“You’re only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you’re nothing.” – Robin Williams, in A Night at the Roxy
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Thought For the Day: You’re Only Given A Little Spark of Madness and If You Lose That, You’re Nothing
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In the Heat of August
In the Heat of August
by Michael Doyle
Rising temperatures affect the mood
With noisy insects seeming to intrude
Some live to complain line after line
But I think instead, I'll make August mine
Even a poet or two finds it a poverty
That they cannot enjoy nature's tapestry
Preferring violets over fields of flowers
That could and should be explored for hours
Everyone has favorites, that's an always
But why not enjoy August's sunny days
The fruits are ripened enough to feast
Fireflies are in the evening woods to greet
The rise of the rarest sight of blue moon
Autumn is coming and will be here soon
Children swim in the pools and swimming holes
It seems August brings much good to our souls
There is magic in these summer months spent
And before we know it, it will have come and went
The long dusks of summer bring their dreams
Held safe in the embrace of silvery moonbeams
Maybe those who hate August fail to understand
That August is, indeed, summer's last stand
Helen Hunt Jackson may see August as her regret
In doing this, it seems there's a lot she forgets
(c) August 20, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Moment the Idea Is Admitted Into Society that Property Is Not As Sacred As the Laws of God, and That There Is Not A Force of Law and Public Justice To Protect It, Anarchy and Tyranny Commence
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.” – John Adams (1787)
Thought For the Day: If We Were To Wake Up Some Morning and Find That Everyone Was the Same Race, Creed, and Color, We Would Find Some Other Cause For Prejudice By Noon
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)
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Asian American Is Not A Color
Asian American Is Not A Color
by Michael Doyle
All these phenotypes and social constructions
Have led to oppression and humanity's destruction
Colors cannot be the references of relationship
Warped as it is under the God that we worship
Imperfect groups are clustered in racial identity
And are too often used to divide our humanity
Injustice, war, and oppression have shaped nations
If lasting peace is to be, we must end procrastination
It's a fuss enough to holler
Asian American is not a color
All this atonal racism is hard to own
How can you hate others based on skin tone?
Busy streets are filled with double-parked cars
Where blinking hazard lights glow like stars
Eyes that kiss their corners fill China Town
Each wondering why there are rules to keep people down
Questions raise to the steps of this journey
As it becomes a struggle for unquenchable destiny
Finding our way through a gauntlet of hallways
Racial fairness tries to find its semi-tragic way
It's a fuss enough to holler
Asian American is not a color
All this atonal racism is hard to own
How can you hate others based on skin tone?
(c) August 19, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Will Not Be Denied That Power Is of An Encroaching Nature and That It Ought To Be Effectually Restrained From Passing the Limits Assigned
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. After discriminating, therefore, in theory, the several classes of power, as they may in their nature be legislative, executive, or judiciary, the next and most difficult task is to provide some practical security for each, against the invasion of the others.” – James Madison (1788)
Exactly why Biden and other anti-republican Democratic members court packing and other attempts to encroach on the Supreme Court should be fought against and prevented at all costs as the despotism it truly is.
Thought For the Day: Gravity Explains the Motions of the Planets, But It Cannot Explain Who Sets the Planets In Motion
“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion” – Isaac Newton
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Unity In God’s Family
Unity In God's Family
by Michael Doyle
Life proves the truth of God's reliability
As God gets us through our adversities
We stand grateful as we become more wise
Learning to love the world through His eyes
We were once living in transgression and sin
Craving the nature of our wrath and then
Christ saved us through His loving grace
Saving us through the power of His loving embrace
The gift of Jesus Christ's love and acceptance
Brought us to our knees as we prayed in our repentance
Christ love, hope, faith, and ways of kindness
Return our lost sight from the world's blindness
Packing punches with the words that we say
We first face our battles on our knees to pray
Through the media of our day, we are swayed
Influenced by the way our lives are played
Justice, mercy, and grace are the paths we live
Guided by the loving words that God did give
As if in definition, in degrees, we deserve
As penitent souls who know who it is we serve
The brilliance of living under the Lord's cross
Is the grace that saves us from our loss
All wrong taken in Christ for the sake of humanity
And through His sacrifice, found freedom and liberty
Grace beyond that is as being joined into God's family
And it is what brings us to blessings for all eternity
Saved from the wrath of God through His living grace
As godly ways are learned and then faithfully embraced
There is brokenness in each of our wounded souls
It's in the bits and pieces that spiral out of control
We are dependent on God to keep within His grace
As ways from craziness to the gentle traces we embrace
We make one out of life's divisions knowing hospitality
And that we do it through one spirit and its true unity
Living securely as we should be focused on the reverent
And putting less emphasis on how things appear different
The cross has been seen the veil torn asunder
From top to bottom to eliminate the division lived under
And now we fully live in God's blessing presence
Content to face the struggles in life's full essence
Little by little life's unneeded parts are removed
As the Sculptor sees the truth and we are duly moved
We transform into the new humanity that we're to become
Walking in staggered paces as children of His kingdom
(c) August 18, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: There Is One Body and One Spirit – Just As You Were Called To the One Hope That Belongs To Your Call – One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:4-6
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Thought For the Day: Whatever Disunites Man From God, Also Disunites Man From Man
“Whatever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.” – Edmund Burke
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