“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
The mind of the Dreamer _____ is a Secret Storehouse __________ wherein may dwell _______________ all youthful fond illusion –– The Embryo of each utterance of Hope –– _____ each word of Comfort –– __________ and each Song of Joy.
The mind of the Cynic _____ is a well-known Asylum __________ wherein lies Disenchantment –– _______________ Destruction and Despair –– The insidious, lisping Voice of the Serpent.
O, foolish Man! Why choose Strife, _____ when only what you choose to dwell upon __________ has Life?
Make determination always to follow The Golden Rule, and you WILL be all right.
Do Unto Others What You Would Have Them Do Unto You.
what does that mean?
Abandon Selfishness, Live by Empathy Engendered by Constant Consideration of Others.
Paradoxically, if you work to forget SELF, and live to acquire greater Skill, Knowledge and Enlightenment with Enthusiasm in a Realm you honestly Love, you are most likely to achieve Fulfillment.of your potential.
On Christmas Day the King of Kings is born New each year since first appeared the Star. Children breathlessly await the morn, Hope for gifts, not knowing that they are Royally endowed with rich rewards Internally. because our God above Sent His Son, the tiny Lord of Lords To demonstrate the power of His Love. Mammon calls, and parents feel they must Afford material delights that glow Seductively inflaming vicious lust Denying Mind and Spirit’s need to grow. A trough not fit for kin that nourished kine Yields again the King of Love Divine.
I sincerely believe there is more truth IN poetry than in all the sheets and sheets of drily presented Facts and Figures "scientists" want to regard as facets of TRUTH.
AN ANTIDOTE to the FEAR of CHAOS ENGENDERED by CONFUSION, –– the PRODUCT of LACK of FAITH and the FALSE BELIEF that WE are ALONE.
ReplyDeleteAmazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
~ John Newton (1779)
The mind of the Dreamer
ReplyDelete_____ is a Secret Storehouse
__________ wherein may dwell
_______________ all youthful fond illusion ––
The Embryo of each utterance of Hope ––
_____ each word of Comfort ––
__________ and each Song of Joy.
The mind of the Cynic
_____ is a well-known Asylum
__________ wherein lies Disenchantment ––
_______________ Destruction and Despair ––
The insidious, lisping Voice of the Serpent.
O, foolish Man! Why choose Strife,
_____ when only what you choose to dwell upon
__________ has Life?
~ FreeThinke, c. 1960
A Rx for Endurance and Ultimate Triumph over Chaos
ReplyDeleteGod, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
to change what i can, and the Wisdom to knw the difference
Make determination always to follow The Golden Rule, and you WILL be all right.
ReplyDeleteDo Unto Others What You Would Have Them Do Unto You.
what does that mean?
Abandon Selfishness, Live by Empathy Engendered by Constant Consideration of Others.
Paradoxically, if you work to forget SELF, and live to acquire greater Skill, Knowledge and Enlightenment with Enthusiasm in a Realm you honestly Love, you are most likely to achieve Fulfillment.of your potential.
_________ On Christmas Day _________
ReplyDeleteOn Christmas Day the King of Kings is born
New each year since first appeared the Star.
Children breathlessly await the morn,
Hope for gifts, not knowing that they are
Royally endowed with rich rewards
Internally. because our God above
Sent His Son, the tiny Lord of Lords
To demonstrate the power of His Love.
Mammon calls, and parents feel they must
Afford material delights that glow
Seductively inflaming vicious lust
Denying Mind and Spirit’s need to grow.
A trough not fit for kin that nourished kine
Yields again the King of Love Divine.
~ FreeThinke - The Sandpiper, Christmas 1995
I sincerely believe there is more truth IN poetry than in all the sheets and sheets of drily presented Facts and Figures "scientists" want to regard as facets of TRUTH.
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