“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. Carrington, 1788
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” –Steve Jobs
Come To the End
by Michael Doyle
You want me to take you seriously
As you glare at me furiously
With your arms around the guy
I caught you with before my reply
You flame me by way of "fuck you" balloon
As I advert my eyes trained to the moon
Doing the best of my best James Dean
My mind focused on when you were my dream
I won't be held down by your comedy
Pretending your antics are my tragedy
Keep holding on to your fantasy
Now that I know the truth, it means little to me
Laid out as it is, cards on the table
This experience will serve as fable
A lesson learned in less than mediocrity
Served up by someone thinking herself legendary
Only too verbally punch her way out of relevancy
In a fall from grace from the heights of majesty
When you refused to look at or ask for evidence
In my heart, your feigned hurt lost all relevance
I won't be caught up in the might-have-beens
When it seems you don't remember the whens
Of true words spoken between true friends
My hurt focus on lies has come to the end
(c) September 29, 2021 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
“A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.” – Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (29 Sep 1547-1616)
Yesterday, September 27, 2021, was the last day
of prescribed cardiac rehab. They tell me that
I am doing excellently. The only admonishment
given was that I should keep in mind not to work
out as hard as my spirit tells me I should but to
strive to be within a range and become more
moderate than my habits of a lifetime.
To mark this, a poem:
Pushed and Pulled
by Michael Doyle
I pushed
I pulled
I strained
For every inch of ground
I have ever gained
This is what they taught
To live life as it is caught
However hard the roads
That I have been shown
By every struggle
I have more than grown
Becoming the all of me
Pushed for in the possibility
Making of life, my reality
Always seeking higher ground
However seldom it might be found
Pushing to be just a little more
As we swam hard for the shore
Hoping we might reach it
To live another day and teach it
To be all that life allows to be
Never heeding that enough is enough
It now feels it's surely a bluff
How can it be that living moderately
Is the way to excel in my sufficiency
To do within a range is to do good
Why more is less remains misunderstood
At last, time has brought this change
I pushed
I pulled
I strained
For every inch of ground
I have ever gained
This is what they taught
To live life as it is caught
(c) September 28, 2021 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)
“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” -Susan Ertz, author (1894-1985)
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