The Square root of the possible Of all that we can achieve Is to have some gumption And to simply believe
Throwing caution to the wind Taking chances we defend More on odds approximated And guaranteed seldom as estimated
The magic isn't just in what's lost Though it's hard with quite the cost But, it is seeing the way to possibility That we'd best find the best capability
Closed eyes under the mistletoe Tells the truth of more than we know Feeling the better of a shared smile There are things in life that are worth while
Don't be afraid of your imagination It starts the journey to our best destination Unafraid of what your heart and mind see Together we can make dreams into reality
We each have hearts that need to mend And there's no telling how the story ends But we choose to believe in believing again This could bring the possible that heaven sends
Having only fear itself to fear You and I just need to persevere Making it work out in dedication Formulating exactly the right calculation
The square root of the possible Of all that we can conceive Is to have the strength of which we're capable And to simply... believe
(c) December 16, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. … You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” – Ronald Reagan
“The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use shall make us as tame and abject slaves.” – George Washington (1774)
To embark on teaching history of the past Engages us with the things that last The best way of doing this of course Is to teach things right from the source
Before going further, let me just say Happy and best of Bill of Rights Day It's truly no real kind of mystery Just how much it is we can learn from history
One of the most needed lessons of liberty Is that only limited government prevents tyranny Civilly but civically, we must turn to reason Together under rule of law and not allow treason
It's a marvel of the greatest assertion That beauty of design of our great nation It's the raised hand of participations first light That shines like a beacon in the world's dark night
To enlighten others requires great civic virtue And being civil in all that we say and do We must politely assert our candid bill of rights And each of us act as pillars of truth and light
If we want to rebuild the best of our great nation We'll start with focus and insist on decent education It does indeed begin with an patient knowing of history To prevent those of ignorance to lead to tyranny
Our place is firmly, politely in the public square Presenting our viewpoints clearly when and where Engaging is needed in debate of our nation's policy To quash dreaded tyranny and focus on keeping our liberty
Fundamental to our nation is both faith and family And keeping close to the lessons of our history We must join together to take our stand This is more than paramount, I hope you understand
(c) December 15, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
On a forge borne of magic The Star of Bethlehem Can be harnessed with love A Christmas heart wipes away the tragic Only in the way an elf understands Led as these are from up above
When times are getting hard And you could not be more low Stop thinking and instead feel from your heart Christmas spirit is the wild card To move beyond what you think you know Just keep being a true believer as from the start
It's going to take a miracle to see To find our way back to home But the spirit of Christmas will save the day Making it real and not just a fantasy Finding company imagined by the hearthstone Where believing hearts will always find their way
Believe, just dare again to believe To feel, to dream and then to conceive Requires listening from the heart as we shall Always and forever and to never deceive But to always live for hope and believe Is the moral to our great and needed tale
(c) December 14, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)
There is something set Quietly there in the precedent An unlikely principle we forget That we'd not be without accident
Who it is that we are today I hope that's not too flippant to say That despite our efforts to the contrary We can do little about the necessary
Acceptance of life's unpredictability That pops up time and again with intimacy The tried patience of a saint knows familiarity In the obsessive order found so contemporary
Within a world otherwise completely out of order There at the sheer edge of sanity's very border Enforced isolation has us window shopping in reverse To afraid of contagion to dare to simply converse
There in this beautiful fantastic detail We find noisiness as we hold very still Wishing for answers we're unsure we'll find Caught up in the tired and tawdry of our minds
Pan flute notes scatter on the wind As notes in bottles we're afraid to send Storms come and go causing us to tremble All for the sake of teaching us not to crumble
It's just another itch, we've yet to scratch As we reach out to define our family tree's branch Hoping not to cherry pick our own reality We'll pledge to one another the madness of fealty
Popping the pills that doctors swear will heal But with heads in books, they can't conceal That what is wrong with the world is beyond cure Though we dare not whisper this as it's too impure
Perhaps it is true that a little tea and sympathy Find their way to straighten every tragedy May these then be the ingredients to let in light Because in the end, we need to find our way to right
(c) December 13, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
