Cheerio Poem by Edmund V. Strolis

Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power. Vinoba Bhave I am indebted to you for your mystic signposts pointing towards the words of this Indian thinker and reformer. Some truths I embrace and others are a work in progress. You know that John Lennon is mistakenly held up as a Liberal idol. A title that he would refuse. He had strong traditional beliefs. In fatherhood and marriage. In a structured society and in individual enlightenment versus group think. I have always gravitated to those minds that transcend the commonplace. He has been wrongly assigned the role of championing revolution by people that wanted to make him into an image that fit their desires. He rejected this way of thinking vehemently. This quote from Bhave I admire very much- It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free. This reminds me of the British essayist G.K.Chesterton- To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. Yes much weeding must be done. I suppose I should be better at being tolerant but sometimes I find that a simple garden, well maintained, oftentimes bears fewer but more delicious fruit.