Here I stand, & together we’re one

In my short lifetime of almost eighty years I have seen a lot

My grandfather on my mother’s side never flew in a plane

Yet you should’ve seen him drive his brand-new Packard

I fell out of the back seat while playing war games

My grandmother was not ready to let me go

And hung on to my hand as I dragged on

Down the road a foot in front of the back tire

On the rear wheel of that fine new Packard

Grandpa Wright said woah nellie and we

Rumbled on down the road at breakneck speed

When he found the brake we stopped short

I looked at my shoes first time I wore out tops

Before I wore out the bottoms, I was sure

We are the children of the parents we chose

Living the dream of life on this grand old man

Nurtured by our loving earthly mother nature

Being the persons we choose to be and are

Being the lovers of life or the creators of dark

We achieve that for which we ask for alone

One with the divine or left out in cold sure

We are one, we are one soul mind brain pure

Soul mind brain alignment as we are all one

Being faithful and true is the best we can do

My father’s dad flew to New York then a boat to Sweden

His homeland and the land of my paternal grandmother too

They returned every other year to see family and friends

I never went with them and today I regret it let me tell you

I think it would’ve been a blast to see the land that raised

Two loving people who were good to us even to a fault

Their friends and family must’ve been exceedingly proud

Of two who went to America and achieved the best here

Engineer of engineers was he and devoted couple were they

Life is love and that was their destiny in the new world

Living in Virginia’s capital and having a super friend

Also from Scandinavia living next door to bug them

And compete who was best the Danes or Swedes

My dad spoke Swedish with them when they didn’t

Want me to know what they were talking about

I wonder now what they were saying about me

 We are the children of the parents we chose

Living the dream of life on this grand old man

Nurtured by our loving earthly mother nature

Being the persons we choose to be and are

Being the lovers of life or the creators of dark

We achieve that for which we ask for alone

One with the divine or left out in cold sure

We are one, we are one soul mind brain pure

Soul mind brain alignment as we are all one

Being faithful and true is the best we can do

My mom was a southern Virginia girl and didn’t forget

How to discipline two challenging yet interesting children

We knew how to bug each other and parents to boot

We didn’t know how to turn it off sometimes and oops

When my dad got involved it was time to regroup

And calm down and as he would say without remorse

“Gentle boys make gentlemen” understand that son

Their marriage wasn’t made in heaven, but here on earth

They had their challenges and solidly stuck it out for us

Am I a better person for their love? I think yes now

Not perfect am I, a little too quiet and shy for sure

Then out there and talking with everyone and wow

They respond with interesting reason every single person

Is different for sure, unique in their own personality 

It seems we learn from every person we encounter

That we are all cut from the same sheet of music

Just singing our own personal and individual song

Knowing that we must always let others sing along

Singing the good words singing the good lyrics

Singing to praise the good where we find it

Knowing we are all in this boat together on the sea

Playing the game as we are teammates you and me

Winning the game is not an option it’s the way to play

When we have the best of the best to do and say

Love is our goal for the whole world every day

Love for the creative light of our universal play.

We are the children of the parents we chose

Living the dream of life on this grand old man

Nurtured by our loving earthly mother nature

Being the persons we choose to be and are

Being the lovers of life (Light) or the creators of dark

We achieve that for which we ask for alone

One with the divine or left out in cold sure

We are one, we are one soul mind brain pure

Soul mind brain alignment as we are all one

Being faithful and true is the best we can do

Now let’s write the music,

Just a couple of thoughts on the Covid-19 pandemic. We are in this mess and we may choose to do better this fall and winter. Wear mask, wash hands, wear clear glasses and/or face shield. I was at a very busy craft faire today and was talking to mother and daughter pair. Mom was masked, daughter not. I talked the daughter into putting on her mask. I looked her in the eye from 6 feet away and said, “You do not want the virus. Yes, you are young, but you are not invincible. Besides your mom does not deserve to catch it from you.

We hear that the Whitehouse is a ghost town. Nobody is there much anymore. 34 people have tested positive for Coronavirus. Mr. Trump got 100,000 dollars worth of care. I wonder what the other Whitehouse staffers are getting. Do you?

Stay safe! Trust everyone and tie your camel as they say. The eye of the needle is a small door that lets you and the camel in. It does not let the overburdened camel with goods tied to its side in. It does not let the person in who is carrying huge arms full of extra goods.

Focus on the good true and lovable. Focus up! 1 inch above and between the tops of your ears. Do it and record the response we trust it is the highest good for the greatest number. E.S, N.

Published by Ernest Nylander

Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Educated and lived West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, New York, Silicon Valley, Orange County & Los Angeles, California. American through and through. Today: Travel with wife Carole and write about it. Selling houses, no longer a landlord. With Focus Up Philosophers endeavoring to do the good, true and lovable for all.