How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Blowin' In The Wind lyrics © Special Rider Music, Universal Tunes
d.: Hello? Cal.E.? ELAC? I wonder where those two could be. They invited me over to Wanye Manor for high tea. I brought some premium tea that I picked up in India while I was there a few years ago, and I’ve been saving it for a special occasion. This occasion seemed to fit the bill.
Oh, here’s a note from Cal.E. It seems that she and ELAC have gone on a trip, but plan to be back soon. I’ll just wait for them. I wonder where they might have gone, with the world in such a messy state? It isn’t safe to travel, like it was when my family and I were going on mission trips a few years ago. There are two heated wars going on right now, and everyone seems to have chosen a side in both. The world wants to make these issues black and white, when there are many shades of gray involved.
I can understand zero tolerance for harboring terrorists, but what if the people who are harboring the terrorists weren’t given a choice, what then? Are they still guilty? And, if a country once owned a part of a continent, and then that part of the world declared independence and set up its own government, is it the right of the first country to try to access that country? That sounds a little familiar to me.
Also, if the U.S. is trillions upon trillions of dollars in debt, where is the money coming from that we’re sending to these countries to help defend themselves? It sounds like someone needs a lesson in finance, but that’s not the only lesson that needs to be learned.
With people growing more remote from each other after the pandemic, it seems people skills have deteriorated exponentially. Everyone was scared to go out in public during the pandemic, so we all found a way to communicate with technology. That’s fine for some things, but limited interaction with others leads to isolation, depression, and anger. Those emotions can cause a lot of problems.
That’s not the only skill that has been lost, though. People are fascinated with shows where people learn to survive without the conveniences of modern technology. That seems to be a lost art. When I was a kid, I was told to be home at a certain time. Since I live in the country, there were no streetlights, so I couldn’t depend on those to tell me it was time to come home. I also didn’t usually wear a watch when I was outside because I was afraid of losing it while I was shooting hoops or riding my horse. Of course, I couldn’t wear it while I was swimming, either. I had parents who were strict about rules, though, and I didn’t get in trouble much. How is that possible? I learned to tell time by the sun. My dad taught me how to do this when I was young, and I remembered his lessons. When I worked on a construction crew to earn money when I was in college, my workmates were fascinated that I could, within a couple of minutes, tell them what time it was without looking at my watch. Apparently, this has been a lost art for quite some time.
I’m not much on fishing, because I don’t enjoy eating fish, but I do like to hunt. I became a good shot out of necessity. Not because I thought that I would starve to death if I didn’t come home with meat, but because I was surrounded by really good hunters. Missing an easy shot was a cause for ridicule for weeks with my hunting parties. I simply didn’t want to be made fun of because I didn’t succeed in making a plausible shot.
These aren’t the most important survival skills, though. There are supermarkets everywhere, so killing or fishing for one’s food isn’t a necessity. What is necessary, though, is “people skills.” Where I work, there are inmates who cannot mix in the general population because they lack these. I’m of the opinion, however, that these inmates aren’t the only ones lacking these skills. If all the antisocial, disturbed people in the world were lock up, there would be no senseless killings, no one being made fun of, and, possibly, no more wars. I don’t believe that will happen in my lifetime.
Well, it’s getting late, and I need to do my homework. Without Cal.E.’s help, I’ll need additional time to finish it, so I suppose I should go home and start doing it. Please join me and my cohost tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.
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