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The future comes, it will be what we build.<\/em><\/p>\n

The waiting now is over,
\nThere is work yet to be done.
\nThe building and the making
\nAre never easy won.<\/p>\n

O, Lift your eyes to heaven
\nSet your feet upon the path
\nTurn your hands to the labor
\nWhat e\u2019re the aftermath.<\/p>\n

The storms still loom and threaten,
\nThe calm can never stay
\nBut still we work and labor
\nAnd build along the way.<\/p>\n

All that we may offer
\nWhether meat or stone or song
\nIs a small piece of the future
\nWe build as we go along.<\/p>\n

Though storm and trial threaten
\nThey also pass away
\nOur labors shall out last them
\nAnd all that\u2019s good shall stay.<\/p>\n

The Day\u2019s Labor<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024, all rights reserved.
\nImage Midjourney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The future comes, it will be what we build. The waiting now is over, There is work yet to be done. The building and the making Are never easy won. O, Lift your eyes to heaven Set your feet upon the path Turn your hands to the labor What e\u2019re the aftermath. 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