| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 10/04/06 at 04:35 AM Thanks! I really needed this today after so many senseless tragedies in the news this week. Stay the course!!! |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 10/04/06 at 05:50 AM Hi Chris. Seems too often we promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.
I'm all of what you have written here. Swear me in! |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/04/06 at 11:05 AM AMEN! What this world needs is more who will take this kind of oath. Great writing! |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 10/04/06 at 12:22 PM Well done Chris.... wonderful imagery! |
| Posted by Rusty C Arquette on 10/04/06 at 12:35 PM I wish I'd said that!...Hey, I wish the whole world said that..and then lived by it! - RCat |
| Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 10/04/06 at 10:03 PM chris, i haven't been by for a long while... and again as always, you impress. this piece is amazing, and i can only hope that i am able to do the same. thank you so much for sharing. |
| Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 10/06/06 at 08:19 AM If only we could make everyone live by this code.....but starting with ourselves is enough at times.......
Interesting was just reading about Hippocrates, his cure for hysteria? Sex... what a wise man! |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 10/06/06 at 01:15 PM ...and small improvements to the lives of others are likely to result in big improvements to our own, whether these behaviours are the result of conscious attitudes or not, and provided of course, this is not the motivation :>
Fine sentiments genuinely expressed here, worthy of reflection and accommodation. |
| Posted by Kyle Anne Kish on 10/06/06 at 05:43 PM A great oath to adhere to, Chris. I, too, wish to take the oath ... one left hand on hip, right hand held up, I solemnly swear to try and leave this world a better place, and for me having been blessed to be part of something much bigger than me. "... and even themselves on the flimsiest of excuses, irrational of reasons
despite all this I will stay the course of my purpose for being here ..." So well said. Thanks for this, Chris. :) |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 10/08/06 at 12:49 PM Thank you for putting into perfect words what many of us choose in our minds and hearts. This will be my new morning greeting to the day. And is my newest favorite. Just perfect, Chris, perfect. |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 10/08/06 at 04:33 PM strong positive spirit here, inspiring. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 10/30/06 at 08:29 AM Happy POTBD!!! (poem-of-the-birthday, of course!) Congrats on both counts! |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 10/30/06 at 02:47 PM Hurray! I'm so glad this made POTD! And a birthday also!! A great day ahead for you, Chris - I'm sure of it! |
| Posted by JD Clay on 10/30/06 at 03:34 PM Now that's what I call sending a message. Be it the hood or the cosmos, this one echoes through the hallowed halls and leaves those proverbial timbers well shivered.
Double pat on the back, Pal. |
| Posted by Marjorie Anne Reagan on 10/30/06 at 06:00 PM Amen! I take the oath too! You were touched by God when you wrote this Chris. Amazing! |
| Posted by Marjorie Anne Reagan on 10/30/06 at 06:00 PM Amen! I take the oath too! You were touched by God when you wrote this Chris. Amazing! |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 10/30/06 at 06:36 PM Double congrats today. Here on a magnificently wise poem, being POTD and for you to have a wonderful birthday. YAY! Chris!
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 10/30/06 at 11:22 PM what a day for you to have POTD, on your birthday! Congrats on both counts and have a lovely one. |
| Posted by Rusty C Arquette on 10/31/06 at 03:55 AM Yep, just what the ladies said Chris..Corngrats and Happie B'Day - RCat |
| Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 10/31/06 at 04:17 AM beautiful poem, chris, where do i sign up? a moving and heart piercing method of moving the masses. many of us think this way, and you bring this ideal to life so vividly for me, and i'm sure many others to go beyond thinking to ACTING with intention in all things... congrats on POTD, and happy birthday to you! PK |
| Posted by Lauren Singer on 10/31/06 at 04:24 AM chris this is absolutely beautiful poetry. the last line instills chills in its readers. i believe this is one of your masterworks. well-said, and i am hopeful in spite of all around me that these goals can be fulfilled by those of us who are strong enough to fight their demons. |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 11/05/06 at 05:42 PM *Raises my right hand.* "I swear by all the blades of grass in the field..."
If only we would, if only humans as a whole would adapt this. Great to see your heart. |
