“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Thought For the Day: The World Makes Way For the Man Who Knows Where He Is Going
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First Principles: If We Desire To Secure Peace…It Must Be Known, That We Are At All Times Ready For War
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.” – George Washington (1793)
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Beginning and Ending With the Heart
Beginning and Ending With the Heart
by Michael Doyle
There are more things
We agree on
Than we disagree on
There are more common grounds
Than causes for pugilistic rounds
If we only address these simply
Catholic or Protestant in Ireland
Two rooms in God's good mansion
That need to learn to better compromise
Each group having so many people
That have been taught only to demand
And so seldom seek to understand
When seen through the eyes of a child
Like the one who once laid in a manger
Have forgotten the ways of mercy mild
Treating near relatives as if strangers
Forgetting the golden rule of compassion
Or at least treating it as if out of fashion
We need to learn loving ways again
Seeking the moments of coming together
Instead of those ways that push us apart
The soldier is the last person to want war
Knowing that there are ways to live better
Each of us beginning and ending with the heart
(c) March 26, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions Without the Support of Public Opinion, Which Is Tremendously Molded By the Press and Other Forms of Propaganda
“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” – General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
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First Principles: War Is Not the Best Engine For Us To Resort To; Nature Has Given Us One In Our Commerce
“War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe to treat us with justice.” – Thomas Jefferson (1797)
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Torn As A Teenage Girl’s Heart
Torn As A Teenage Girl's Heart
by Michael Doyle
This one has me in tears before I even start
Watching torn as a teenage girl's heart
The princess who loved me like her biggest hero
Yells at me and treats me as less than zero
Only to an hour later climb into my arms
As if she suddenly remembers her daddy's charms
It's not like I don't get that she's growing older
And that her feelings are making her bolder
But, what happened to all the love and respect
Is it somehow, something that I've managed to neglect
The wise woman who has studied this for years
Offers me a Kleenex and a blessing for my tears
She'll grow out of this or so it's said
But when her hormones rage, I'd rather be dead
My crime is listening to her and helping her out
And she has decided this indicates doubt
That she has this thing and will prevail
Yet, I tell that I know this and am on her side as well
And she smiles sweetly and says she know this
Please tell me exactly what is it I manage to miss
The hour has grown late and she's asleep in her bed
Resting there so beautiful, pillow to her head
And my heart hurts, she always knew I was her best friend
And now suddenly it's as if life has met its upend
All these feelings rushing out with their intensity
Taken by me, so they tell me, all too seriously
Yet she and her sister have been my reason for living
For years now always there loving and forgiving
The wise lady tells me that she'll turn around again
When the teen years are over and remember I'm her best friend
And maybe I'm too sensitive because I give them my all
Thinking on sleeping now, wishing the tears to stop their fall
Funny how I was supposed to be the one that nothing could kill
Only to have my oldest daughter's temper destroy my will
I want to reach out and hold her close and hold her tight
Instead, I just look and quietly whisper again one more good night
(c) March 25, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Politics Is War Without Bloodshed While War Is Politics With Bloodshed
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)
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In Honor of National Medal of Honor Day
March 25th is National Medal of Honor Day. This is in recognition of the government’s highest military decoration awarded to American airmen, coast guardsmen, guardians, Marines, sailors, and soldiers who have distinguished themselves through their valor.
First Principles: Greater Love Has No One Than This: To Lay Down One’s Life For One’s Friends
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:12-14
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Thought For the Day: You May Not Be Interested In War, but War Is Very Interested In You
“You may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1828-1910)
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