Tag Archives: Future

Voice Sang Soft

Voice Sang Softby Michael DoyleYour voice sang softly like a melody.It’s hard to say what it did to me.Then and there from the very start,Your love was gentle, blooming in my heart.Your smile might be your special power,As it captivated … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s Children

Tomorrow’s Childrenby Michael DoyleBy a leap of faith, we look into the futureLearning what there is to know and nurture.But the best of yet to come, so it seems,Belongs to those who believe in their dreams.I’ve spoken, often, of the … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is By A Thorough Knowledge of the Whole Subject That People Are Enabled To Judge Correctly of the Past and To Give Proper Direction To the Future

“It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.” – James Monroe

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Over the Ending of Years

Over the Ending of Yearsby Michael DoyleSometimes as we travel over the lighter yearsWe find ourselves confronted by our dark fears.Things come along that change our soulsAnd agonize at how much we are out of control.It’d be something if we … Continue reading

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Through Songs and Deeds

Through Songs and Deedsby Michael DoyleThe Empirical Arbitrator is who decides.The rest of us are along for the ride.Whatever happens, happens as it does.Past or present, it is as it never ever was.Our revelations are preordained, However easy or however … Continue reading

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Humanity’s Eclipse

Humanity’s Eclipseby Michael DoyleIt seems worthy of recallThat none of us has a crystal ball.We might want to see what’s next,But the best we have is what connects.Will it be humanity’s eclipse – As we fall before a robot apocalypse?Or … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Future Belongs To Those Who Believe In the Beauty of Their Dreams

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Lapsed Into Vulnerability

Lapsed Into Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleFor most of my life, it’s been grasp and capabilityNow we’ve followed the Silent Generation into vulnerability. Our straightforward path toward security and prosperityLent itself to jaded jokes that were mostly others’ jealousy.The sky was the … Continue reading

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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future

“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading

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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy

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