In Every Point of View That's Held Sincerely

July 7, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Independence Day (USA).

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An Independence Day poem about the need to embrace opposing truths through love:

In every point of view that’s held sincerely,

Not intended for manipulation,

Decent folks just speaking from the heart,

Each selfish, selfless, idealistic cynic

Pursues a radiant, iridescent truth.

Embrace them all, ingenuously and dearly,

Nor deem one truth not worth consideration

Despite your own perhaps dissenting part.

Each voice adds to the beauty of Earth’s music,

Nor does a vivid counterpoint need proof.

Clearly there is hatred, yes, quite clearly,

Eluding reason, fact, faith, love, relation,

Damning all belief, truth, passion, art,

A scourge that turns the sweetest truth acidic.

Yet love puts all truths under one large roof.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Independence Day (USA)

7/1: Justice Now Means Food, Health, Habitation

7/2: Indeed, from Whom or What Are Rights Derived

7/3: Justice Is a Collection Agency

7/4: Indeed, This Should Be Interdependence Day

7/5: Inevitably, the World Will Be One Country

7/6: Jury’s Still Out, I Guess, on Democracy

7/7: In Every Point of View That’s Held Sincerely