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Thought For the Day: All You Need Is Love. But A Little Chocolate Now and Then Doesn’t Hurt
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What’s Good For One’s Soul
What's Good For One's Soul
by Michael Doyle
As time puts distance in sight
A mind thinks on how to set it right
Questioning how does one build a life
With sights on peace and not strife
Even the richest know it's sacrilege
To hold oneself as a person of privilege
As each of us has the same humble birth
And we all too do depart from this Earth
Even ghosts hold up in their nobility
Conspicuous through the embarrassments of poverty
It's a thing expressed in stress and anxiety
That then can become a struggle ending lonely
Again and again, like a Boethius accused of treason
We must be strong enough to live through every season
Sometimes one cannot change their circumstances
Then it is that with equanimity we play out our chances
It's never as easy to change the world as it is you
That's too impractical and isn't a reasonable view
Truly, wherever you go, it's certain that there you are
No matter how long time passes, nor no matter how far
It's better then to find the freedom to embrace
Remodeling the paradigms and giving life its space
The stories will continue to unfold if reaction
Is the central key to every given interaction
Life and its changes are often in the grays between
When fighting against reality bears fruit yet unseen
Emotions can spiral out of everyone's desired control
Then it is best to consider what is best for one's soul
(c) December 2, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: If You Are Not In Tune With the Universe, There Is Sickness In the Heart and Mind
“If you are not in tune with the universe, there is sickness in the heart and mind.” – Navajo saying
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First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families.” – John Adams (1778)
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She Says…
She Says...
by Michael Doyle
All the ugly truths
That have tried to push her back
Have tripped her up, since her youth
Until grace gave her all she might lack
Thoughts of how abundance increases
Gave her the hope to move on past
In her story filled with broken pieces
Now she's got peace in her soul and love in her heart
She'll admit to having made some bad choices
As she walked her way past her momentary confusion
Preferring that still small voice over other voices
That try to shine like gold of life's shallow illusion
She smiles sadly, telling her brave story
Though her tears might just fall like rain
Until her face lights up because of the glory
As she claims, sweet victory over her pain
She stands unafraid of baring her honest soul
Every scar turns to stars as she moves on past
Not all of life has been under her best control
But, she's found her way walking in a love that will last
She keeps walking her faith in the true God above
Who has seen and loved her while she walked through hell
And now she has a good man she trust with her love
Sometimes that's all that's needed in the trick of this tale
(c) December 1, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: I Can Scarcely Contemplate A Greater Calamity That Could Befall This Country, Than Be Loaded With A Debt Exceeding Their Ability Ever to Discharge
“I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If this be a just remark, it is unwise and improvident to vest in the general government a power to borrow at discretion, without any limitation or restriction.” – Robert Yates (1738-1801)
The question some may have is who is/was Mr. Robert Yates? See the attached:
Robert Yates Storms Out Of The Constitutional Convention (founderoftheday.com)
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First Principles: Equal and Exact Justice To All Men, of Whatever Persuasion, Religious or Political
“Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Ruins A Face So Fast As Double-Dealing. Your Face Telling One Story to the World. Your Heart Yanking Your Face To Pieces, Trying To Let the Truth Be Known
“Nothing ruins a face so fast as double-dealing. Your face telling one story to the world. Your heart yanking your face to pieces, trying to let the truth be known.” – Jessamyn West, novelist (1902-1984)
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Tagged Double-Dealing, Face, Heart, Jessamyn West, Known, Nothing, Pieces, Ruin, Story, Tell, Thought For the Day, Truth, World, Yank
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First Principles: There Is A Certain Enthusiasm In Liberty; That Makes Human Nature Rise Above Itself, In Acts of Bravery and Heroism
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” – Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775
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First Principles: The Constitution Is Not Subject To… Fluctuations. It Is To Have A Fixed, Uniform, Permanent Construction.
“Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes or the policy of another. The constitution is not subject to such fluctuations. It is to have a fixed, uniform, permanent construction. It should be, so far at least as human infirmity will allow, not dependent upon the passions or parties of particular times, but the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.” – Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833