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My Beliefs

Member since 2004 · Posted 30 Dec 2004 · 3 comments

We can say 'peace on earth, 'we can sing about it, preach about it, or pray about, but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside of us, then it will not be. There will always be men struggling to change and there will always be those who are controlled by the past. Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes,He's great but... No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Each of us, from childhood, weaves his or her own intricate web of self-images. These images form the beliefs born in response to every thought and experience, every humiliation and triumph, every defeat and victory. My medals in life will be the young people I have touched. I tell them two things- First, ones attitude will determine one's altitude, and secondly, things just don't happen by chance, you have to make them happen." jroday Aug 28,1956-until then

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[8] Dovina 30-Dec-04/11:52 AM Reply

My father taught me "there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem." He didn't write poems, but he knew how to till and how to paint. His oil on canvas shows the pain and joy that comes from a row straightly furrowed. I hope that as you recover, yours will depict aspects of a dilemma and its resolution that few of the rest of us can even imagine.

This could be called a "Prose Poem." There's a new category here for them. It's a form that allows you to develop ideas like these more fully than you've done here. The ideas and beliefs are good, and could use more rigorous preparation.

[n/a] jroday › Dovina 31-Dec-04/6:47 AM Reply

I was sitting here in rehab, and listing to the other patients talk about different things, and I decided to write this, whether
It was a poem or not. I tell my elder son blacksoul, you can focus on the obstacles, or you can go on and decide what your going to do about it. To me, it breaks down to that; you can do and not just be.

[9] Acid_moose 31-Dec-04/9:37 AM Reply

thats great,i don't really know if it was a poem or not, but it had a lesson and it made you think a little so its good enough for me, 9