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First Principles: Natural Rights Are the Objects For the Protection of Which Society Is Formed and Municipal Laws Established
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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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Thought For the Day: A Compliment Is Something Like A Kiss Through A Veil
“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.” -Victor Hugo, author (26 Feb 1802-1885)
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First Principles: To Be Prepared For War, Is One of the Most Effectual Means of Preserving Peace
“To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” – George Washington (1790)
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Thought For the Day: There’s Nothing That Makes You So Aware of the Improvisation of Human Existence As A Song Unfinished. Or an Old Address Book.
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Thought For the Day: Unless the People, Through Unified Action, Arise and Take Charge of Their Government, They Will Find That Their Government Has Taken Charge of Them
“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.” – President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
First Principles: The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind
“The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” – Thomas Jefferson (1790)
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The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journey
The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journey
by Michael Doyle
Long may it be that we keep this blessed memory
of what it means to take a 3000 mile journey
From Canada to the Oyamel forests in the Mexican nation
Reminding us that borders are man's habitation
Along the eastern and western paths of pollination
The monarchs bring life in reaching their destination
Overwintering so that they might take flight again
Black, orange, and white, the air is their domain
There is much mystery to the wonder of their orientation
As they fly overhead across mankind from nation to nation
Polarized light, perception, and light provide celestial cues
Using the sun's compass and keeping sight of mountain views
God's confetti spreads across this continent in celebration
Like the love they are, their beauty belongs to all nations
In the great cycle of life, this is the nature that nurtures
And through it all, we see hint of our own coming future
A living symbol of faith that shines through all transformation
A look of love that spoils richly without need for explanation
Crying out in birth, then in rebirth, one with all creation
Beauty carried out for all on the winds of every generation
Descending on the woods abundantly like a shower of crackled gold
These are the messengers of God that silently speak the story told
In metamorphosis shown through all of its many, varied phases
This journey shines brightly on the face of nature's pages
(c) February 24, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington (1796)
