“The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.” Bryant McGill
The Trees Need Pruning Who sets the rules, how do we renegotiate the public space, will trust ever re-emerge past the deep suspicion that has been birthed in us, formed by the canker of the rotting fruit of moral crises, whose pith is obscene resistance to justice and the disturbing mnemonic of the slaughterhouses of power, we have been here before, but now, more than ever, the trees need pruning. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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So true
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Yes.
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Brilliant Paul and so sad that the rot has spread worldwide.
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Yes, even here, and we are in a malaise that is rotting down to people. We are all hoping for change.
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I don’t think (or hope) that conspiracy theories are not the answer.
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Yes, so true.
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😊
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Thank you
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Those last two lines really pulled this together in a wonderful metaphor.
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Thank you so much LuAnne
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Now, more than ever, they do indeed.
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great write! amen!
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Thank you Ruth, much appreciated.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford.
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Thank you very much Jonathan 🙂
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UR WELCOME VERY MUCH, PAUL!
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🙂
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Very powerful and just message beautifully expressed, Paul! 🙂 I’ll pass on that grapefruit, thank you anyway! Have a great week! ❤
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O go on, once it’s squeezed out you’ll never know it. 🙂 Thank you Ruth, you too.
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Thin Patience or Thin Recipe?https://rudymartinka.com/2021/04/27/thin-patience-or-thin-recipe-king-solomon-blog/
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cannot help but to look around searching…. the pruners hidden amongst us pruning without much fanfare who leave in their wake peace kindness and progress…
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Ah, indeed, that is so, time to join in.
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Long live the revolution! 😉 Let this only hear our politicians. Last week, they decided here in Germany last that anyone who questions their legitimacy is an enemy of the state. So I can certainly question the legitimacy. It is only outside of elections that I must not work towards their removal. 😉 Michael
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Here they are resorting to using libel laws to silence opposition, so it seems there’s a trend in the west to paranoia in govt. The world is sounding very 1933. 😉
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Oh yes, Paul! Really sad situation. ;-( xx
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😦
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The rot seems to be endemic, unfortunately.
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Yes, and I’m wondering why now, after all the work of the 50s – 90s, why have white wealthy males plunged us into misery? I love peace but I could quite happily whip some of them.
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True
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Wow great poem and very challenging but very true
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Yes, if only there were a solution to a quick prune.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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