“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them.” – Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms (1775)
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author (8 Jul 1926-2004)
In the Bard's Memory
by Michael Doyle
There is something in elevated speech
That touches the depths of our souls
Keeping these words close within reach
Is truly something worthy to extol
It's something far greater than fallacy
To believe that words and phrases hold power
I say this openly and without any jealousy
That words from Shakespeare are in every hour
Split in the times we find ourselves living in
As much or more than the Holy Bible itself
I can only hope to be gracefully forgiven
As I implore you to leave neither on the shelf
Memorable passages each hold their sacred place
As blessings these are upon the likes of you and me
Utterances trembles from our mortal, earthly faces
As precepts to kept woven on lips in the Bard's memory
(c) July 7, 2021 Michael Doyle
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“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865)
Remember To Forget
by Michael Doyle
As long as there is life
There is, at least, some hope
Regardless of our strife
This helps us to quietly cope
Those things that bring us to edge
We need to forgive as our sin
That which as brought us to the ledge
Knowing as we grow, we can begin again
Goethe, Dante and Shakespeare
All offer words of wisdom to inspire
In stories and lessons worthy to hear
Catching our souls even as these are caught on fire
The world is filled with contradiction
Even the Golden Rule wants its payback
Getting what is ours makes revenge our condition
As we learn over again the good that we lack
As doing good is looked on as strange
In this vexatious world that cannot forgive
And doing unto others is seemingly deranged
Here there is no getting past; no live and let live
There is a brashness of informal philosophy
To be found within the moments of precious time
All of life's dramas add up to bits of comedy
Once removed beyond the mist of the sublime
These motifs in the flesh of human operation
Vengeance and jealousy circle into infinity
Be it among common man or in a spiral of nations
These are the secret seeds that sprinkle eternity
Until the ghosts move on as dawn begins to break
Spoken about and to as if in secret alphabet
The puzzled complexities are sincere as they fake
Into the unsolvable parts of life we remember to forget
(c) July 6, 2021 Michael Doyle
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“The most important consequence of marriage is, that the husband and the wife become in law only one person… Upon this principle of union, almost all the other legal consequences of marriage depend. This principle, sublime and refined, deserves to be viewed and examined on every side.” -James Wilson, Of the Natural Rights of Individuals, 1792
“There’s only one cause for inflation — government spending more than government takes in. The cure is a balanced budget. Ah, but they tell us, 80 percent of the budget is uncontrollable. It’s fixed by laws passed by Congress. Well, laws passed by Congress can be repealed by Congress. And, if Congress is unwilling to do this, then isn’t it time we elect a Congress that will?” – Ronald Reagan
Wonder Expressed Within Five Words
by Michael Doyle
Its in the habits of faith we live
Taking each day catching what it gives
On seeing Christ we believe
Doubting as we do as we self-deceive
Feelings revealed in wounds felt
There in the good reasons dealt
Denying as we too often do, God's authority
Though, of course, we know His reliability
On knowing Christ as recognized
We come to truths deeply realized
Man's sinful condition causes our pain
Doing the same things twice over and in vain
Determined in purpose that we might yet know
The eternal life that resurrection brings and shows
It's the love of Christ that unlocks
The truth inside the triune box
It's there in all we've faithfully believed
And known in all the favors we have received
Though life often seemingly begs for expedience
It is best lived in faithful obedience
Submitting to God's commanding authority
Trusting in His ultimate reality
Until we submit and then in Christ we live
Walking the walk of newness that He gives
Coming to live in Christ modeled as one
Our best shines out as our darkness is undone
(c) July 5, 2021 Michael Doyle
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“…(D)o you know what mental toughness is? Well, mental toughness is the ability to accept the fact that you’re human and that you’re going to make mistakes – lots of ’em – all your life. And some of them are gonna hurt people that you love very badly. But you have the guts to accept the fact that you ain’t perfect. And you don’t let your mistakes crush you and keep you from doing the very best that you can.” – Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack
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