We are all part of the brokenness of humanity We must seek to bravely move into responsibility Being part of the solution, to relieve our strife By lessening our own sins in this thing we call life
The Garden of Eden was corruptly brought down And humanity removed from that dominion's crown This was done through that losing game Consisting of what we call out blame and shame
Scapegoating and blame shifting do not bring redemption Let that thought rest on us in our full contemplation Less or more, we are still to a large degree responsible And our portion of blame can be fixed as we are capable
To bravely take that responsibility and lean-in Doing so, we can resolve our parts of the conflicts we're in We start by removing the planks out of our own eyes As we work the struggle to thrive and recognize
Starting with ourselves in the hard work to be done This is a brilliant way of following the Son Every single one of us has an unmet set of desires Let's start with our own to put out all unsated fires
Let's approach each conflict with clarity Listening to others with full sincerity Then understanding our conflict tightly kept In focus, not spilling over into the carelessly wept
Knowledge that in our corner is God and us And knowing this as ownership just because It separates the overwhelmed from the overcomers That live on in the victory of their endless summers
Taking control and managing the wars within That over the toxicity and rage for the win Reducing those who suffer in our life And helping them, not us, to avoid strife
Never downplaying God, but in humble bemusement Praying to God to process this true investment Allowing God to be deeply involved in our fights And in each, allowing in, the truth of His light
To shine perspective first inward, seeing our way toward Seeing the conflict from God's view and then outward Beginning each moment's conflict at the foot of the cross Then turning these confrontations into wins instead of loss
God knows the why behind what it is we do And that what we do, can sometimes be less than true To what we should always strive for as our example Lord knows that in life such opportunities are ample
Solidifying our best and healing relationships Is to touch on the best of our honest, Godly worship Building, as it does, our truest credibility In approaching life with the lessons of humility
Faking perfection bring harm and unneeded stresses It's better to live in our holy and authentic lessons This is the way of our best learning In how o live life best in our holiest discerning
This then is how to best improve our position Leadership is displayed best in its humbled disposition Because in the end-run this is conflict resolution Solving the problems best by owning our own contributions
Over 25% of the problems that we know Adds up to the 100% by which we grow It comes down to the greater responsibility we take To add up to the better differences that we make
Focused on the internal mirrors of our reflection To bring our integrity into our process of navigation Is how we do our part in a world that needs love And to come to live under the guidance of Heaven above
(c) October 25, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“[I]f the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court…the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Don’t always be appraising yourself, wondering if you are better or worse than other writers. “I will not Reason and Compare,” said Blake; “my business is to Create.” Besides, since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of Time, you are incomparable. ” – Brenda Ueland
From the dark ages Are turned the pages Lit with electricity In its spark of majesty
It fills up the night With the brilliance of light Though dark only moments before Electricity conquered this forevermore
While another cup of coffee Brings the morning time Seeing and being in illumination It's the secret of this magic fascination
The lock is taken off the chamber door As the mind gains freedom to explore All the questions of eccentricity That might come alive through electricity
(c) October 24, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
The battle is won in victory My hands lift up in God, not me Throughout all of my days Every waking moment, focused on His ways
My hands lift up in His holy praise He is the author of all of my days Focused on carrying out his will to my ability And keep this promise to my capability
The adversary intends evil in his turn While God turns this into lessons understood The Devil tries to shape evil in his turn But my God turns this around for the good
All of our hearts are in need of healing Just as it is that God is always willing With everything lived in Jesus' name The resurrection power covers our blame
It is the blood in our veins that saves Keeping us alive beyond our earthly graves In a house of hope and the miracles that we see We receive all the blessings intended for you and me
We live full victory at the Father's feet Knowing only victory and never our true defeat Thankful for how God loves and what He has done In the name of the Father, the Spirit, and the Son
(c) October 24, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“What happens when the actual evidence doesn’t match up with the public narrative that everyone’s already decided on?” – Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker
Derek Chauvin was deliberately railroaded. He MUST be released via Habeas Corpus or some other equally determinative manner immediately as reasonably possible. This has been and continues to be a grave injustice that society must reckon with forthwith. Those who deliberately acted to deceive the public must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
To be human is to fantasize More than can be seen with naked eyes Worried about what ghouls might be After death's last-breath tragedy
We keep our eyes on what is next And all the riddles that do connect Caught in our pockets of desolation While we pray for Heaven's gate as destination
The heart seems to drive and show The cursed fluidity of the blood's flow As we climb our mountains to find treasure We find that there is no true way to measure
The worth we'd find in escaping death If we could arrange to take another breath What we would give to reopen the eyes From death's eternally haunting lullabies
We seek new life in mystic healing As we search for secrets God is concealing Timid souls search for unfolded resurrection Failing to understand that blasphemy's desecration
It is not courage but a matter of arrogance That causes us to give God this great offense We approach faithlessness in our questions That we pursue without the least hesitation
Yet, it is that we seek to know And refuse all lives by which we grow A young doctor searches for hidden cures That will allow enfeebled life to endure
Watching his father's patients grow ill and die Only brings heartbreak and a thousand questions why We search for some sacred reason they no longer live But would of a loved one's life, our souls gladly give
The dying can only trust that those left behind Will turn toward one another to love and to survive And while their life's light starts to fade Ask those they love to keep these promises made
The deaths that come like the tears that shed Make it hard for us to mourn and bury our dead Sadness circles until we feel we'll drown in sorrow And the last brave soul cries for a better tomorrow
If wishing life for the dying is some blasphemy Then let me burn on fire, inspired with sympathy God will not see such mortal love as any sin Not as long as dreams can dreamed, and begun again
What memories that we hold onto and manage to save Are bittersweet like flowers placed on the grave To always be remembered as if only just yesterday In health and sickness, we won't allow these to fadeaway
(c) October 23, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
[I]f Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led like sheep, to the Slaughter. – George Washington, Speech to the Officers of the Army at Newburgh, the Newburgh Address, March 15, 1783.
“Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.” – Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster (23 Oct 1899-1989)
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
