ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

First Principles: Remember Not Only To Say the Right Thing In the Right Place, But Far More Difficult Still, To Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing At the Tempting Moment

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”― Benjamin Franklin

Thought For the Day: Those Who Insist On the Dignity of Their Office Show They Have Not Deserved It

“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.” -Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (8 Jan 1601-1658)

Thought For the Day: The Limits of Tyrants Are Prescribed By the Endurance of Those Whom They Oppress

“Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” – Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life.” – George Washington (1790)

Empty Jar

Empty Jar
by Michael Doyle

It's an empty jar that we fill
Given the many choices of our free will
It's best to live with full intention
Looking back, we'll see what's had our attention

This jar of ours, might just shatter
If we fill it with things that don't matter
Preferring our fictions over fact
Too many fill their jars with no living impact

Pushing out past what we have confessed
And this you see is our final test
Time slips away from our infancy
Some never realize their mistaken priority

Looking for the legacy of our jar
As our hearts and minds wander far
But it's those things that thieves cannot steal
That in the end are those most real

Heaven holds my greatest treasure
My heart and mind keep ceaseless measure
Of how priceless these things are
On a cold night, as I wish upon a holy star

Faith is fact and is our best foundation
Regardless of what else there is in situation
The lessons taught put God and family
As the things that matter most to me

In my jar, I center on service
That my life might serve its purpose
Filled with love toward all others
Knowing these, as my sisters and brothers

Let's begin that overdue conversation
Regarding how Heaven is our destination
And how because of this, we need our definition
Of how to fill our jars, giving God His due consideration

(c) January 7, 2021  Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

Women of Science History Museum -Mason Jar of Proper Application

Thought For the Day: The Principles That the End Justifies the Means Is In Individualist Ethics Regarded As the Denial of All Morals. In Collectivist Ethics It Becomes Necessarily the Supreme Rule

“The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily the supreme rule.” – Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992)

First Principles: Love Your Neighbor As Yourself and Your Country More Than Yourself

“Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)

Thought For the Day: It Will Be Found An Unjust and Unwise Jealousy To Deprive A Man of His Natural Liberty Upon the Supposition He May Abuse It

“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” – Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)