Protect…
Story: Protect the ones you can. Do not leave anyone standing alone in a gale. Stand in the gale with them, block the stinging wind until they raise there eyes to you! If you are knocked down protecting someone, so be it! Is there a better life, what else have you to do? If you are strong, lend your strength. If you are literate, lend your diction. If you are smart, lend your knowledge. If you are handsome, be humble when in the company of those who stare. If you have something to say, say it so all can hear! Not only to those who know not the scent of your fear. Give them the chance to correct you. What will you loose? If a politician, smile through the years of sacrifice, barter, and corruption; for you cannot deal with snakes if they know you are coming. They fear the scent of the mongoose. If you are a newspaper man, tell us the truth; for it is you who will die a thousand times today, not I! Cry not, for it is we who have the tears you seek! If you are labeled an immigrant by others, then I say “good luck”; for as a human, you have the right to live anywhere on the earth you desire. Because of that, no other person has the right to tell you otherwise by virtue of geographical location or force you against your will to live where you feel persecuted; rest assured many will try! Never use the sun to force others into the rain. Do not feign deafness when you hear the whispers of the weak nor fail to lend a hand to those at your feet. Do not tarry on your sad tale because they need you. Do not dwell in the sorrows and misdeeds of yesterday; remember, your sad listener’s need tales of heraldry and you are all they will hear today! Bring gifts to those who look up to you and if you can’t, give them a lie wrapped in a bright bow to make them smile! When they tear into your words to earn a meal, simply toss a bone at the enemy’s feet. The impoverished will certainly give pause; for it is in their advantage to do so, they have nothing. Be advised, those who stand in front of you aren't always doing so to ‘show you the way’. Remember the well-wishers who drop silver coins where they know you will hear them, love the well-wishers who have no coins to drop! Remember, the faithful pet recognizes no one when starving and hears no command over snarling. Be vigilant as you walk the path of life, for many cannot stand with you. They are no less, they simply need you. Do not let drink make you any less in the eyes of your loved ones. Let life intoxicate you, not liquor, for we all need you dearly, we will miss your strength when you are gone. Do not waste your life on a stool, you are special, and the only one. Love always, us. RJ