These young women give me hope.

~PEACE~

They give me hope, too. Be it AOC or some others in DC, at the state level, or a couple young ones that visit me most every week to talk about organizing against the current administration.

And “Dreams.”

Ours is an Associative Universe, Good Brother.

Thank you for another outstanding essay. With good reason, we rebelled. Then we grew and woke up to allow our children to rebel, grow and renew…

I had heard of a group called The Cranberries. The only thing I really knew about them was that their lead singer came from near where my grandfather came from. One of my co-workers said I'd be impressed with Dolores' "attitude." Then I heard "Zombie." Holy cow! What a powerful statement she made! And the rest of her music was outstanding, too.

There are times I wish I was young again, with the energy I had back in the day. But then I recognize that I am intended to play a different role these days! (grin)

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I remember back around 1982, when Onondaga Faith Keeper Oren Lyons talked about so long as there were two people -- one to sing the songs of old, and one to dance -- there is hope.

I just shared this with friends who are also, like me, feeling their age and the stress of the times. Your words made me feel better, as they always do. Wisdom does.

Wisdom does help. I've been fortunate to know many wise men and women, and most of them were Elders.

I visited my two and a half year old grandson this afternoon. Despite there being a mix of cold rain and snow coming down outside, he was intent upon the two of us playing with his toys outside. It has been more than a few years since I engaged in play with trucks in a pile of wet sand! I had a blast, and so did he.

All are welcome - all are needed

I very much appreciate that!

Santa Monica- 3rd Street Promenade. The place where Playing For Change was filmed, opening shots.

I really like the videos of her playing the violin, too.

I miss Dolores's voice...

She was an intense character. Depression and the Irish Flu took her at such a young age.

I've since seen video of the girl's Ukrainian mother performing "Zombie." It's a great commentary on the hell of war. I remember an interview with the father of a soldier killed on his tour of duty during The Troubles in the 1980s. He said that his family was experiencing the same suffering as the families of the Irish that soldiers killed. I was impressed with his insight at such a time.

Indeed. They are America's children. Their activist singing touches People's hearts.

More than ever, in this unprecedented dark, heated time, all the old and old-adjacent (like us) need to get out there and join them, singing our hearts out with them.

Then more and more hearts together, mixed generations, will sing and walk.

I had posted the "Zombie" song on FB, and noted the girl is Ukranian-American. I suggested that people should think about the significance of that. Even a couple of maga guys I've known since junior high school liked it.

The human brain is set up to respond to song and dance. These have been a part of ceremony and ritual throughout human history.

Now, I'm a grumpy old man, set in my ways, stubborn in my opinions. But I continue to learn from young people, just as long ago I learned from the elders. For we are all students, as we are all teachers.

There is beauty in youthful passion and protest, and regardless of age for that matter.

Thank you for sharing, and for the wisdom in your post which inspires hope and appeals to the better angels of our nature.

I've watched it every day now. It's a powerful song, and she did it justice. And it brings tears to my eyes, too.

So many memories of him and his guitars.

My older daughter asked me if she could play my guitar when she was ten. Within a couple hours, she had taught herself Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." A few years later, she performed Lennon's "Imagine" at a social justice rally. I remember how much the old folks there -- my generation -- appreciated that!