Thought For the Day: No Man Can Put A Chain About the Ankle of His Fellow Man Without At Last Finding the Other End Fastened About His Own Neck

“No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” – Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

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First Principles: Marriage Is In Its Origin A Contract of Natural Law. It Is the Parent, and Not the Child of Society; the Source of Civility, and A Sort of Seminary of the Republic

“Marriage is … in its origin a contract of natural law. … It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic.” – Justice Joseph Story (1833)

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First Principles: The Battle, Sir, Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry

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Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet

“I still can’t believe changing the cover of a box of pancake mix hasn’t caused world peace yet.” – Kevin Sorbo

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For Angels Fallen

A Christmas Dream- An Angel Came Down
For Angels Fallen
by Michael Doyle

When I met you
I found a new dream
It's the only one that will do
To make me a better human being

I kept looking for your wings
Certain that you had fallen
From heaven from the joys you bring
The gleam from your halo was calling

Now I dream of growing old
Along the side of you
This is the simple truth told
One of the greatest of the few

I dream of spending every day
Made more beautiful by you
And at night, I quietly pray
That you really love me too

I'll be here to catch your love
When you dare to take that fall
Like my angel from above
I'll be here to cherish your all

I'll spend my life with you
With more love lived with each day
Passing with love forever true
This is the blessing that I pray

In the end I hope that it's your eyes
That I look up into as I quietly fade
Having known truth sweeter than lies
And remember all the memories we've made

(c) April 26, 2023 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
Playa El Angel Revisited - As the Breakers Roll In

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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” —George Washington (1795)

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Thought For the Day: Our Chief Want In Life Is Somebody Who Shall Make Us Do What We Can

“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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Visceral Causes

The fifth and final of the series based on the science fiction movie, Alien.

The Pond - Even Dragons Need A Little Now and Zen
Visceral Causes
by Michael Doyle

The visceral causes bits of reaction
Connected to the phobias with distinction
A baby born with a visual scream
Birthing the nightmare, where might have been a dream

We are brought again to the height of creativity
Where the crew began to know the limits of reactivity
Collective dreams teach lessons that burn
In every nuance, human beings are born to learn

Hollywood's collective dream provides the window
In which shapes are grown into and become shadow
In the darkest corners of the coming reality
Escaping self-destruction is seen as a possibility

Like a piece of sand vibrating in a dance
It is the frequency that is world moving by chance
All the world feels its sense of inter-connection
Where past and future are not set in linear direction

Clouds tumble by into the blackest of screens
In essence the blank slate inside every human being
Dedicated to a mother whose name remains unknown
The remaining thoughts pass to us for what is shown

(c) April 25, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Natthimmel  - Ruins To Remember

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Thought For the Day: One Who Condones Evils Is Just As Guilty As the One Who Perpetrates It

“One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation

“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Livingston, 1825

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