Daily (Napoleon Bonaparte–style) Digital Life Litany for Protection, Direction and Stewardship

Caveat emptier: This post was drafted with help from an AI assistant (Perplexity)— but ideated and edited extensively by the human, Bill Acton

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Lord,
you know I have always thought
in terms of campaigns and maps—
territory to secure,
lines to protect,
supply to maintain.

In this new empire of light and code,
teach me to govern myself
before I conquer
anything else.

Help me see my devices
as strategic assets,
not toys:
each account a fortress,
each password a gate,
each message a courier
who must be trusted
before given orders.

Protect me from overreach online—
from sharing too far,
too fast,
from waging needless wars
in comment fields
that cost reputation
and gain nothing.

Guard my household
like a well‑planned campaign:
children briefed on dangers,
elders shielded from fraud,
routines established
so vigilance is normal,
not occasional.

And grant that my stewardship
of this digital domain
be measured not just by how much
I can control,
but by how wisely
I defend and serve—

so that no ambition
for visibility or power
leads me, or those I lead,
into avoidable, virtual defeat.

AI‑assisted creative work: This litany is an imaginative parody pastiche using generative AI. It imitates the public persona of [Napoleon Bonaparte] for commentary and devotional reflection. It is not created by or affiliated with [Napoleon Bonaparte], and should not be taken as his real views or words.

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