Forgiveness is... Giving up on the thought Of some mythical better past Forgiveness is... Where reduction of negativity is sought Becoming free from the pain that shouldn't last
Forgiveness is... Giving up on all the rage For a return to a more moral community Forgiveness is... The emotional turning of the page And finding peace in the heart's capacity
The capacity to let go Of all the wrongs done To begin the needed healing Moving past the injury to ego As is better in the long run And to rise above the soul's revealing
Forgiveness is... needed... To live, to love, to find... And be the light
(c) November 26, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“To model our political systemupon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weakersprings of the human character.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 34, 1788
“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.” -Kahlil Gibran, poet, and artist (1883-1931)
Late last night I was thinking on.. The furthest star's even furthest moon Until I was dreaming of a once upon Fairytale feeling that was needed soon
For two years, the world has suffered Through the scourge of viral pestilence With reasons for joy as best buffered As we've meet this challenge with persistence
This morning greeted with cantaloupe and quiche My daughters and I kept the tradition of Macy's Day Met with the parade and hug and a familial kiss Keeping faith and trust on this Thanksgiving Day
Iconic and quietly stated despite all of the many stings There is the collective memory or living through worse And my encouragement to them to reach for brass rings In all that they do, be it in science or even verse
Serving as an example of living in contented trust Trust in God even when it seems that discontented man Has forgotten to love or acknowledge God as we must But this home will be consistent in the divine purpose we can
Serving the employment of peace and living in harmony Though provoked with thoughts of the divine in prayer That the nation will find its way to our tranquil unity Fighting for all of God's children and escaping Satan's snare
This Thanksgiving Day is sacred to be kept set apart Vouchsafing the undeserved mercies gracefully shown us Through gratitude given beyond platitude given from the heart Keeping true to ourselves and God's good will because
We need to realize the real in all of its felicity Zealously keeping to the ways of good and holy tradition Instead of being lost within the traps of complicity Drawing our deepest strength from God's loving direction
Thankful for our priceless freedoms and living in liberty Appropriately recognizing the source of all our bounty Is solely come from God's providence as our source of security And rightly giving thanks for prosperity in our blessed dignity
(c) November 25, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.” – Psalm 100:4-5
Faith is not a blind leap But the illuminations that we keep Finding, like a compass, our direction Through Christ and His correction
Listening to that small, still voice It's where we find the healthy choice In apparent tone deaf moments of good cheer As Jesus walks with us, year after year
Sometimes in the most pressing times When it feels we're walking through landmines There is nothing better than that smile That comes after feeling you walked beyond your last mile
Trusting while needing a valid verification Seeking lives anchored in our conviction That the Word of God tells us what to do Keeping our compass set to what we know is true
Walking away from all that is the forgery Of Satan's lies that are not of soul theology Precious moments come from what we learn The value and needs that we come to discern
Setting eyes toward the Lord's good invitation Instead of seeking only God's needed intervention Seeking out what is God's truest good will Instead of pleading what we believe will keep us still
Our hope floats in the purest spiritual buoyancy When we set our hearts on the utmost saliency Of the faith in God as the waves are crashing down And we live lives of joy despite the cuts of precision
Cutting at us like storms coming in our days Knowing that if only we can keep faith in God's ways We will grown into that that bigger faith we need Starting as it is with the faith of a mustard seed
(c) November 24, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
“The segregation of the spiritual life from the practical life is a curse that falls impartially upon both sides of our existence.” – Lewis Mumford, in Faith for the Living
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
