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Sunday Whirl #80
Bound by Tradition
Rules on old tapes
Men and women
Powerless to find their own path
Follow or even to know
Their own wishes
Damage was done
Long ago
Introduced to a way of thinking
By parents
As they were
By theirs
No critical thinking
Not even one single thought
To call their own
The goal was
The thread within
Would remain unbroken
In our turn
We would do the same
Words: Women, men, power, wish, damaged, way, think, single, thread, bound, within, we
annellannell 
Oh, I so agree with you on all of this. Parents drum their own beliefs into their children and expect their traditions to carry forward, and, the sad part is, it usually does. This is where I believe if the parent didn’t teach the child hatred, bias, racism, it would eventually cease to exist.
I love the gentle truth in this Annell.
Tradition can bind, but when I think of tradition based upon holiday meals, get-togethers, etc., I think they can also be the glue that holds you together.
Dear Laurie I agree. And yet maybe one Christmas, let’s have barbecue and watermelon? Mix things up a bit? Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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You bring to mind the play “South Pacific” And the song with that states; ‘You’ve got to be taught…’ I can only hope that I have succeeded to some degree in teaching my own children not exactly how I was taught; by the ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ method. I hope that I have taught ‘Do as I say, as I have done’.
Interesting though how some traditions have changed and what was once not taboo has new interpretations and restrictions because of just a few who choose to alter beliefs to their own liking and then amass a following because individual thought is in fact thought to be dangerous.
I move at a snails pace and have added part two to last weeks verse:
http://julesgemsandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/10/sunday-whirl-80-revelations-part-ii.html
As a breaker of tradition, I can attest to the pain that such an action brings. But then, I also believe that pain is most often the beginning of change and understanding. Thanks for this one, Annell,
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/a-list-poem-about-why/
Threads made me think..how they run and yet thin..fray..get sewn over and rebuilt..maybe they are constant but not fixed..jae
“Powerless to find their own path
Follow or even to know
Their own wishes
Damage was done”
This part really stands out to me…I think it is important to always be ready to adjust things…way of living etc. based on the truth that exists for each on an individual level. Thought-provoking!
sometimes traditions simply push assimilation, and forget about the individual.
nice…I dig it.
There are times when tradition is good and gives you structure, but then there is the other side of the coin as well. Well wordled.
Pamela
…and so it goes…
Tradition has its place… but there’s always room for development…
Great piece!
So true. Nicely done!