03-03-2020, 07:22 PM
This is by Miller Williams, poet and father to musical performer Lucinda. She put it to music on her wonderful album Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone.
Compassion
Have compassion for everyone you meet,
even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit,
bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign
of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone.
Compassion
Have compassion for everyone you meet,
even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit,
bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign
of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000