“The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.” – Michel de Montaigne
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First Principles: The Truth of These Days Is Not That Which Really Is, But What Every Man Persuades Another Man To Believe
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Thought For the Day: It Is Easier To Love Humanity As A Whole Than To Love One’s Neighbor
“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor. … Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are “vowed” to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitarian regime is usually the watchful eye of the next-door neighbor. In a Communist state love of neighbor may be classed as counter-revolutionary.” – Eric Hoffer
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Love Is Never So Blind
Love Is Never So Blind
by Michael Doyle
A good conversation
Might lead to devastation
If you don't play it right
You can lose love in one night
Boy, what are you trying to prove
By making every wrong move
It's not like you don't know
What comes from this flow
Love is never so blind
As to allow being unkind
All the things that might have been
If you don't ignore your godsend
Pride might fly you to the sun
But your waxen wings leave you undone
That's what you get from flying too close
What could have been, hurts the most
You say you didn't mean harm
In rolling out your charm
A little conversation and a little drinking
Boy, what were you even thinking
Love is never so blind
As to allow being unkind
All the things that might have been
If don't ignore your godsend
You've lived the good days
In about a million ways
It wasn't your best play
When you find you've thrown it all away
What's that candid expression
It's really not a good impression
When you follow everything that shines
Until you've crossed that fatal line
Live is never so blind
As to allow being unkind
All the things that might have been
If you don't ignore your godsend
(c) July 24, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Advancement and Diffusion of Knowledge Is the Only Guardian of True Liberty
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
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Thought For the Day: Abuse of Power Isn’t Limited To Bad Guys In Other Nations. It Happens In Our Own Country If We’re Not Vigilant
“Abuse of power isn’t limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we’re not vigilant.” – Clint Eastwood
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The Power In His Name
The Power In His Name
by Michael Doyle
There is no real limit
To the power of the Holy Spirit
If only we'll heed and hear it
Openly embracing, not to fear it
This is the way of His glory
Revealed with each page of His story
We always walk with His power
In our every minute and hour
There is abundance for us all
As we sing in praise and call
Raising our hands to the skies
And holding joy in our eyes
Through the darkness, He is light
The living hope that gives us sight
He is the God of all our ages
With the truth imprinted on His pages
His is the only path for you and me
His ways will guide our family
Salvation broke death's chains
The power is in His name
(c) July 23, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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Thought For the Day: Throughout History, It Has Been the Inaction of Those Who Could Have Acted…That Has Made It Possible For Evil To Triumph
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.” – Haile Selassie
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Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwich
Reality Bytes On An Earlier Hillbilly Sandwich
by Michael Doyle
Counterculture shined through the city's veil
Giving a glimpse of Eden through the fires of Hell
Harsh in its repressive bits of curdled advice
Dreamers managed to paint their fleeting paradise
The torches of an artistic cohort touched the future
With pages turning into the vision they would nurture
Distractions took away the focus that won't come back
Though there was nothing they ever felt they lacked
In truth, the enlightened seldom know where we are
The sacred cow of history topples on its own dark star
It's all apocalyptic noise about the running of time
Bringing a bit of serenity and mirth might feel sublime
To come to ending is to be reborn, it isn't clever
To see this, you see has been the way since forever
And I don't want to sound or seem all that irreverent
But today and tomorrow flow on but are no different
The real prevalent danger is that the narcissistic ego
There are a lot of self-aggrandizing presumptions in the flow
All are bound within the hell-hound spawn of fear and greed
By a people too busy knowing all to take the time to read
People like me don't really fit into all this strife
I'd prefer to sip on chocolate cherry coffee in this life
Finding my way to simpler things to say about what I see
Falling in love with life again as though it's a fantasy
Might lead us on a trail of happiness filled with bliss
And so much to see and do that we really shouldn't miss
All that we'll ever know is what we have the words for
All else it seems in waking and dreams is beyond the door
(c) July 22, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: If Freedom of Speech Is Taken Away, Then Dumb and Silent We May Be Led, Like Sheep To the Slaughter
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
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