It's hard to make a room read Especially when I'm the hero no one needs But there's something to be said For all the nonsense that we're fed
Nobody is that special anymore I wonder if we ever were even before No one needs the extraordinary ordinary When we all wish for something legendary
Dreams of the future serve as reflection Who knows what will bring connection With all the heaviness of gravity It's a moment like this that calls for levity
I'm rarely serious but I am now In hoping that we all muddle through somehow With the garbage in which we wade We lay waste to the plans we've made
It's funny, the things bringing us together All the differences that make us better All checkpoints that can't be checked Is it any wonder our universe isn't more wrecked?
(c) June 1, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. … Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths…” – President George Washington (1796)
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo, From Hugo’s Work William Shakespeare (1864), Part 1, Book II, Chapter IV
“I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”– Thomas Jefferson
“Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you’ve only founded a superstition. If you test it, you’ve started a science.” -Hal Clement, science fiction author (30 May 1922-2003)
Keeping reality and the Bible in context Is a paradigm that constantly corrects To keep truest meaning in its place Throughout our lives, it's a truth to embrace
God answers prayers in His time To do otherwise would be a crime Each answer must come when it is due If the right answer is going to come to you
Even in exile, we must pray for the best Believing in truth is the real, final test God's promises are certain but not always immediate Sometimes life plays out as we remediate
At times, darkness comes to bring light We must keep faith in the Lord to make this right It's the process of keeping the promise Sometimes life comes at you and it is what it is
Failing to the bottom to yet rise again These are the times we find Jesus is our friend The helping hand to bring us to that rise To come up and through to our pleasant surprise
The hurt we experience can help others If for nothing else, as lessons, for one another There is a pardon given in our forgiveness If we will only wise up and live this
When we press on broken glass, we bleed From every thought and feeling germinates the seeds Bringing that everything that we truly need We can cipher this truth in the good book that we read
Full circle in our mangled, messy process Is the truth of our lives that we confess The Father above gave the life of His Son So that we might be forgiven and our damage done
Ending in prayer that is sorely needed In hope that grace and redemption is heeded There is a victory at the foot of the cross That brings us hope and never our loss
(c) May 29, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side.” – German novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Truth doesn’t need a consensus. It needs only one to find it and say it to others so that they too can spread their wings through creation and innovation. This is the path forward. When we seek the majority’s opinions what is usually found is how often the majority are incorrect.
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
