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First Principles: The Battle, Sir, Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry (1775)
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Tagged Alone, Battle, Brave, First Principiles, Patrick Henry, Strong, Vigilant
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Home For the Win
Home For the Winby Michael DoyleThe most important place to winIs in our home; every now and thenTo be the parents that we wish to beLiving in every thoughtful possibilityIt’s not about being perfect but presentTo declare the truth wisely … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Apology, Authority, Battle, Blessings Spoken, Children, Effective, Encourage, Eternal, Explanation, Focus, Foundation, Gift, Grace, Heart Breaks, Heaven Sent, Holy Path, Home, Infernal, Jesus Walk, Knees, Living Health, Love, Mistakes, Parents, Perfect, Poetry and Poems, Present, Righteous, Softening Hearts, Speak Life, Talk, Thoughtful, Truth, Win, Words
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Thought For the Day: The United States and the Freedom For Which It Stands, the Freedom For Which They Died, Must Endure and Prosper
“If words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and final sacrifice.” “Our first obligation to them and … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle, Debt, Died, Endure, Faith, Final Sacrifice, Freedom, Prosper, Ronald Reagan, Stands, Thought For the Day, United States, Vision, Words
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The Wonderous California Coast
The Wonderous California Coastby Michael DoyleWe are escorted by dolphin laughterComing from guardians who are afterThe company that they find in playAlong the bow of our boat, much like yesterdayWhen mighty Calypso sailed the coastal deepsAlong the coral reefs to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alto, Aquarium, Baja, Battle, Beauty, biodiversity, Blind, Blue Planet, Blue Skies, Cacti, California Coast, Calypso, Capacity, Chart, Coastal Deep, Company, Coral Reef, Distinction, Divers, Dolphin, Drops of Water, Efficient, Escort, Existence, Extinction, Fault, Feed, Find, Forest, George Waashington, Guardians, Heart Break, Imperil, Jouney, Kelp Bed, Knowledge, Laughter, Live, Love, Mankind, Mexico, Nature, Noses, Notion, Oblivious, Ocean World, One Water System, Play, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pretense, Protection, San Jose Island, Scarcity, Sea of Cortez, Sequoia, Squid, Sun, Survival, Sustainability, Time, Water, Wonderous, World Apart, Wounded Heart
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First Principles: The Battle, Sir, Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is To the Vigilant, the Active, the Brave
“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” – Patrick Henry
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Tagged Active, Alone, Battle, Brave, First Principles, Not, Patrick Henry, Strong, Vigilant
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Thought For the Day: One of the Undeniable Objectives of Wokeism Is To Disrupt Current Systems, Crippling Society By Eliminating the Common Ground of Facts
“One of the undeniable objectives of wokeism is to disrupt current systems, crippling society by eliminating the common ground of facts and replacing it with ideas that can and will cause constant conflict. This is no longer a battle between … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternate Universe, Battle, Boundaries, Common Ground, Constant Conflict, Crippling Sosciety, Current Systems, Disrupt, Facts, Foundation of Realism, Govern, Human Beings, Human Rights and Law, No Limits, Prosperity, Samantha Koch, Sane and the Insane, Society, Think and Feel, Thought For the Day, Undeniable Objective, Wokeism
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In the Favor of the Gods
In the Favor of the Godsby Michael DoyleThe gods favor thoseWho do not waitFor the favor of the godsAnd for those who have choseTo create their own fateRegardless of the oddsI laid thinking so loudlyThat I could not sleepWaiting for … Continue reading
None of This Matters
None of This Mattersby Michael DoyleNone of this mattersBecause none of this is realCloaked in our tattersIt’s just another day in HellGod’s given insightInto the battles we must fightScattered in the ashes of the nightWe somehow hold onto the lightThe … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ashes, Battle, Blood, Blood Bruises, Cloaked, Cruel, Demand, Disregard, Fight, God, Good, Hell, Insight, Life, Light, Matters, Mercy, Mud, Night, None, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reasonable, Six Degrees, Soul, Tapestry, Tatters, Travesty, Understanding, Unguarded, Water, Words, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: A Profound Unmitigated Loneliness Is the Only Truth of Life
“A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.” – R.K. Narayan, novelist (10 Oct 1906-2001)
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Tagged Apart, Arrest, Avoid, Battle, Detach, False, Hurt, Law of Life, Loneliness, Moment, Operation, Profound, R.K. Narayan, Recognize, Thought For the Day, Together, Truth of Life, Unmitigated, Womb
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I Walk In Praise
I Walk In Praiseby Michael DoyleRaised hands toward heavenI walk in my praiseTake a taste of bread unleavenedIn communion with His graceI hold onto His storyPraising His name in all gloryMy heart filled with His traceAs holiness shines from His … Continue reading


