Monday, November 4, 2013

We are here to make a better world.


No amount of rationalization or blaming can preempt the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on this planet. The lesson of the 60's is that people who cared enough to do right could change history.  
We didn't end racism but we ended legal segregation. 
We ended the idea that you could send half-a-million soldiers around the world to fight a war that people do not support. 
We ended the idea that women are second-class citizens.  
We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided. The big battles that we won cannot be reversed.  
We were young, self-righteous, reckless, hypocritical, brave, silly, headstrong and scared half to death.  
And we were right.  

~ Abbie Hoffman


Sunday, November 3, 2013

the same song


sweetly the robin sings
whilst the crickets and frogs echo

the wind blows heartily
tossing the butterfly as it flutters
it directs the seas 
and moves the flock

a child runs happily
across the meadow 
soaked of brilliant flowers
stretching to reach the warmth of the sun

it’s a familiar melody
as it’s the same song

a thank you 
for the gift of life.


©2009 - 2013 Thomas Hillman, Mere Words Evoke, poetic expressions http://bit.ly/15XhBLp




Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude. ~ Marietta McCarty


Saturday, November 2, 2013

peace and love

spiritual living
Buddha, Gandhi, Jesus say
Peace and Love, the way.

©2009 - 2013 Thomas Hillman, Mere Words Evoke, poetic expressions http://bit.ly/15XhBLp





peace

close your eyes, listen
peace starts in your mind, slowly
and flows, to your heart.


©2009 - 2013 Thomas Hillman, Mere Words Evoke, poetic expressions http://bit.ly/15XhBLp