December 9, 2017, Prescott-
I awoke this morning,
in a state of tension.
“Come off it, self!
This is Saturday,
and no one expects
anything of you,
except that you
take part in the
noon conference call.”
I got myself together,
drove to one friend’s house,
picked up a bin of cut juniper,
and delivered to another’s house.
Somehow, I will want to do better
than that.
The pieces of wood are small
in the second friend’s eyes.
Aren’t we a funny breed?
A person is entitled
to big, to fine, to proper,
to sufficient.
I thought of other friends,
in Ojai,
looking at the embers
and foundation, where
once, there was a
home similar to
the second friend’s
house, here.
Where is their piece
of entitlement, now?
Once upon a time,
an angry young woman
demanded of her mate,
that he throw me out
of the house
that five of us shared.
It was mid-February,
cold, snowy,
central Maine.
An older couple
took me in,
two days later.
Seems the Universe
decided that I
was entitled to
dignity, and
freedom from
pneumonia.
Here’s how I see it, now.
These are our entitlements:
Respect, with regard to
our persons,
our time,
our necessaries.
Love,
unconditional,
therefore, never forced.
Opportunity,
to make choices
and to follow through,
on those choices.
These three
are enough for me.
All else proceeds
from them.
A Sagittarian Seeker 
Yes. We are only temporarily here and though it may seem that we must possess and gather and save, what we are entitled to are those things which even to many are beyond their reach. Having safety of one’s person, which if there was respect the safety would be a given. Love is there but for many the “strings attached” create a definite conditional love and they never experience the joy of unconditional love. (Which is why so many people turn to pets as substitutes for children). And of course we as a nation have a long history as the land of opportunity. Sadly not everyone has the same access to the same opportunities. Your listed entitlements (which should be basic human rights) are a thing of the past according to the current political party….
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Political parties operate under the guise that “This is how God wants it.” Remember when men, everywhere, lorded it over women, under the same guise? What is “true”, now, will largely be proven false, and sooner than one may think. I stand by my words in the above post.
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This is an excellent piece, I very much enjoyed the read so I am going to reblog it for you.
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Thank you for once again believing in my work!
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Reblogged this on Truth Troubles.
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I like this. I think we take things for granted and wish for too much. There should be universals but not all people want them.
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Those who don’t want such universals are free to live without them. I would say that such a life is likely to be rather stark.
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Couldn’t say it better!!!! Beautiful piece again!!!! 🙏🏻
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