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Let America Be America Again

 
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
 
(America never was America to me.)
 
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
 
(It never was America to me.)
 
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.
 
(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")
 
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
 
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
 
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!
 
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
 
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That's made America the land it has become.
O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home—
For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore,
And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa's strand I came
To build a "homeland of the free."
 
The free?
 
Who said the free?  Not me?
Surely not me?  The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we've dreamed
And all the songs we've sung
And all the hopes we've held
And all the flags we've hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay—
Except the dream that's almost dead today.
 
O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where everyman is free.
The land that's mine—the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME—
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
 
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose—
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!
 
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!
 
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!
 
Langston Hughes, "Let America be America Again" from The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes.  Copyright © 1995 by Langston Hughes.  Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates, Inc.
 
 


   
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This is helpful and exactly what I needed to hear. Hope that this is true for you also. 

 

 



   
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Buddhist Mantra Healing all suffering USNISA VIJAYA DHARANI- 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經- 모든 고통을 치유하는 만트라 -Tinna Tinh

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I'm not always negative, ya know?



   
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Posted by: @luminous

Buddhist Mantra Healing all suffering USNISA VIJAYA DHARANI- 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經- 모든 고통을 치유하는 만트라 -Tinna Tinh

https://youtu.be/HA75zd5eE-w

I'm not always negative, ya know?

I wouldn't have ever called you negative!  We all have our moments, and we're all more than a little anxious right now :-)

Thank you for sharing this video!



   
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Hymn For The Hurting by Amanda Gorman
Everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed and strange,
Minds made muddied and mute.
We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.
And yet none of it is new;
We knew it as home,
As horror,
As heritage.
Even our children
Cannot be children,
Cannot be.
Everything hurts.
It’s a hard time to be alive,
And even harder to stay that way.
We’re burdened to live out these days,
While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.
This alarm is how we know
We must be altered —
That we must differ or die,
That we must triumph or try.
Thus while hate cannot be terminated,
It can be transformed
Into a love that lets us live.
May we not just grieve, but give:
May we not just ache, but act;
May our signed right to bear arms
Never blind our sight from shared harm;
May we choose our children over chaos.
May another innocent never be lost.
Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed & strange.
But only when everything hurts
May everything change.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


   
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A couple of nights ago we went to a concert by Ringo Starr and his All Star Band.  

Wow, what a shot of positive energy!!  The entire audience had smiles on their faces, it seemed.  The feeling stayed with us for quite a while afterwards.

Not only was the music fantastic, the mood was just joyous.  Ringo tries to be an ambassador for 'Peace and Love" (his catchphrase) and he succeeds.  

The All-Star Band members are all high-profile, highly skilled, experienced musicians who mostly had hits in the 70's and the 80's: Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather (Toto), Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Colin Hay (Men at Work), Warren Ham (Toto and Kansas), and Greg Bissonette.  Ringo does a number of Beatles and "Ringo" songs, and each band member leads numbers that were their hits back in the day.  It is a fantastic collaboration and they all look like they are loving it. 

The really crazy thing is that Ringo is 82 and could pass for a fit 55 or 60.  

Anyhow, if you are anywhere near a concert on this tour I highly recommend you try to get tickets and just GO.  You will feel so much happier with the world if you do. 

Remaining tour locations and dates are at https://www.ringostarr.com/tour

There are many amateur videos of the tour on YouTube-- here's a good one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmLTxY2bi8

 



   
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This song spoke to me very deeply. I hope it can do the same for others:

Enigma - Return To Innocence (Official Video)

https://youtu.be/Rk_sAHh9s08

Lyrics:

LoveDevotionFeelingEmotion
 
Don't be afraid to be weakDon't be too proud to be strongJust look into your heart my friendThat will be the return to yourselfThe return to innocence
 
The return to innocence
 
And if you want, then start to laughIf you must, then start to cryBe yourself don't hideJust believe in destiny
 
Don't care what people sayJust follow your own wayDon't give up and use the chanceTo return to innocence
 
That's not the beginning of the endThat's the return to yourselfThe return to innocence
 
That's return to innocence

 



   
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While not exactly fitting this category, I wanted to mention I have found a lot of pleasure recently listening to BBC World Service news on Sirius.  It is global, in-depth, informative and honestly, I love listening to their calm peaceful voices.  I also enjoy their in-depth stories about things I didn't know were currently happening in the world  or didn't know happened decades ago.  Yes, U.S. news is covered well , but I like understanding what is happening globally also and this is a great source for both.

If you have access to it, give it a try for a change of pace or for a "slice" of your news pie. 



   
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I have another spiritual song for you all that is again from Enigma.

At the very beginning of the song it is sung in sanskrit and just afterwards, there is some Gregorian mantras being sung as well.

The video is really fitting with the song I think. When you see nature and all life contained with in it, and the child like innocence of all living things. It definitely pulls at the heartstrings (well, it did for me anyway haha) but I think it is worth it for the overall message and experience.

Enigma - The Child In Us

https://youtu.be/B1wUVExfkkM

Prasanna vadanaaM saubhaagyadaaM bhaagyadaaMHastaabhyaaM abhayapradaaM maNigaNair-Naanaavidhair-bhuushhitaaM(who is of smiling face, bestower of all fortunes,Whose hands are ready to rescue anyone from fear,Who is adorned by various ornaments with precious stones)
 
Puer natus est nobis,Et filius datus est nobisCujus emperium super humerum(For to us a child is born,To us a son is given:And the government will be upon his shoulder)
 
Some day you cameAnd I knew you were the oneYou were the rain, you were the sunBut I needed both, cause I needed you
 
You were the oneI was dreaming of all my lifeWhen it is dark you are my lightBut don't forgetWho's always our guideIt is the child in us

I think the lyrics might be slightly incomplete because there is definitely more said both in the sanskrit and the Gregorian mantras than is listed in Google. 

Anyway, I hope the song resonates with others.



   
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Yeha-Noha (Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity)
Song by Sacred Spirit

https://youtu.be/CNApcyzaY60

Ah-uh nayah oh-wa oh-waShon-day oh-wa oh-waShon-day can-non non noha (noha)
 
Ah-uh nayah oh-wa oh-waShon-day oh-wa oh-waShon-day yeha-noha (noha)
 
Ah-uh nayay tor-shna nena-nay-yayahNena-nay-yay yeha-noha (noha)Ah-uh nayay tor-shna nena-nay-yayahYeha-noha (noha)
 
Nee-yoh-wah nee-yohNee-yoh-wah nee-yoh
 
Ah-uh nayah oh-wa oh-waShon-day oh-wa oh-waShon-day can-non non noha (noha)
 
Ah-uh nayah oh-wa oh-waShon-day oh-wa oh-waShon-day yeha-noha (noha)
 
Ah-uh nayay tor-shna nena-nay-yayahNena-nay-yay yeha-noha (noha)Ah-uh nayay tor-shna nena-nay-yayahYeha-noha (noha


   
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