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AMERICA (THOUGHT ONE)

6/28/2012

                                                                  AMERICA (Thought One)

                                                          A is for our avenues of adventure,
                                                               and the open roads of creativity
                                                          M is for the many who have fought
                                                               and died that we might live and enjoy
                                                               the freedom and beauty of this land
                                                          E is for the energy and enthusiasm
                                                               of an optimistic people
                                                          R is for our religious heritage,
                                                               the foundation of our freedom
                                                          I is for the independence of
                                                              body, mind and spirit
                                                             guaranteed by constitutional law
                                                          C is for the chance to change
                                                              and to be, and to become
                                                              what we will
                                                          A is for the affection we feel
                                                               toward the country we love

                                                               We can "taste" America...
                                                              and it is grand

(Written on June 8, 1975)

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DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL

6/28/2012

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DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL

  In our way of thinking, there's only one thing
                                               deader than a doornail, and that's...yesterday
                                               Yesterday...
                                               No amount of gold can buy it back
                                               No ravings, no rantings
                                               No cursings, no chantings
                                               Can retrieve it

                                               Whether yesterday was the greatest or the worse
                                               day of your life, rest assured, it is gone

                                               The poet Shelly penned these words:
                                               "Fear not the future;Weep not for the past."
                                               And might we not add:
                                               Live now, for it's the only time we have

                                               Use the memories of Yesterday
                                               The lessons learned
                                               The experiences gained
                                               The joy, the pain
                                               to send you forth confidently
                                               productively, hopefully into the future

                                               I went to the house of an old friend,
                                               and the proprietor said, "He has moved on"
                                               The name of the house was "Yesterday"

(First published on June 28, 2012)

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RAISING SAND

6/28/2012

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RAISING SAND

                                                       "The Golden Moments of the
                                                       steam of life rush past us," wrote
                                                       George Eliot, "and we see nothing
                                                       but sand."

                                                       Have we ever let any Golden Moments
                                                       slip past? What about...

                                                       The time our children wanted our attention,
                                                       but we kept reading the paper
                                                       The time our kids wanted to get
                                                       an ice-cream cone, but we took a nap
                                                       The time our wife wanted some empathy,
                                                       but we gave her an argument
                                                       The time that young man in the twelfth pew
                                                       wanted a kind word, but we gave him
                                                       a snubbed nose

                                                       Oh, Lord, deliver us from raising sand
                                                       Help us, instead, to make of our moments,
                                                       golden grains of sunshine

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SIMPLICITY

6/20/2012

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                                                               SIMPLICITY

                                                "Simplicity of character," wrote William
                                                Hazlitt, "is the natural result of profound
                                                thought."

                                                Trying to expound on these lines
                                                through words or phrases is a formidable
                                                task.

                                                But, in our mind's eye we can see the lives
                                               of men such as Thoreau, Ghandi, Lincoln,
                                                Moses and Christ...and our understanding
                                                becomes illuminated.

                                                These men continually took the right course
                                                of action at the right time, in the right way
                                                for the right reason...
                                                and they left their moth-eaten contemporaries
                                                behind.

                                                To be profound is to be simple
                                                To be simple is to be profound.

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MONKEY BUSINESS

6/20/2012

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MONKEY BUSINESS 9

Down through the ages, men (and women
too) have often carried "monkeys on their backs."

In addition to the new breed of long-tailed
primates pushing drugs, we still have the old
conventional, but just as deadly, apes of alcohol
tobacco, greed, hate, fear and lust.

Each new generation has the responsibility
to protect and warn their children concerning
the dangers of these monkeys.

If we do not adequately prepare our children
to defend themselves against these chimps,
our children may eventually find themselves
up a tree.

(Written on April 24,1975)

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AMERICA (THOUGHT ONE)

DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL

RAISING SAND

SIMPLICITY

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