“Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom ….” Pierre Berton
It Begins With Me We know the system is malignant, a menancing metastases whose symptoms are poverty and despair matched to a greyscale of colour, imprisoned in anger that rails agasinst the enormity of the evil that presses in on every side, and yet, the scaqle of it all is not beyond us, just a shift in thinking, a step forward, a word said right, it begins with me. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Thank you for that Cheryl, very kind.
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If each of us would just begin
The world we could set right again
No thought, no act too small
When multiplied by all
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Agreed
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Great rejoinder Sandy, yes, if …..
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Agree with the above comments. Also, that it does begin with each of us – recognizing how we contribute, being willing to no longer tolerate the devices of hate and racism.
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Absolutely VJ, and thank you for brining your thoughts to this.
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welcome, Paul
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Just think if everyone believed, it begins with me, what would happen. We can’t change the system, but we can change ourselves–and thereby, the system will change.
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Yes, that’s it in a nutshell Liz, I believe that we can do much more, we simply need to attend to our space and self.
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Yes this is true.
No other way, it begins with me.
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Imagine, it would-could change the world, sigh.
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It definitely does, Paul. No surprise, your words resonate.
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Yes, so many of us trying.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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So true, Paul! Its all over the world, but in every state the officials tell the citizens about the paradise. Here in Bavaria too.
I have now looked at our Bavarian politicians, from all sides. Not even the approaches of wings. So they are definitely not angels. 😉 Best wishes, Michael
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Lol, angels – never, demons in disguise.
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😉 Some people from the Watchtower Society in the past called this village here “Entrance to hell”.
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Great poem and great reminder of hope if we all just make a change
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Yes, we must attend to ourselves.
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