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First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
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Thought For the Day: We Never Get To the Bottom of Ourselves On Our Own. We Discover Who We Are Face To Face and Side by Side With Others In Work, Love, and Learning
“We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.” – Robert N. Bellah
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Against All Hope
Against All Hope
by Michael Doyle
All alone, by myself
I searched on the shelf
For the words to know
Just how I might grow
To start over in this test
To come through with the rest
In a crash of my identity
I lived my life renewing sincerity
There is madness in pretension
Of which, we must pay strict attention
And from this, come through the fire
Burnt by that which the worst conspire
Faking the ways of true humanity
Feigning humility in place of vanity
Only fools look down on outcasts
Unaware that a crowd's strength is easily lost
The truth is found in the weakest length
And is, indeed, the measure of strength
The corrupt seek out others' weakness
While the meek seek mercy and truly mean this
...Against all hope...
(c) February 23, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The More Man Meditates Upon Good Thoughts, the Better Will Be His World and the World At Large
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.” – Confucius
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Thought For the Day: Love All, Trust A Few, Do Wrong To None
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
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Left Behind
Left Behind
by Michael Doyle
There is a coziness to all our lies
Whispers the darkness in this monster's eyes
There is peace in settling the score
Vengeance knows the warmth of its pour
Like a blended whiskey that burns down slow
So is our lack of wisdom with all that we know
The future comes from all the misguided past
There is no cure for desires Satan casts
Death presses its darkness, yet we persist
As consciousness clings, continuing to exist
There comes an awareness of all linear time
A subtle track of imagination that feels sublime
Those who kill seeking God's favor are doomed to Hell
While most of humanity suffers purgatory's bitter tale
Penitents pray to find their way to Heaven's door
But most find pain, sorrow, and very little more
For as long as humanity cannot escape for its sins
We will suffer and suffer again and horribly again
And if there was reincarnation, we would find no rest
As each time we lived, again we would fail our tests
Satan was an angel, second only to Jesus, in the beginning
In fighting for his pride, there would be no winning
Lucifer was cast down into the pit of his self-created Hell
A pit of brimstone and sulfur for all lost souls to dwell
We live with a hunger and anger to be equal to the living God
None of us stopping to sort out the stakes or the odds
Of us lesser beings bringing about goodness in our creation
When, yet, we know we lack in the requisite savor of imagination
We are lesser beings, filled with selfishness, and are perverse
Yet, we dare to dream of creating our own sense of universe
Despite all our fumbles and pain that we accidentally cause
We abandon God's will and design by our own set of laws
It's in these moments that we build our spheres of alienation
Loneliness owns us in our self-impositions of isolation
Such is the frailty of the human souls and our minds
That the worst of the best of us is what is left behind
It's the curse of our fractional lineage that we come to know
And it holds us back refusing to allow us to improve and grow
As the spiritual synapses of our hearts, souls, and minds
Leave the best of the worst of us for our descendants to find
(c) February 22,2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: Education Perverts the Mind Since We Are Directly Opposing the Natural Development of Our Mind By Obtaining Ideas First and Observations Last
“Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
Surrendered To the Knife
Surrendered To the Knife
by Michael Doyle
Once you've surrendered to the knife
Your silent pleas won't save your life
This, then, is the solemn price paid
For the best-laid plans never made
This is what it is to be done with mankind
To take the bitter red pills, no longer blind
Fear is not your savior or your friend
And yet, to be brave is only to pretend
In the end, every moment is about love
From those spent in Hell and, from the Heavens above
As we become willing to give our all
For the sake of love, we strive to recall
Faustian bargains are quietly made
With devils of whom we should be very afraid
Having no choice, we put our necks on the blade
Whimpering false courage as our hand is played
Those filled with more love than hate
Beg the world's mercy to tenderly wait
And not to take their loved ones away
Out into a world too cold, lost in words, they pray
Knowing that life doesn't work this way
As believers, we hope on this faithful day
That somehow, we might protect what we love
Seeking miracles out of nowhere but Heaven above
Off we go toward our forsaken twist of destiny
As if our lives are facing their final mutiny
We become as if dairies and books to be read
Maybe sometime after we all are finally dead
Let us each be turned to the grace of page one
Letter by letter to words approved and done
Prayers are made that judgment will be justice won
Somehow, before the new day's rising sun
(c) February 21, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.” – George Washington (1789)
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