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Thought For the Day: A Single Act of Kindness Throws Out Roots In All Directions, and the Roots Spring Up and Make New Trees
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I Want To Write A Praise Song
I Want To Write A Praise Song
by Michael Doyle
I know that the past is always present.
It's nothing to me that I will resent.
The scars are a reminder of where
I fell down, and God was always there.
I was struggling, unable to catch my breath.
The hurt ran deep enough to meet my death.
But His hand was there to help me to my feet,
In His salvation, I found victory over defeat.
There are times I am weak and timid.
Lost within myself and feeling my limits.
But at this moment, Lord, I am strong,
And so I offer up my praises in this song.
In a hallelujah moment, I finally understood
That God above us is the only one who is good.
Forever, I will sing this truth I understand.
That I am still standing is from His healing hand.
Of His kingdom and His glory, I witness majesty.
The truth is before us, and there is no mystery.
Lord Jesus gave Himself, crucified on that cross.
That we can be redeemed and not know our loss.
There are times I am weak and timid.
Lost within myself and feeling my limits.
But at this moment, Lord, I am strong,
And so I offer up my praises in this song.
I have witnessed His love in all I've seen and done.
The trinity's three lock box: Father, Spirit and Son.
Each of these has come to save this sinner's soul.
To each of these, I give all that I cannot control.
Greater is His faithfulness than any we employ,
It is from His sacrifice that we know great joy.
And I know his mercy flows like a river is wide.
He brings me to humility and protects me from my pride.
There are times I am weak and timid.
Lost within myself and feeling my limits.
But at this moment, Lord, I am strong,
And so I offer up my praises in this song.
(c) August 21, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Human Kindness Has Never Weakened the Stamina Or Softened the Fiber of a Free People. A Nation Does Not Have To Be Cruel To Be Tough.
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Thought For the Day: Thousands of Tired, Nerve-Shaken, Over-Civilized People Are Beginning To Find Out That Going To the Mountains Is Going Home; That Wildness Is A Necessity
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity.” – John Muir
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Strange Days In Need of Integrity
Strange Days In Need of Integrity
by Michael Doyle
Looking at the strange days of indignity,
It seems we need to find our integrity.
In the toss of deception and sin,
We wonder if we'll find a way out again.
Something is awry in the cultural script,
And somehow, truth for a lie has flipped.
True character requires that we make reference
To the best of ourselves in astute preference.
The moral sense of mankind requires nurture,
However much it is part and parcel of our nature.
We are to live with astute honor and excellence
This gives our society its sense of benevolence.
Courage will create a path for our children's destiny,
Making them wise enough to bravely embrace history.
There is a power in our heroes and their grand story.
It is a power that allows us to live for our glory.
We must not sell our souls in full capitulation
But must strive to do right in every situation.
We must never collaborate with the knowingly wrong,
But instead, we must live to be free and remain strong.
The moral sense of mankind requires nurture,
However much it is part and parcel of our nature.
We are to live with astute honor and excellence
This gives our society its sense of benevolence.
Good character is built on a base of integrity.
It's the wholeness that completes our identity.
Synthesized our virtues become our needed whole,
And from this, we gain nourishment for our souls.
Reason, desire, and spirit are more than allegory.
Habituation and practice become each category.
And through these, we reach our highest human good.
At least, that's what the philosophers understood.
The moral sense of mankind requires nurture,
However much it is part and parcel of our nature.
We are to live with astute honor and excellence
This gives our society its sense of benevolence.
In the turning world, we find ourselves by chance
Forming the points of the world in its long dance.
Rectitude has always been a grace well-respected
And is the one measure of character to be affected
No matter what else there is to come our way
If we are to know we've lived well, our best day.
Private character becomes public with dignity,
It is always best to live life with integrity.
The moral sense of mankind requires nurture,
However much it is part and parcel of our nature.
We are to live with astute honor and excellence
This gives our society its sense of benevolence.
(c) August 20, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Freedom Is the Open Window Through Which Pours the Sunlight of the Human Spirit and Human Dignity
“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover
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Thought For the Day: Make Sure That Nobody Pays Back Wrong For Wrong, But Always Strive To Do What Is Good For Each Other and For Everyone Else
““Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:15
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Silent Cal
Silent Cal
by Michael Doyle
Silent Cal
Spent a lot of time in his head.
But those things he said,
Keep on being said.
Silent Cal,
Kept in thought with little said.
But what he said resonates a lot.
It's not very likely to be forgot.
To the point, yet extraordinary.
His leadership was anything but ordinary.
Living in a frivolous, economic bubble,
His silence discerned the coming trouble.
There's as much said with an empathic "no"
Then there is an enthusiastic hello.
Fiscal restraint leads to limited government.
The free market needs little improvement.
Silent Cal
Spent a lot of time in his head.
But those things he said,
Keep on being said.
Silent Cal,
Kept in thought with little said.
But what he said resonates a lot.
It's not very likely to be forgot.
But excessive speculation leads to a bust.
Economic prosperity requires more than trust.
Principles stand hard through limited government.
The truth is, there is little need for improvement.
Though these days, it gets a lot of resistance,
Truth proves that little else beats persistence.
Walking life with principles and determination
Are among the best percepts to govern a nation.
Silent Cal
Spent a lot of time in his head.
But those things he said,
Keep on being said.
Silent Cal,
Kept in thought with little said.
But what he said resonates a lot.
It's not very likely to be forgot.
Unless the People take charge through unified action,
They will end in servitude to a selfish aggregation.
The elite wants only what the elites want at any cost.
If we do not stand fast, our republic will be lost.
We do not build up the weak by pulling down the strong,
A hand up, not a hand out, takes us to where we all belong.
We must keep America American if we are to succeed.
Let our principles be shown not by word but by doing our deeds.
Silent Cal
Spent a lot of time in his head.
But those things he said,
Keep on being said.
Silent Cal,
Kept in thought with little said.
But what he said resonates a lot.
It's not very likely to be forgot.
Things never said cannot lead to much trouble,
Even as the People are misled by speculative bubbles.
However much speculators have egos quite bloated,
Silence is hard to be lied about or misquoted.
A man tries his best to do the things he should,
And sometimes looks back on the things he would.
But Silent Cal believed in this nation and liberty.
He had earned his place in the annals of our history.
Silent Cal
Spent a lot of time in his head.
But those things he said,
Keep on being said.
Silent Cal,
Kept in thought with little said.
But what he said resonates a lot.
It's not very likely to be forgot.
(c) August 19, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Don’t Expect To Build Up the Weak By Pulling Down the Strong
“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.” – Calvin Coolidge
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Thought For the Day: Music Is the Literature of the Heart; It Commences Where Speech Ends
“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.” – Alphonse de LaMartine
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 