“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” – Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887)
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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Advance the Swimming Abilities of Ducks By Throwing the Eggs In the Water
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not So Much Our Friends’ Help That Helps Us As the Confident Knowledge They Will Help Us
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE)
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First Principles: The Cause of America Is In A Great Measure the Cause of All Mankind
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
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First Principles: The Same Prudence Which In Private Life Would Forbid Our Paying Our Own Money For Unexplained Projects, Forbids It In the Dispensation of Public Moneys
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Thought For the Day: The Souls of Emperors and Cobblers Are Cast In the Same Mold. The Same Reason That Makes Us Wrangle With A Neighbor Creates A War Between Princes
“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)
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Thought For the Day: Talk Not of Wasted Affection, Affection Never Was Wasted
“Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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First Principles: Natural Rights Are the Objects For the Protection of Which Society Is Formed and Municipal Laws Established
“Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
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The Get To of the Got To
The Get To of the Got To
by Michael Doyle
Heroes of faith that give what they can
That's every woman and then every man
Daring to give what they are given
These cheerful hearts are those forgiven
Working the work of giving in light
Living open to God to truly live right
Open minds and hearts make for good health
That brings more open hearts and wealth
Open twenty four and seven in appreciation
This spiritual maturity passes into each generation
Open to the truth and God's ways
This truth lightens the load of our days
Embraced in its fullness and encouragement
We walk our walk in our fullest engagement
Everyone can give a little for that something
That builds dreams of hope from next to nothing
It's the eye contact given from His holy eyes
In its recognition given to our great surprise
As a father looks out for the best for His child
Giving love's mercy, given tender and mild
In the midst of chaos and its resultant confusion
We somehow manage to see beyond this world's illusions
Overflowing in joy, we live on despite our trials
The strongest people find their way to the smiles
Believers seem to suffer through somehow very well
This is the truth of faith told by our daily tales
Driven to giving past our believed in ability
We find the fabled path to our best capability
It is a privilege to serve beyond expectation
Above and beyond all anticipation
His followers exceed the expectancies of the test
By the will of God, we learn to live our best
There it is in that grace of traces of giving
We've found our way to learn the truest living
Giving in the development needed as we start to grow
Living to live beyond the edges of all that we know
Freed of pretense, into all that we can be and are
Our paths are defined by following that star
Our lives are given and are telling His tale
And in the end, our examples will bear out well
Our most telling moments are in our giving moments
Rising above our troubles and all of our torments
Separated and apart at the heart, we are called out
To be the better and love more beyond all doubt
The arc of human life, lived from cradle to grave
Bears the testimony that has come only to save
These generations carry the standards for all to see
Inspired by the heroes who have lived the history
May God always be invited to all the spaces of life
Be these the best of peace and even all of our strife
Entrusting in God's faith to somehow see us through
In every question and in all that we muddle, live, and do
The truth is that the better we are at giving
The better we are doing in our day-to-day living
I's a privilege of service given to us in grace
To live out each moment in God's holy embrace
God makes Himself present and in all aspects known
It becomes understandable in all that He has shown
As He reveals His depth as in fumbling exhortations
These blessings given in grace live to be our expectations
(c) February 26, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Therefore Encourage One Another and Build One Another Up, Just As You Are Doing
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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