Remember the Song, "Momma Look What They Done To MY Song?"

Watching The Cars Go By
One day my Teekee and Daddy were talking

Sitting on the porch, watching the cars go by;

My Teekee was remembering all

the changes he had seen in his lifetime.

He spoke with awe and joy for the most part

And encouraged me to continue on with my dreams

My Teekee and Daddy are waiting for me now

I cannot fathom what sights I will see

I will be glad to be reunited with Teekee and Daddy

When it is my turn to return from whence we came

But for now I worry on the changes we've done

in this lifetime; to the world and to each other.

The changes are not awe inspiring or joyful

They fill my heart instead with dread

What has caused this change in hearts of man?

Cannot we all just sit and watch the cars go by?

Maybe then we could learn to love one another again.


This is the last pessimistic article; hopefully.
It is way too easy to get caught up in the naysayers and the doomsday predictions around us today. I find myself drawn to reading the worst headlines, the most frightening views of "what may be" that after awhile it begins to dawn on me that I am "inside" that world. Inside and trapped. For there is no answer, there is only the hope that the world will catch itself before it falls.

Another Hubber on HubPages, whose opinion is worthy, broke this cycle, thank you James, with just a few words "must hold themselves to a higher standard". What the hub was about is not the point here, the point is I had allowed myself to become so embroiled with the negativity of life in general that my "song" had changed. Somewhere along the way I had stopped writing to create joy in my heart and had started to stand on the box in the square, holding the placard "The End Is Near!"

Well, duh. When has it ever NOT been near? We only have today, nothing is promised. If one keeps dwelling on a subject long enough it will come true. Now, I realize this sounds pessimistic but actually it is just common sense.

Eventually I suppose everything one could possibly worry about could come true. However, did the worry in and of itself cause it to manifest? No, of course not. But dude, as humans don't we love to take the credit!

See? I Told You So!

I Warned You All This Time And Now LOOK!

It's Here!

It's Happened!

So thank you fellow Hubber, oh wise James Watkins :) for the comment. You didn't even know you did it either I bet! But you helped me change my on song back to the way want it to be. It would be horrible if the "one thing I could do half right was forever done all wrong." My apologies, Melanie, for the misquote, but you guys catch my drift, don’t you?
barbara bethard