Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Love with lyrics

Here's to the babies in a brand new world
Here's to the beauty of the stars
Here's to the travelers on the open road
Here's to the dreamers in the bars

Here's to the teachers in the crowded rooms
Here's to the workers in the fields
Here's to the preachers of the sacred words
Here's to the drivers at the wheel

Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin

Here's to the winners of the human race
Here's to the losers in the game
Here's to the soldiers of the bitter war
Here's to the wall that bears their names

Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day start

Here's to the doctors and their healing work
Here's to the loved ones in their care
Here's to the strangers on the streets tonight
Here's to the lonely everywhere

Here's to the wisdom from the mouths of babes
Here's to the lions in the cage
Here's to the struggles of the silent war
Here's to the closing of the age.

Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin

Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day start

The Call lyrics
LET THE DAY BEGIN

Monday, June 06, 2022

ETON MESS



The worst of the worst

Back in the day
I had a friend called Harry Cumberbatch. 
He was in a group I once facilitated 
it went like this::

I asked people to talk about their feelings - 
it is a powerful exercise - try it.::

This is an experiential group exercise I used::
I asked people to talk about their feelings::

1 About their first name. 
(I have a story & feelings around the story of me 
being ‘Pip’)
2 Their feelings about their surname. 
(I remember clearly one woman who carried around her ex husbands name 
when they had been long divorced - 
AND hated that surname )

Harry's surname is was his family name passed down generations.
It was a name he had lived with all his life.
His surname was via his fore-fathers like most people.
But it was not their choice of name
but chosen by a plantation owner 
whose name was ‘Cumberbatch’ - 
meaning every human he ‘owned’ as a slave
was named ‘Cumberbatch.
His family had been bought into slavery.

He carries around with him - 
wherever he goes = 
SLAVERY ……….

I was once a racist and never knew.
I had to learn
others had to teach me.

I want to share my journey here as weeks pass.

I hate racism

www.pipwilson.com