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Thought For the Day: I Got the Message. All of Us Get the Message, Sooner or Later. If You Get It Before It’s Too Late Or Before You’re Too Old, You’ll Pull Through All Right
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In This Dance
In This Dance
by Michael Doyle
Even rivers know to ramble slowly
The end comes soon enough
If in the end, this world knows me
Someday, that will be enough
In the interrupted dream shades of the night
I wander alone through this twilight
Breathless as the thoughts I reminisce
My destiny had been met with a sweet kiss
Yet, in all the tears that are now felt
It is the love of life that causes us to melt
Breaking down the walls built of acrid ice
It's a God-given chance that rolls the dice
Even rivers know to ramble slowly
Pronouncing that the end comes soon enough
Toward that end, it seems the world knows me
And in this, I have found enough
It is easy then to fall under the spell
Of the sort of magic that compels
Us to take that moment's chance
Offering my hand to lead you in this dance
Wasn't it easy enough to find this spell
Enchanting as a sort of magic that compels
Each of us to take the risk and chance
As we lead each other through this dance
Even rivers know to ramble slowly
Ambling past the bridge to find just enough
That in the end, the world has come to know me
And in this end, I find that is just enough
(c) November 8, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Half Remembered Lines
As If the Last Time
by Michael Doyle
My heart keeps being haunted
By these half-remembered lines
The ones that are never wanted
Like a kiss given as if the last time
Here's looking at you, kid
She half smiles, keeping it hid
That heartbreak is only an emotion away
In that beautiful world of yesterday
A heart's journey can be a long trail
With no telling what luck will prevail
In a world tied to chaos as the cost
These are the wounded lives of those who have lost
It's a vacation that isn't anyone's choice
Complicated as it is with all the inner voices
That argue over these complications
Constantly caught in a world of anticipation
The Cafe Americain comes with its own drink
And a lot of doubt about what to overthink
But think we must whatever it is that we believe
Of changes that confuse us as they continue to deceive
(c) November 7, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: That In Controversies Respecting Property, and In Suits Between Man and Man, the Ancient Trial By Jury Is Preferable To Any Other and Ought To Be Held Sacred
“That In Controversies Respecting Property, and In Suits Between Man and Man, the Ancient Trial By Jury Is Preferable To Any Other and Ought To Be Held Sacred.” – George Mason
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Wait for the Last Judgment. It takes Place Every Day
“Don’t wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.” -Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (7 Nov 1913-1960)
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Held Like A Dream…Let Go
Held Like A Dream...Let Go
by Michael Doyle
Life can make me weary
Dropping me down until I'm teary
Clinging to the edges as we sail into the night
It's as if we only have lanterns for light
After the day's journey, makes us tire
Come warm your feet by the fire
I am haunted by the memory
Of what all my life has meant to me
The blood on my hands tells me why
Life became a case of do or die
Taking that ferry to the other side
I run from my past and my wounded pride
Her beauty comes to me like moonlight
A vision of beauty in that dark night
And I loved her to the depths of my eyes
Her memory lingers in the tears in my eyes
Yesterday seems like a million years ago
As I travel onward and let my past go
I remember how I used to hold her like a dream
I remember how I used to hold her like my dream
(c) November 6, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Rights of Neutrality Will Only Be Respected When They Are Defended By An Adequate Power
“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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Thought For the Day: The World Is Filled With Acts of Bravery and Stupidity, They Are Often One and the Same
“The world is filled with acts of bravery and stupidity, they are often one and the same.” – James Jones
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Living In Gentleness
Living In Gentleness
by Michael Doyle
Open-armed and opened-handed to receive
I live by that which I believe
Looking with godly eyes is part of worship
Lived within our loving relationships
Gentleness takes intention to live out
But it is harder still to live without
We must not be unthinking in what we say
But be kind and compassionate in what we display
We must speak words carved with humility
And allow others to live in their dignity
These words spoken have the power to heal
Or they can hurt, cost, and even kill
We must invest our words not in hurtful assessments
But instead, in ways that prove a worthy investment
Words have an impact that too often hauntingly last
Therefore, we must steward the words that we cast
Being careful in what it is that we do and that we say
Is to make the most of the best found in everyday
Not just for ourselves but for all of God's precious family
And our charge and duty given to us in gentle humility
Meaningful silence has more power than saying the meaningless
Reactive words that are hurtfully spoken and too often careless
This cruelty separates us from God in all of its impurity
Instead, let us turn toward the sharpness of mental sensitivity
We must not be too governed by our base sensuality
But instead, be grounded in our spirituality
Living by critical thinking and by what is discerned
By living in our new selves as we have learned
Walking in righteousness keeps us within our holiness
As we live by the compass that fulfills us in peacefulness,
God speaks into our lives as we constantly live and renew
Allowing the necessary changes of heart and points of view
We must not allow any anger to turn our souls toward sin
And not allow the night to fall before finding peace again
We are all a part of the body of God's endearing family
And knowing this requires we walk in truth and humility
We must allow truthfulness to become our declarative
As we refuse to live too deeply by any passing narrative
Being authentic, we must not allow the Devil a foothold
This is the spiritual dynamic that we are openly told
The Devil's foot hold too often becomes a stranglehold
We must not allow this to be manipulated into letting unfold
Satan seeks to destroy goodness and to savagely devour
Because of this, we must be mindful in every hour
To walk godly, we must elevate our perspective
Always keeping this in mind and being reflective
Of the temptations that too readily abound
Instead, being the kindness and compassion needed found
For conflicts to be resolved, we need to be accepting as we walk
Yet, we need to be assertive in the manner by which we speak
We must not reject or allow ourselves too much passivity
But instead, functionally act with authentic receptivity
These are the ways of God spoken openly and clearly
And the principles and character we must live by deeply
May our words be subjected to and by gentle conviction
And be the message we live by as our daily benediction
(c) November 5, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Perhaps the Earth Can Teach Us, As When Everything Seems Dead and Later Proves To Be Alive
“Perhaps the earth can teach us, as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.” – Pablo Neruda
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