A supervisor told me, many years ago, that I could be a philosopher. I pondered on the meaning of his comment. But, it does seem that my Blog Posts, of late, have leaned toward the philosophy realm?
I was watching the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ceremony for Willie Nelson. We were privileged to see Willie perform live at the DuQuoin, Illinois State Fair, a few years ago. He is a dynamic performer and I was left with many thoughts and memories after the music ended.
Willie performed, at the conclusion of the tribute, Living in the Promised Land, and received a standing ovation for the songs moving…timely…lyrics.
‘Give us your tired and weak
And we will make them strong
Bring us you foreign songs
And we will sing along
Leave us your broken dreams
We’ll give them time to mend
There’s still a lot of love
Living in the Promiseland
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Living in the Promiseland
So they came from a distant isle
Nameless woman
Faithless child like a bad dream
Until there was no room at all
No place to run, and no place to fall
Give us our daily bread
We have no shoes to wear
No place to call our home
Only this cross to bear
We are the multitudes
Lend us a helping hand
Is there no love anymore
Living in the Promiseland
Living in the Promiseland
Our dreams are made of steel
The prayer of every man
Is to know how freedom feels
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Living in the Promiseland’
Songwriters: Paul Madeira; Jimmy Dorsey
Time…has always fascinated me. The idea of a year…or ten…or one hundred…being a long period is a false construct that is formed by our relatively short lives in comparison with the Universe that surrounds us.
My lifelong friend, Jeff, asked me last year when we were visiting he and Margo, in the United Kingdom…If I ever thought about my mortality.
I must admit that the older I become…the more apparent that there is an end to this life… is evident.
I responded to Jeff…that I have often thought that death may be nothing like we have feared…but indeed a revealing of our true life and purpose…or our first ‘Big Break!’
Roger Ebert, the famous film critic, during the last few minutes before he died said, according to his wife Chaz, “The one thing people might be surprised about-Roger said that he didn’t know if he could believe in God. He had his doubts. But toward the end, something really interesting happened. That week before Roger passed away, I would see him and he would talk about visiting this other place. I thought he was hallucinating. I thought they were giving him to much medication. But the day before he passed away, he wrote me a note: ‘This is all an elaborate hoax.’ I asked him, ‘What’s a hoax?’ And he was talking about this world, this place. He said it was all an illusion. I thought he was just confused. But he was not confused. He wasn’t visiting heaven, not the way we think of heaven. He described it as a vastness that you can’t even imagine. It was a place where the past, present, and future were all happening at once.”
What if this life is nothing more than a Pop Quiz…in God’s Eternity?
Job said, ‘My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.’
Perhaps the Creator has placed us all in the Sandbox of life…to see how we will play with with each other?
Promiseland
Thank you…this was needed today, and every day.
You are most welcome, my friend. 🌞
A very good post and nice pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much. 🤠
You are welcome!
After reading this, I am even more convinced that you are indeed quite a philosopher. It is the way you see things. It is nice! Thanks for sharing this☺
Thank you my friend! I appreciate your lovely comments. 🌞