“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)
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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths, and Make Us All In Our Several Vocations Useful Here
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The Christmas That Was Tragic
The Christmas That Was Tragic
by Michael Doyle
This Sunday, Christmas, is a bit tragic
When we’ve stopped believing in magic
We call it adulting but it’s really not
It’s just the goodness we’ve simply forgot
Take a deep breath, and try to believe
In all those things once simple to conceive
All the children in the world believe this night
Walking from reasons to despair into the light
Once a year, there is the annual passing of cheer
Meant to last a lifetime and never disappear
Pointy-eared elves never lie, you’re thinking of gnomes
And the joy in this world is to be dreamt into homes
In this PC world, Merry Christmas seems problematic
And the naughtiness meter has become ever tragic
Some cynics are doubting if Santa’s really still got it
He does, you just believe enough for those who’ve forgot it
(c) December 25, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Adulting, Believe, Cheer, Children, Christmas, Conceive, Cynics, Deep Breath, Disappear, Doubt, Elves, Forgot, Forgot It, Gnomes, Goodness, Got It, Homes, Joy, Lie, Light, Magic, Merry Christmas, Naughtiness, Night, PC World, Poetry and Poems, Problematic, Sunday, Tragic, World
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Thought For the Day: We Have Been Assured In the Sacred Writings That Except the Lord Build the House, They Labor In Vain That Build It
“God governs the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Affairs of Man, Assured, Benjamin Franklin, Builders of Babel, God, Ground, House, Labor In Vain, Lord, Notice, Sacred Writings, Sparrow, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: It Cannot Be Emphasized Too Strongly…That This Great Nation Was Founded …By Christians…On the Gospel of Jesus Christ
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ!” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and Course of Nature, an Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – George Washington (1789)
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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is the Only Investment That Never Fails
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Christmas Time Again
Christmas Time Again
by Michael Doyle
You kiss the dog and pet the wife
Playing out scenes from its a wonderful life
You hang the lights and blame the season
Holding out the mistletoe as if the reason
For one more chance to seductively kiss
The secret love you know you'd truly miss
If you woke to find tomorrow never comes
While wiping away the snow that fogs the pane
It's officially Christmas time again
Spent in good cheer with family and friends
If you don't believe Santa, you still pretend
As you count blessings, you never want to end
The things that come and go, before our eyes
We forget that each morning is a blessing in disguise
Isn't it strange how easily we can lose it all
But when it is there, we somehow struggle to recall
Hot chocolate memories shard with a smile
Rock, paper, and scissors play out in denial
And I love how your eyes light up in surprise
Still looking for Santa in the moonlit skies
It's officially Christmas time again
Spent in good cheer with family and friends
If you don't believe Santa, you still pretend
As you count blessings, you never want to end
It doesn't matter how long the lines are
As Feliz Navidad strums across the busker's guitar
There is a question of time that begins to slow
As we look out the window into the Christmas snow
Spreading the cheer across the world, nation to nation
This is our time to join hands in blessed celebration
Merry Christmas, in its spirit, shared with everyone
Now that Christmastide has once again begun
(c) December 22, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of People: Those Who Say To God, ‘Thy Will Be Done,’ and Those To Whom God Says, ‘All Right, Then, Have It Your Way’
“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.'” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
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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)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, History, Jealousy, Experience, Citizens, Free People, Foreign Influence, Wiles, Republican Government, Awake, Foes, Belive
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First Principles: It Is of Great Importance To Set A Resolution, Not To Be Shaken, Never To Tell An Untruth
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Believe, Contemptible, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Heart, Importance, Lie, Resolution, Soul Shaken, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Untruth
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