Dichotomy of views

I give thanks to the all of which I am To the sun stars galaxies universe In awe with joy I give thanks to the all of which I am To the earth, its magna core The fire of our life The oceans, clouds, blue sky and all the land Our mighty planet, our home I give thanks, to the all of which I am To all the people and animals fish and birds, lizards and bugs and all the furry ones too To all the plants, trees and flowers and to every rock I give thanks Thank you for sharing In the all of which we are What a blessing, what an honor To be me To exist and sense taste touch feel smell hear and think, imagine To whatever makes all that is real for whatever reasons, if any there are I give thanks To laugh love cry smile hug kiss run and play to know holiness to know union to be in friendship in love I give thanks to all of this whatever it is for the honor of this experience I give thanks To the all Of which I am And I pray in times of doubt in times of pain when I have no faith of love when I feel so part of nothing I pray let me remember, let me feel let me feel and remember the all of which I am I pray for moments when I can feel the all of which I am Praise praise praise I sing joy to all creation to the sun moon stars praise praise praise I sing joy to the earth water plants animals and people I sing Joy! what a wonder! what a sight! what a wonder! what a sight! I sing Joy! to the all of which I am

a big dog pile of me trying to get on top of you and you trying to get on top of me and everyone else we lose we win we keep on pushing push push push push man push there ain’t nothing else to do a big dog pile of you pushing your way up over me and everyone else oh, and how you love pushing when its you doing the pushing otherwise you’re all, ooh, ouch, stop pushing that hurts ow, stop pushing push, push, push pushing your way up this big dog pile and just as much as you push push push you defend, defend, defend push and defend its all you know how to do why not everyone else is push pushing not much choice but to push push and defend were all in this puppy pile together all of us one big puppy pile c’mon who doesn’t like a puppy pile smash and crash smash and crash push push push we all try to be brave put on our best face and pretend it doesn’t hurt to be pushed around anymore than it hurts to push