Day: June 7, 2020

There is a herd to feed
It is just another day
Ignoring the task
   is not optional
Negligence would be defeat
The life of a rancher
 
Cows are milked
Twice a day
The animals graze, but
Are fed again at
The second milking
The life of a dairy farmer
 
Crops are planted
Different methods employed
Must be tended
Watered and fertilized
Contention with nature
The life of crop farmers
 
Commonality:  They show up
Face up to the elements
And the unknown
Keep taking the steps
Never stop
They are my heroes
 
Stanski
June 7, 2020 ^

We want equality; scorn racism
Still attempt to solve using failed methods
Making promises; providing safety nets
Assuming we can administer change
But there is a truth we must not overlook
 
The black family must be restored
Seventy percent of their births are
Out of wedlock; no father means no family
No reading to the children; no encouragement
No incentives to do well
 
Unintended consequences
The antithesis of what should be real
Only when the family concept
Is accepted and practiced
Will empowerment take place
It is this and not government
Ministers; not politicians
Fathers; not social workers
 
Observation of our failures
Realization that we cannot help
Through artificial methods
Do not provide fish dinners
But teach how to fish
No one can do for others
What they must do for themselves
 
Remove the barriers
Stop the handouts
Allow the oppressed
To grow and prosper on their own
Their culture will improve
Family units will become important
Society will have been rewarded
 
Stanski
June 7, 2020 ^

Give glory
   Where glory is due
 
Be happy
   Where happiness does not exist
 
Do good deeds
   Where evil exists
 
Be the rainbow
   When there isn’t any rain
 
Love means so much to me
   How about you?
 
Stay and serve
   When you really want to get out of here
 
Do we do this thing or not
   Your answer defines your character
 
Stanski
June 7, 2020^