My 5000th Post (Warning: Graphic)

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When I was a child I was a big dreamer. I dreamed of things like flying cars and trips to Mars. I dreamed fantastical dreams and explored an exciting world. I watched the birds and breathed in the fragrant beauty of many a flower. I literally thought I was a part of what I considered to be paradise, a world with unbounded possibility and endless beauty.

And then, I grew up. And nothing is like I thought it would be. Nothing.

And so, as I exist today well into middle age, I so long for the innocence of those dreamy, sunny, aromatic days full of the joys of childhood and as I think about what bothers me most about the way the world has become, I remember a now-haunting refrain from those days so long ago. So, on the cusp of this holiest of Christian holidays, I would like to offer it to you now, illustrated by the images that most shatter that long-ago fantasy of a utopian future.

Jesus loves the little children

All the children of the world



Red and yellow, Black and white

They are precious in His sight.



Jesus loves the little children

Of the world.




Jesus died for all the children

All the children of the world



Red and yellow, Black and white

They are precious in His sight.



Jesus died for all the children

Of the world.




Jesus rose for all the children

All the children of the world



Red and yellow, Black and white

They are precious in His sight.



Jesus rose for all the children

Of the world.





Jesus loves the little children

All the children of the world



Be they yellow, black or white

They are precious in his site



Jesus loves the little children

of the world

If only they could dream the dreams I dreamt as a child, and then live them.


If only...

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1. So, Dr. Jeremiah Wright pretty much nailed it as to what God should do with America, eh

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Texas Explorer!

Congrats on your achievement!

And thank you for making it so meaningful...

These are haunting, terrible images...

We must not forget those children...

But we do...

K&R

:cry:

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3. Thank you, Peggy. I really do wish the world I had

envisioned as a child had come to pass so that these little angels could run carefree through flower meadows and breathe clean air and partake of good food.

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4. Kicking because I spent an entire day away from DU thinking

about what I wanted to say with such a milestone and I'm not willing to let my post die just yet.

[RB TexLa]

5. I'll give you a kick

:hi:

[Karenina]

6. And a Rec!

Happy Easter! :hi:

[Gemini Cat]

7. This needs to be kicked.

and rec.