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Thought For the Day: America Was Not Built On Fear. America Was Built On Courage, On Imagination and On Unbeatable Determination To Do the Job At Hand
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Home Is Felt
Home Is Felt
by Michael Doyle
Banging on the walls of our spaces
Checking the layout of our places
Popping the bottle of our cheer
We'll find our way to make our there
The there of our shared creature comfort
Learning how we'll fit and comport
Spinning around with heads in the clouds
We'll fit our traces and do each other proud
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping to find one true love
I'd explain our lives with my sigh
Until you became what I was thinking of
Moving forward without precision
But knowing that you are my vision
We'll move your woman's touch together
As we blend our dreams into forever
Added splashes come together just right
Simple words touch life with their light
As we look forward to our days ahead
Our memories are built by things done and said
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping to find my true love
A lot of life can be explained with a sigh
Suddenly, you became what I was thinking of
As we move into real life's paces
We find peace in each other's spaces
Learning to refine our graces
We'll live the love of our embraces
Home is felt as we continue to grow
Coming together into all we'll know
Filling our dreams one step at a time
We're getting our shine on so sublime
Until you, my life flashed on by
With me hoping there was a one true love
I could explain life away with a sigh
Until you were all I was thinking of
(c) July 3, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: To Stop the Flow of Music Would Be Like the Stopping of Time Itself, Incredible and Inconceivable
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” -Aaron Copland
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First Principles: The Great Desiderata Are A Free Representation and Mutual Checks. When These Are Obtained, All Our Apprehensions of the Extent of Powers Are Unjust and Imaginary
“The great desiderata are a free representation and mutual checks. When these are obtained, all our apprehensions of the extent of powers are unjust and imaginary.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
Standing In the Light
Standing In the Light
by Michael Doyle
Let me share a secret
That's hard to forget
They say to write what you know
This blank page only goes to show
Maybe how little that is
And how much I miss
In a life that's full motion
But often empty of emotions
Who is this "they" who has found
My writing crisis disallowed
I can't help that I know so little
Or that I'm always in the middle
Neither starting nor completely done
Neither great nor really anyone
I only wish that someone
Might tell me how this life is won
I was kicked into this world crying
Yet, I swear I'm always trying
I look at this world with open eyes
All that I realize is that I'm often unwise
The good Lord knows I make a lot of mistakes
I have pages of songs about heartbreaks
If broken hearts and stubbed toes count
I've learned a lot of what this world is about
It's mostly about keeping on keeping on
Painting by the number of my days until they're gone
Where I can, it's about lending a hand
To the next poor soul and trying to understand
They say to write what it is that I know
While I box my experiences in the shadow
Maybe someday, I'll learn enough to write
For now, though, I'm just standing in the light
(c) July 2, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Music Gives A Soul To the Universe, Wings To the Mind, Flight To the Imagination and Life To Everything
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato
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Thought For the Day: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen
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In the End (We Die Alone)
In the End (We Die Alone)
by Michael Doyle
Harsh words are told
Sometimes quietly, sometimes bold
There are a million ways to live your years
But it's best when you free your fears
Ante up to stay in the game
Whatever happened or who is to blame
Getting yourself together
Is the only move to make life better
Hurting yourself is easy enough
That's not a bluff
But living - living is hard
Yet, it remains our best card
There are a lot of troubles to face
And you won't always with grace
There'll be times you won't be proud
Life will at you insistently loud
At times, you'll want to take a pass
It will feel like walking on rusted glass
Still, you'll need to talk your walk
Chin held high without a single balk
Hurting yourself is easy enough
That's not a bluff
But living - living is hard
Yet, it remains our best card
There will be times you walk a desolate mile
Uncertain of how you'll ever fake your smile
You'll hold your chin up to stay above ground
Surprising yourself with what you have found
Loneliness might find you, your only friend
But push comes to shove, it won't end
That is until you call the joker's bluff
It's then you'll find you are quite enough
Hurting yourself is easy enough
That's not a bluff
But living - living is hard
Yet, it remains our best card
We live this thing to our best ability
Sometimes pushing ourselves beyond our capability
Life is life for all its impartiality
We're lucky when we find ourselves to stability
Thanks is given for the grace we're living
Keeping our head above water keeps us breathing
There's a lot to life that needs forgiving
The important thing is that we do keep on living
Hurting yourself is easy enough
That's not a bluff
But living - living is hard
Yet, it remains our best card
(c) July 1, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Almost Nothing Material Is Needed For A Happy Life, For He Who Has Understood Existence
“Almost nothing material is needed for a happy life, for he who has understood existence.” – Marcus Aurelius
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First Principles: How Few There Are Who Have Courage Enough To Own Their Faults, Or Resolution Enough To Mend Them
“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.” – Benjamin Franklin
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