“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them.” – Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms (1775)
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (29 Jun 1900-1944)
Daring to Live Different
by Michael Doyle
As we learn to accept who we are
We set our eyes on the mother star
It's the urge to get back home
To the family, no longer alone
The heart breaks on the shore
But still we dare to search for more
As we try to learn lessons and imitate
All of the motivations we try to create
Life happens as it does and we wait
With only a few brave souls daring to escape
The hows and whys of changing style
In the names of the false gods we defile
Turning traditions for the sake of the one rock
That shapes and molds the incurious flock
We break the bonds to become the outcast
For daring to live different from the past
(c) June 28, 2023 Michael Doyle
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“Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” -Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)
Consent of the Governed
by Michael Doyle
As a people, our government transformed
When we could not be forcefully conformed
To a loss of rightful, popular sovereignty
This could not be allowed by our dignity
Unjust in his dictatorial set of actions
We, the Americans, demanded satisfaction
This planted the seeds of fundamental rights
Enduring today like a thousand lights
Natural law endows us with right reason
Reconciled with nature in all its seasons
Though our world is shifting yet again
These principles are needed to be protected again
With natural law violated in the public square
We must push back for just as we duly declare
The fundamental threshold is speech and petition
As we dig in deep with God in this repetition
Refining and enlarging through some revision
We find our rights and path closer to precision
To find our agreements through candid moderation
This then is for the good of our republican nation
This is native to the faith of the system conceived
To keep our nation enlightened and not deceived
By the demagoguery that is so falsely spoken
We must seek unity in correct ways again unbroken
In our declaration, there is reasoned justification
For the protection and the freedom of our nation
Set out, one-by-one, in its full-flow articulation
Our republicanism stands as its own ratification
Following the certain logic of what is moral
Through diverse views we remain together, yet plural
That path must duly lean toward reconciliation
With our first principles kept in our deliberation
This government is set up between mankind
With each having differing eyes that are not blind
This gives the ability to find workable governing ways
As the consent of the governed finds itself in different days
(c) June 27, 2023 Michael Doyle
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“True law is right reason in agreement with Nature; it is of universal application. Unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The lesson I want you to learn is it doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or white – it doesn’t matter – what does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character.” – Fred Gwynne, in The Munsters
Home For the Win
by Michael Doyle
The most important place to win
Is in our home; every now and then
To be the parents that we wish to be
Living in every thoughtful possibility
It's not about being perfect but present
To declare the truth wisely as if Heaven sent
For parents to do this, we must start to train
Ourselves in references lived within each refrain
Righteous parenting is considered in every step we take
And is to help our children in the life they'll make
Bringing the gift brought through living health
That involves us greater than all other wealth
Softening hearts with every word that we say
Focusing on eternity and just the events of the day
We do our best to focus on things eternal
And keeping our children from facing the infernal
We must practice diligently our best Jesus walk
That sets an example far beyond the words we talk
Solidly living out our faith as our foundation
And living lives that require no need for explanation
This is a battle that begins on our well-worn knees
And doing life effectively and living within authority
Anointed to play out the grace that is needed
We keep on our holy path with God duly heeded
We are committed to our walk beyond our mistakes
Enduring and learning from all of our hear beaks
As we speak life over our children in all we see
Leaning on their visions and dreams of possibility
Being a parent is a life of apology and love
Learning and changing for the better under Heaven above
We need this blessing spoken over our lives to be
The encouragers reaching for every possibility
Every child is unique in what and who they are
And unlike cookie cutters, we must treat them like stars
As for our home, we shall serve the Lord as we should
Together is the better of the life that we would
If we are to reach the dreams within our hearts
We must grab it with our open hands from the start
Willing to be the ones who dares to walk in love
And taking our best lessons from up above
(c) June 26, 2023 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” – Robert Lindner (1914-1956)
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