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The Imposable Task
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
The Imposable Task When the moon is red just over my head and darkness covers as ink, when everyone’s running and soldiers are gunning down everybody they meet, when winds begin howling and death begins prowling at every nodding and wink, when mountains are crumbling and wounded are stumbling like drunkards into the street, when Saints are appearing as end is soon nearing and I have no time to think, when Christ has arrived and I have survived, perhaps, THEN, I might do this feat of turning off the TV. Smiles, Lighthouse Bob |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
You brought smiles with your conclusion, dear Bob! To live in awareness and not wasting our time is an art. TV is one of those means that need to be "diluted" in order not to be poisonous, I guess. Too many bad news make fear grow and that is the opposite of what we need, for we need love to grow. Thank you for a great poem. Love, Margherita  |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
How true...imagine how life was when times were so simple...Do you remember those days? |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Margherita, I agree with you whole heartedly about a couple of points that you've mentioned here; First, I agree with you that, though it may seem contradictory, television does have the tendency to take one out of awareness because, in some ways, when watched too often, it does seem to have a tendency to dictate rather than promote discovery and, hummmmm, of course, in that it being Valentines Day and all, I do agree with you whole heartedly about the need for Love. God bless. Magnus, (Smiles) Do I remember? Well, now, I guess it depends if you are talking about before the automobile or before the mortgage crisis? Anyway, back to television, I did live on this earth without TV, by choice, not because the television had not been invented yet, and, yes, it did seem, to me anyway, that I did have more time with family and, yes, also, perhaps, I did have more time to take part in the more 'simple things' of life. Thanks for asking. -Bob |
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