~Is It Any Wonder?~

Is it any wonder
that the world is filled with pain
when we set aside the beauty
for our own material gain?

Is it any wonder
that lovers' hearts grow dim
when we do not hold in honor
the love we find within?

Is it any wonder
that the homeless are weak and frail
when we put them out
of house and home to seek another trail?

Is it any wonder
that nature falls to ruin and rubble
because we take with no return
allowing it to crumble?

Is it any wonder
that children are lead astray
because we did not take the time
to show the proper way?

Is it any wonder
that evil is strong and bold
when we do not see goodness
and let our hearts grow cold?

Is it any wonder
racism flourishes, my friend,
when we do not see PEOPLE,
but just the color of skin?

Is it any wonder
that friendships die and fade
when we forget the reasons
in which they were first made?

Is it any wonder
our world is scarred and polluted
when we allow our industries
to strip it as they're suited?

Is it any wonder
there is such depression and sorrow
when we do not seem to care
what will happen tomorrow?

Is it any wonder
we do not see the values of our brothers
when we hold our ownselves
above the needs of others?

Is it any wonder
our world is like it is
when we sit and grumble
with actions we don't give?

Is it any wonder
we wait in fear of Judgement day
when we do the things we do,
then forget to pray?

~Kaye Cunningham~

Something will have gone out of us as a people
if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.
If we permit the last virgin forests to be turned
into comic books and plastic cigarette cases.

If we drive the few remaining members
of the wild species into zoos or to extinction.
If we pollute the last clean air
and dirty the last clean streams
and push our paved roads
through the last of the silence,
so that never again will we be free in our
own countries from the noise,
the exhausts, the stinks of human and automotive waste.

And so that never again
can we have the chance to see
ourselves single, serrate,
vertical and individual in the world,
part of the environment of trees and rocks
and soil, brother to the other animals,
part of the natural world
and competent to belong in it.

~From the Book of Earth Prayers"

~Wallace Stegner~

~Dedicated to All Mankind~ ~In hopes of Salvation and Peace~

When Children Learn	Meanings
My Second Chance	The Flow Of Life
Wise Written Words	How Will You Spend Your Time
Not Too Far From Here	You Are Here
Strength and Courage	Consider This
A Time To Learn	Different Drums & Different Drummers
Letting Go	Love
Letting Go Of Chaos	Page Two

The Music you are listening to is "A Love So Beautiful"
Courtesy of Phil's Music For Lovers