Be together, yet be yourself. Sing together, but bellow out your own tune. Love together, but love yourself first. This poem was given to me from a friend, and it’s a deep root for me.
Let it ponder within your heart as well. Injoy…
Man, that’d be so cool to be carrying The Dirt of Genghis Khan! He was the “supreme conqueror” who united the Mongol tribes and forged a huge empire. Ole Solomon was a king of Israel who was a very wise man; a sage. Then nebuchadnezzar was the largest type of wine bottle, holding about 15 liters. Wait, wrong one…Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, who conquered Jerusalem and did some other nasty things, but eventually came around.
What do these guys have in common?
They are all under the fingernails and stuck to the bottom of Pig-Pen’s shoes!!
Really and truly, what I get from it: Thinking BIG. No matter what their objective was, they saw beyond their little scope of life. These guys thought they were larger than life, feisty and go-getters. Doers. Real life action figures…not some pliable Stretch Armstrong. Maybe they weren’t the most noble of characters all around, but their strength was shown in numbers, words and ultimately character.
The “bits of dirt and dust of far-off lands” blows on us too. We carry the seeds of our ancestors, the roots of different cultures and the dirt from comic strip characters. We sprout from the flowing patterns, love and simplicity of our history. We dig and feel the dark pain from past bereavements and the sorrow from family secrets buried beneath, yet we rise to the occasion to pick up our heads and forge on…
How?
The inspiration is in The Dirt: We are what we Do, Eat and Think.
Let’s till our grounds and see what we find. Stir it up. Not just yours, but I will find plenty in mine. This is such a life lesson for me as it will be for you. Just as dirt yields crops, it also brings up huge chunks from deep within the earth. I want to think more like Charlie Brown and be that person who sees more of the positive amidst Pig-Pen’s cloud of dust. To look beyond the exterior and dig deep. To “stagger the imagination”. To feed the mind, body and soul from a larger scope.
Grab your shovel, take a bite and open your heart…let’s go!
