“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (14 Jun 1811-1896)
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Thought For the Day: The Bitterest Tears Shed Over Graves Are For Words Left Unsaid and Deeds Left Undone
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First Principles: We Have More Machinery of Government Than Is Necessary, Too Many Parasites Living On the Labor of the Industrious
“I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow, 1824
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First Principles: It Is the Citizens Choice…Whether They Will Be Respectable and Prosperous, Or Contemptable and Miserable As A Nation
“It is … [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as a Nation. This is the time of their political probation; this is the moment when the eyes of the World are turned upon them.”- George Washington, Letter to the Governors, 1783
The All American Get Together
The All American Get Together
by Michael Doyle
This world of ours has seen
What is called fairer weather
Busy as we are in simply being
And hoping things turn better
With Fourth of July coming soon
We are malcontent in preparation
Refusing to allow fears to call the tune
As we prepare for our celebration
Our glimmer of hope knows hesitation
With so many unknowns and then some
With no one to really answer the questions
Even good times have become cumbersone
Undaunted America pledges to carry on
For summer and the Fourth held reverent
The march by drumbeat carries itself on
And this year, we promise it to be different
(c) June 13, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Another Whispered Truth About Love
Another Whispered Truth About Love
by Michael Doyle
Listen very closely
Closely to me as I say this
Our love is our strength
It is not our weakness
It's a not so hidden
Sacred kind of truth
Held openly with hope
Burning from our youth
Though life often teaches us
How difficult times can be
This truth often reaches us
As we amble through hesitancy
Trying to find our way
Through the storms of darkness
That too often cloud our day
Love's grace will ease the harshness
That too often binds us
To the fears that hold us back
As each tear reminds us
It is only love that gives us what we lack
(c) June 12, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: An Important Art of Politicians Is To Find New Names For Institutions Which Under Old Names Have Become Odious To the Public
“An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.” – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838)
First Principles: The Latent Causes of Faction Are Thus Sown In the Nature of Man
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison (1787)
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First Principles: The Interest of the Man Must Be Connected With the Constitutional Rights of the Place
“The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.” – James Madison (1788)
And Suddenly…
And Suddenly...
by Michael Doyle
And suddenly,
I was the guy on the floor
The pain in my chest
Too difficult to ignore
The daughters stood there
In frozen frames of time
Being brave despite their fear
Would daddy live to share another rhyme?
Dear Lord, don't let me die
I whispered softly with a sigh
Doing my best to be brave
Hopeful of those there meaning to save
An explosive sort of force
Feeling like fire in my chest
Reaching deep into my source
Only God's help would pass this test
Feeling sorry for my choices
Clinging closely to their voices
Praying to live to breathe another day
Holding close to my love in every way
Dear Lord, don't let me die
I whispered softly with a sigh
Doing my best to be brave
Defiantly pushing back from the grave
Knowing the truth of my mistakes
Breathing shallow but holding on
Feeling my heart's fibers break
Please, Dear Lord, don't let me be gone
Looking deeply into my daughters' eyes
Quietly begging God for one more chance
Speaking encouraging words that felt like lies
What I would give to see them to their prom dances
Dear Lord, don't let me die
I whispered softly with a sigh
Doing my best to be brave
Unready as all men aren't for the grave
(c) June 10, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: When I Took the Oath of Office, I Pledged Loyalty To Only One Special Interest Group – ‘We the People’
“When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group – ‘we the people’.” – Ronald Reagan
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