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Premonitions
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IF WE ONLY KNEW...
Could we but draw back the curtains that surround each other's lives, See the naked herd and spirit, Know what spur the action gives, Often we should find it better, Purer than we judge we should; we would love each other better if we only understood. Could we judge all deeds by motives, See the good and bad within, Often we should love the sinner all the while we loathe the sin. Could we know the powers working to over throw integrity we should judge each other's errors with more patient charity. If we knew the cares and trials, Knew the efforts all in vain, and the bitter disappointment Understood the loss and gain (doesn't this Poem make you want to run to a mirror?). Would the grim external roughness seem, I wonder, just the same? Should we help where now we hinder, should we pity where we blame? Ah! We judge each other harshly, knowing not life's hidden force; knowing not the fount of action is less turbid at its source. Seeing not amid the evil all the golden grains of good. Ah! We would love each other better if we only understood.
Could we but draw back the curtains that surround each other's lives, See the naked herd and spirit, Know what spur the action gives, Often we should find it better, Purer than we judge we should; we would love each other better if we only understood. Could we judge all deeds by motives, See the good and bad within, Often we should love the sinner all the while we loathe the sin. Could we know the powers working to over throw integrity we should judge each other's errors with more patient charity. If we knew the cares and trials, Knew the efforts all in vain, and the bitter disappointment Understood the loss and gain (doesn't this Poem make you want to run to a mirror?). Would the grim external roughness seem, I wonder, just the same? Should we help where now we hinder, should we pity where we blame? Ah! We judge each other harshly, knowing not life's hidden force; knowing not the fount of action is less turbid at its source. Seeing not amid the evil all the golden grains of good. Ah! We would love each other better if we only understood.
FACTS EQUAL TRUTH!
Listen to the writings ahead!
The clouds of uncertainty and doubt keep getting bigger and bigger. It all started when the political climate came to a point where a decision (a ballot vote) had to happen. Hitler (H) won the ballot, and was the new ruler of Germany, which was prior to this, a democracy after WW1. He won the fair election. Big changes were in the making. Pictures and religious decorations removed from the classrooms. The usual morning prayers were abandoned and Different ones we had to learn. Today after all these years, I can recite a poem without interruptions of the glorious Hitler. At Sunday mornings after leaving Church Services, Secret Service Police*(Gestapo) recorded the names of many Parishioners. The original Pfadfinder (Boy Scouts) were dissolved and a new group for boys and girls, The Hitler Youth, used to combine all young children into a System. It was very interesting and sad at the same time.
Another very visible and dark cloud on the horizon of change was visible. A group of German people was sorted just because they were Jews. They had to identify themselves at all times by sewing a David Star on their clothes. It's Hard to imagine doing this to a fellow citizen. Some of these people served in the German Army during the First World War. It's Hard to comprehend. At this place, I would like to tell you all I never was nor ever will be an expert on the Jewish question. I was a young boy when all this happened tell only what I remember happened.
Between 1933 to around 1936/37, terrible treatment to these people took place. Their Synagogues and stores were burned, they were chased from sidewalks, and they were the last ones in the food line. They were constantly harassed. God Helped Us! I was awakened by a terrible noise from the Street. The darkness of the night was illuminated by very bright lights. Our neighbor was present with his two teenage sons. It was a sad situation to see all the rest of the family, Father and Mother and sister were present. They were loaded on a truck and hauled away. What was their Destination? When this whole madness ended, it was told, WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END!
Listen to the writings ahead!
The clouds of uncertainty and doubt keep getting bigger and bigger. It all started when the political climate came to a point where a decision (a ballot vote) had to happen. Hitler (H) won the ballot, and was the new ruler of Germany, which was prior to this, a democracy after WW1. He won the fair election. Big changes were in the making. Pictures and religious decorations removed from the classrooms. The usual morning prayers were abandoned and Different ones we had to learn. Today after all these years, I can recite a poem without interruptions of the glorious Hitler. At Sunday mornings after leaving Church Services, Secret Service Police*(Gestapo) recorded the names of many Parishioners. The original Pfadfinder (Boy Scouts) were dissolved and a new group for boys and girls, The Hitler Youth, used to combine all young children into a System. It was very interesting and sad at the same time.
Another very visible and dark cloud on the horizon of change was visible. A group of German people was sorted just because they were Jews. They had to identify themselves at all times by sewing a David Star on their clothes. It's Hard to imagine doing this to a fellow citizen. Some of these people served in the German Army during the First World War. It's Hard to comprehend. At this place, I would like to tell you all I never was nor ever will be an expert on the Jewish question. I was a young boy when all this happened tell only what I remember happened.
Between 1933 to around 1936/37, terrible treatment to these people took place. Their Synagogues and stores were burned, they were chased from sidewalks, and they were the last ones in the food line. They were constantly harassed. God Helped Us! I was awakened by a terrible noise from the Street. The darkness of the night was illuminated by very bright lights. Our neighbor was present with his two teenage sons. It was a sad situation to see all the rest of the family, Father and Mother and sister were present. They were loaded on a truck and hauled away. What was their Destination? When this whole madness ended, it was told, WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END!
Alfredo De'Elijama
BUTTERFLYS
The life cycle of butterflies represent many things to many cultures. The hatching from the egg is equivalent of human birth. The caterpillar represents the stage of life just as some of us await reward in an afterlife. Note: Gestapo* what does it mean? Ask and I will tell you!
ARE WE HAPPY?
As long as we play the victim in life, we never will be happy. How can you be happy if the world is so clearly out to get you? So often, my responsibility is that I carry around a big bag of my past hurts on my shoulder just waiting to be hurt again. That doesn't sound like a very happy existence does it? Play, but be not the victim!
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The life cycle of butterflies represent many things to many cultures. The hatching from the egg is equivalent of human birth. The caterpillar represents the stage of life just as some of us await reward in an afterlife. Note: Gestapo* what does it mean? Ask and I will tell you!
ARE WE HAPPY?
As long as we play the victim in life, we never will be happy. How can you be happy if the world is so clearly out to get you? So often, my responsibility is that I carry around a big bag of my past hurts on my shoulder just waiting to be hurt again. That doesn't sound like a very happy existence does it? Play, but be not the victim!
Please notice: I hope you enjoyed this unique JOURNEY! Check out my Home Page!