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Number 39: The good old days We imagine a Golden Age The air was pure The earth was our solid foundation Our spirit was strong calm and focused The land was fertile and radiant with life Living things lived in ecological health And we could trust the ones who govern us Today that balance is lost The sky is polluted Climate change is dangerous The earth is contaminated with chemicals and radiation Our spirit is broken and the social fabric rent apart with division Agriculture for profit is eliminated necessary ecological diversity Entire species become extinct on a daily basis And no one trusts the government The solution lies in a return to simplicity and openness Our leaders can no longer rule while being cut off from the needs of The Earth the Sky the Land the Plants the Animals the Ecology and the People That they govern They must rule from oneness, not from the lust for more power They must let themselves feel the suffering Of the orphaned, the widowed, the helpless And they must seek to serve the everything”

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