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QuinSnydersHair said:
https://www.godvine.com/This-Man-Ga...What-He-Does-at-2-50-Really-Got-Me--5550.html

Good stuff.
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What a great video. Thanks for this.

I try to find inspiration or outlook in almost all places. It's one of the main reasons I love reading all sort of subjects. Anyway, I was perusing the comments section of that video. This is not always a great idea as the dregs of society are usually found in these areas. Anyway, I came across this comment:

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What an absolutely simple yet powerful statement. There are so many so called Christians or religious folks in our society who preach the tenets of their respective religion but rarely live their life according to the rules they preach. It's the usual, do as I say, not as I do type of thinking. I've said this before here on the board but as an Atheist, I have no qualms in following the teachings of Jesus. Most if not all that Jesus preached is hard to argue against.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNhCjA0pdU

California Conservation Corps members Antwon McCoy and Leonard Patton aren't just hard workers. They are also very good dancers who have taught their big nature nerd/mountain man boss (John Griffith) more than a few dance moves (song is Ay Ladies by Travis Porter). When they aren't busting moves, all three do a lot of trail building, salmon habitat restoration, and tree planting in the CCC. John Griffith is also the author of a fast-paced, multicultural eco-fantasy novel for readers ten and up titled "Totem Magic: Going MAD." (TotemMagic.com). John donates 100% of the proceeds of his book to wildlife care centers, and groups that promote ethnic/racial diversity within the conservation movement.
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I found this going through some old files today:

THE COLD WITHIN

Six humans trapped by happenstance in bleak and bitter cold,
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story’s told.

Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back,
For of the faces round the fire, he noticed one was black.

The next man looking ‘cross the way, saw one not of his church
And couldn’t bring himself to give the fire his stick of birch.

The third one sat in tattered clothes, he gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use to warm the idle rich?

The rich man just sat back and thought of wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor.

The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain,
Giving only to those who gave was how he played the game.

Their logs held tight in death’s still hand was proof of human sin,
They didn’t die from cold without--- they died from cold within.

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Surely said:
I found this going through some old files today:

THE COLD WITHIN

Six humans trapped by happenstance in bleak and bitter cold,
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story’s told.

Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back,
For of the faces round the fire, he noticed one was black.

The next man looking ‘cross the way, saw one not of his church
And couldn’t bring himself to give the fire his stick of birch.

The third one sat in tattered clothes, he gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use to warm the idle rich?

The rich man just sat back and thought of wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor.

The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain,
Giving only to those who gave was how he played the game.

Their logs held tight in death’s still hand was proof of human sin,
They didn’t die from cold without--- they died from cold within.

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Love this! Thanks for adding.

On one Boardwalk Empire episode this season, when Nucky was reminiscing about his childhood, they referenced some poem being read. I guess I was not the only one who resonated with the poem because I found others online who inquired about it as well. Ooh! Look what I found while I was looking for the poem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjVPrj0ccxc
 
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