“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know.” – John Adams, in Dissertation on the Cannon and Feudal Law
“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” – Arundhati Roy
Each Moment's Thankfulness
by Michael Doyle
In this world folded into blindness
Too many have forgotten kindness
I think it begins with gratitude
Looking on the world with right attitude
Before this, there is the participation
That slowly seeps into relaxation
Peace comes with every breath taken
Allowing this feeling to not be shaken
In finding gratitude, we find happiness
This is the moment first filled with bliss
Connecting to each breath, we find the pace
The pace that knows its own loving embrace
Shoulders and body soften into the now
As we exhale the tension of the somehow
Simply being only in this moment of seeing
In the appreciation of being simply a human being
It is the what of who we are meant to be
And simply seeing what we are meant to see
Thankful for all that comes to fulfill life
And easing our way out of self-made strife
(c) November 23, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Whatever your favorite ways of celebrating and saying thanks to God, family, and friends, I hope your days are filled with joy and blessings!!
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
“(I)t 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, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789
Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789 (archives.gov)
That You Know Me
by Michael Doyle
You are the same God today
As you were in my yesterday
You are the same God who has stayed
Faithfully as the God to whom I prayed
All those years so long ago
And through all my ebbs and flows
As you have brought healing to my body
Walking me on the path of victory
Crosses are made for a sinner's death
You took away my pain and restored my breath
I praise your name before the heavens and Earth
Giving you my faith for all it's worth
As you have given me my eternity
I will be your servant in this journey
I hope only that in the words that I say
My joy in you will be discerned everyday
You are my savior, to whom I earnestly confess
Your love takes me through every single test
I cry out with all I am that your touch is holy
And how blessed I am that you know me
(c) November 22, 2023 Michael Doyle
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“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” – Galatians 6:10
Dedicated to my youngest daughter who I very dearly love and very nearly lost two years ago today…
These Are the Days of Us
by Michael Doyle
These are the days of us
I learned this from a child
Who gave this wisdom because
This thought played and beguiled
As I tried to teach the ABCs
Like a theme that was a reprise
Of the things important to learn
Only to have my student more wisely discern
That of all the things to learn
There is one lesson that should burn
That's the meaning of real love
And how it fits like a fist in the glove
Of all things that are the most important
To those things that make dreams ascendant
That these are the days of us
And what we do with them matters because
Belief in God and in each other
Brings us to have faith and love for one another
It's in this faith that we might rise above
Putting aside hate, blame, and shame...in favor of love
(c) November 21, 2023 Michael Doyle
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