'm just Daddy
I carry their pictures where my money used to be
It's the best kind of wealth. I'll never know poverty
My soul is rich and filled with their abundant love
Yes, it's one of the best gifts given from Heaven above
It has taken me a lifetime to learn my parents were right
I'm reminded of this every time that I am hugged tight
Until my last breath, I will be content in the love that's glowing
In the love given and received, always, forever knowing
(c) September 16, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Liberty Is Not To Be Enjoyed, Indeed It Cannot Exist, Without the Habits of Just Subordination; It Consists, Not So Much In Removing All Restraint From the Orderly, As In Imposing It On the Violent
“Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent.” – Fisher Ames (1801)
Twice now they have sought to assassinate Trump. This must not be allowed to be a trend. Add this to Maricopa, and realize something is very amiss.
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Tagged Consist, Enjoy, Exist, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Habit, Impose, Liberty, Orderly, Remove, Restraint, Subordination, Violent
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Thought For the Day: I Cannot Think of Any Need In Childhood As Strong As the Need For a Father’s Protection
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud
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