What’s it gonna take
to stop all the fighting?
To end all the killing
Taking lives not ours
When will we ever learn?
Is it a hopeless situation?
One lost, beyond our control?
So many unanswered questions
So many answers…
we do not appreciate
Look around
What do you see?
So many dead bodies
So much lost ’cause of war
When will we ever learn?
If you read the papers
you know what I’m taking about
You’ve seen all the pictures
The nightmares keep you awake
When will we ever learn?
Maybe if we had a conversation
Talked about what matters
Listened to each other’s heartbeats
Maybe then we’d stop all the killing
Maybe then we’d appreciate
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Photographer, poet, teacher, complementary medicine provider, interfaith minister, and former economic developer. Holds a Doctorate in Divinity, Master of Divinity, Master of Mind-Body Medicine, and Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology. Clinical certifications in Reiki, guided meditation, life purpose coaching, and spiritual counseling. Author of 12 books, including two new books in the contemporary spirituality field. Learn more here.
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Andrew: Thanks. Yes I know what you mean. Before plastic trash bags, we used to wrap the garbage in the newspapers. Do you recall that?
Entropy: Thanks for sharing. Your Steiner quote is very true. Sad, but very true.
I read this quote on my friend Michele’s blog , which sum up the essence.. We will never be grasp the complexity of human nature.. I guess that is why we are human and human emotions are inaccessible to a reason..
“We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day’s work at Auschwitz in the morning.”
-George Steiner
I know this won’t help, but I’ve stopped reading the newspaper…..
Dan: Yep. I agree.
Seems kinda stupid, what we do, huh?
Seems so simple to do the right thing.
But…
Floots: Thanks. Yep, so very true.
and the greatest irony is that most wars are fought in the name of religion and freedom
as you suggest – we should listen more to each other and less to our “leaders”