Have you read this Dick Cavett column? He writes about John Winston Lennon, who would be Sixty-Seven today. Why do I remember his birthday every year? That's just weird. Oh, that's right. He rescued me from a life of depressing banality
I was reminded of John recently because we saw some of "Give Peace A Song" on PBS. Before then, I had no idea that Tommy Smothers participated in the recording of Give Peace A Chance.
It all feels quite distant now. That belief that we had the power to change things. We did, to some degree. Now it's as though nobody has the will to fight for their (remaining) rights. Too busy accumulating and amassing. Besides, if it doesn't impact their day-to-day life directly, why should they care?
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Happy B-day to John, wherever he is tonight.
I remember John Lennon's birthday every year too. What a loss. I don't know what's become of us as a people, a nation, a planet. I am more pessimistic now then I have ever been. I don't have a sense of things changing, and I don't think there is a tide strong enough to make it happen. The desire to maintain the status quo is very strong and maybe immutable.
I feel the same way as Robin Andrea. Back when we lived in SF, I was involved in so many causes. I was constantly writing letters for environmental issues, Native American/First Nations issues, I was an Amnesty International Freedom Writer.....all I ever got back was "thank you for your concern" form letters. I burned out, got frustrated and cynical.
IMHO, it just seems like everyone is so burned out, and working so hard to make ends meet & wrapped up in their own worlds that they don't have the time to rise up and demand a change.
Your right, there just isn't any anti-establishment figures like John Lennon around today, everyone is far too busy feathering their own nests to worry about other people.
John was one of the "old souls", and since energy can neither be created or destroyed, only converted; it is a certainty his reincarnation will bring positive results for mankind. Just like his last incarnation did.
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