My husband used to say most people
have their conscience seared with a hot iron
until it only rises to the belt.

all thoughts and feelings have their being below the
mason Dixon line (below the belt line)

I suppose once they get so fat the belt won't fasten
they can rise up above and ascend into the higher conscience
where the heart beats out its rhythm of love and wholeness.

I think one prophet said the whole thing (nation) was sick from the
head down. I always said from the White House to the Poor House things need to change, first begin at the House of God
then out into the world.

Letting righteous reign, else the whole mountain will blow.

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"My heart shines forth the joy of all life.. let it soar with wings of fire"