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1:59am May 10, 2015

You Plant Your Fields

echoesfromnowhere:

My father said, “Some things you learn
Only by doing when it comes your turn
Everything comes around so be ready if you can
Prepare your heart like the farmer turns the land”

You plant your fields when the spring is tender
When the summer beats down, you pray for rain
You hope for the harvest and the long cold winter
And then you plant your fields again

There’s certain things I can explain, and there’s certain things I can’t explain.  I can’t explain what this song means to me, but it means a lot, and it means something very specific.  It fills me with a sense of connectedness to everything.  It tells me I’m a part of the external world.  It tells me that me, my body, as long as I’m alive, is part of the real world, and that I ignore this at my peril.  It reminds me of the long legacy of farming in my family, right up to my dad’s generation.  It reminds me of my dad.

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