Assuage your hunger,
O heart of Man, fill your love -
fill it with product!
Amass the whole world,
divide the spoils, betray it.
Buy and sell friendships.
Pursue happiness
chained to the weight of the earth.
Forsaking all things...
Do not trust to it!
Break thee thy shackles today.
Work, reap, and be wise.
Liberate your heart -
love thee thy relationships,
release thee thy hold.
Alas, should these chains
cause thee to fly, you believe:
Make a god of it.
Beware then, O Man,
lest you reap dust and ashes:
Love God - Love Country.
Make the earth thy home.
But do not make it thy own.
Sow in love and live.
Value things,
make them good.
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The Sixth Day -
God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)
- selah -
There could be great desolation
even in the midst of great wealth, Starshine.
For in the heart of Man, Beloved of God,
- there is an emptiness -
that can not be filled with the things of the earth.
Remember thee, O heart,
God made the one habitation of Man
- all the visible universe - first.
Then God made you, darling Starshine.
It is you who make these things very good.
The Real Value of Things -
The real value of things
- arise from the value of things -
that are not things.
Think about it.
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Beauty and Industry
Starshine, dearest Starshine,
the labor of our heart - must -
always preceed the work of our hands.
So if you shall desire happiness
you must first know in your heart
what it is that you seek
even before you shall desire it.
For desire in and of itself offers
neither sight to thy heart
nor light to thy understanding
which you must require,
And seeking it not by sight
but through the eye of thy love
that in thy seeking believes
So return again to thy longing
but know also to trust this time
in the Love that longs for thee back
and work hard, dear Starshine,
knowing to be happy with every hope
striving to always be free
to find thy peace and to prosper,
far into yonder horizons,
the labor of our heart - must -
always preceed the work of our hands.
So if you shall desire happiness
you must first know in your heart
what it is that you seek
even before you shall desire it.
For desire in and of itself offers
neither sight to thy heart
nor light to thy understanding
which you must require,
Beloved of God,
to know thy own truth by heart.
to know thy own truth by heart.
And seeking it not by sight
but through the eye of thy love
that in thy seeking believes
with conviction of faith
you will come to know thy happiness
you will come to know thy happiness
by the grace of God
even before desire bears thee away
to where thy feet must follow.
For you work hard, dear Starshine,
you deserve to profit from thy labors.
But yet many are the times
that you fail to find thy love
which reduce thy labors into tears
and deprive thy heart of life's purpose.
Yet while there is yet longing in our life
precious Starshine, believe -
there is nothing in this world
that can ever undo
in thy heart of hearts
what Love for thee has already done.
even before desire bears thee away
to where thy feet must follow.
For you work hard, dear Starshine,
you deserve to profit from thy labors.
But yet many are the times
that you fail to find thy love
which reduce thy labors into tears
and deprive thy heart of life's purpose.
Yet while there is yet longing in our life
precious Starshine, believe -
there is nothing in this world
that can ever undo
in thy heart of hearts
what Love for thee has already done.
So return again to thy longing
but know also to trust this time
in the Love that longs for thee back
and work hard, dear Starshine,
knowing to be happy with every hope
striving to always be free
to find thy peace and to prosper,
far into yonder horizons,
our beautiful forever.
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