Manna for the Day

Look all around you at all people.

Take a tour
"De jour" look everyday...

To your clients
the people with whom

you shape the moment
Of eternity we call this.
Life

real people make a difference
cannot help themselves
from being real

know the deal, the cheats,
and the tricks

study, not only your history
but everybody else's too,

they do. Not only who you are
for what they pretend to be

if you do not know better,
they will rule you

Take pride, to know.
The cradle of civilization

was a united civilization
of people just like you.

Who conquered not just to prove
that they were good in a fight

but to do people right,
to bring order to the chaos

which was. It was not
what people refer to as religion

Just a people making it real,

to establish roles based on ability
to produce and trade goods

people excelled
at what most interested them

and the good of the people was not
What was sneaky, shady, and slick

Your name was your reputation,
your word was your bond

Courts decided what was good for society,
based upon truth and honesty

aged and weak were protected,
neither worshipped or neglected...

Knowledge and wisdom
Were valued commodities

being merciful and charitable
were business norms

applied generously,
though not abused…

When the world was young
in our understanding

people let life be ruled
by seasonal cycles of nature

when times were good,
goods were stored

for when times were not...
We became skilled, and society thrived

children were taught skills
depending upon their interests and capabilities

people were taught to be honest and truthful
and life became balanced

so that people became established
and excelled at the ever-changing roles

That produced the goods
needed for the day.

Society which is we
who are in control

if you defer/abdicate/relinquish,
your command...

You give power to forces
which lie in waiting

for just such chance,
as this to take reign

and sow terror across the land...
Be faithful, keep your promises
 
Just as long
As you can, be connected

To those you love
And if you understand

love thy enemies
With a firm hand

Upon who it is
That you are,

Children of the sun

In the greater family
Of the stars

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