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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of
universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I
reach my hands and play with pebbles of
destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs
reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive
in the universe.
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Take It Where You Find It
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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So I guess it’s safe to bring up the nice grilling kumbayah get-together again? I had my head down for a bit with all the vitriol. But 9/11 does affect us. I’m thinking it probably should.
I listen to 1240 relevant radio, since I moved to WI to be near family, and it tells me I am living in mortal sin and my non-Catholic children will be doomed. https://relevantradio.com
Fair enough.
Please don’t act as though you are okay Catholic-wise because internent personalities such as Ann Barnhardt confirm you are okay via methods such as links or referalls.
If I and my wife and children are living in mortal sin and therefore headed to Hell, that isn’t something when brought up should be shunted aside as drive-by trolling. It means literally everything.
Catholicism is the most demanding concept I have encountered. My mother worships 7 days a week. Her politics and that of her church anger me but I have too much reverence toward the honoring of my mother and father to argue about it. Dad is a non-religous hero with Alzheimer’s who would have kicked me in the nuts for calling him a hero, but he was and is.
I just drunkenly wonder on-line “hey how do people square this circle” considering Ann Barnhardt knows 10000x times more about Catholicism than what I do yet she seems okay with people who are living in mortal sin.
You bet I am confused and worried, and I do consider Barnhardt a semi-hero for sacrificing material gain to spread her truth.
God bless all, even though it hurts me to think, Communists too.
The Roman Catholics are awful to cats, but I fail to see your point? WTF does the RC church have to do with this post?
Your interestingly strange skreed may have some merit if only it were on topic. Nah. I take that back: it’s meritless.