{"id":43,"date":"2018-11-17T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:01:26","slug":"look-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2018\/11\/17\/look-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image from pixabay “Delicate Arch night stars landscape” Should get you there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Look to the sky
Look to the stars
They can\u2019t take us over
They can\u2019t take what\u2019s ours.<\/p>\n

The work of our hands,
We can always redo.
The things in our minds
We pass down to you.<\/p>\n

The will to the striving
They never will break.
The hope in our labors
They never can take.<\/p>\n

The fire that burns
In every free soul
Is something they never
Can see nor control.<\/p>\n

They think in our spirits
We are like them,
Yet we know the truth:
We are still men.<\/p>\n

No machine to dance
To a street grinder\u2019s tune.
No dog to lie lazy,
Then howl at the moon.<\/p>\n

We look to the sky
And reach to the stars,
And they can\u2019t understand
What makes the sky ours.<\/p>\n

This song came to me in a black time, when I seemed to be the only one who was not convinced the world was about to explode one way or another.\u00a0 I do get accused of being optimistic.\u00a0 And with all the crazy that’s going on int he country, maybe folk are right when they say it.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s just the peace that passes understanding.\u00a0 Or maybe I’m just the sort to panic when everything’s done and over with.\u00a0 Could be any or all of the above, but it still resonates today the way it did when I wrote it back on October 14, 2016 an posted it to a comment in Sarah Hoyt’s blog.\u00a0 The trappings of the world are ephemeral.\u00a0 Things that have been made can be destroyed.\u00a0 Things that have been destroyed can be made again and sometimes the new is better than the old.\u00a0 Sometimes the old is better than the new, at least temporarily.\u00a0 Yet such a state seldom laughs.\u00a0 We have surpassed Rome as Rome surpassed what came before, and our descendants shall some day surpass us, even if we are destroyed.\u00a0 The physical passes away.\u00a0 Yet it is the spirit that endures.\u00a0 It is the spirit that pushes us to grow and to build, and that spirit cannot be destroyed, no matter how bleak the future may seem.<\/p>\n

I don’t have much to say today, but somehow I think there are some that need to see this.\u00a0 Look to the sky, both the Heavens and the Stars.\u00a0 Take hope.<\/p>\n\n\n

“Look Up,” copyright \u00a9 2018 Heather Strickler
Image at the top of the post Copyright \u00a9 pixabay user skeeze, used under Pixabay free for commercial licence, no attribution required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look to the skyLook to the starsThey can\u2019t take us overThey can\u2019t take what\u2019s ours. The work of our hands,We can always redo.The things in our mindsWe pass down to you. The will to the strivingThey never will break.The hope in our laborsThey never can take. The fire that burnsIn every free soulIs something they… Read More Look Up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2016\/11\/08\/mine-eyes-have-seen-the-glory\/","url_meta":{"origin":43,"position":0},"title":"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory","author":"Heather","date":"November 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Of the coming\u00a0of the Lord. 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