Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
RAISE YOUR OWN BABIES
RAISE YOUR OWN BABIES. RAISE THEM UP RIGHT. DON'T WAIT ON, OR PASS THEM OFF, TO OTHERS TO RAISE: BE THEY FRIEND, RELATIVE, OR FOE; SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR COMMUNITY CENTER. . THEY ARE YOURS. YOUR FLESH, YOUR BONE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. TALK TO THEM, SING TO THEM, PLAY WITH THEM, READ TO THEM, WRITE WITH THEM, DRAW WITH THEM, COUNT WITH THEM, BUILD WITH THEM. TEACH AND LOVE THEM, UNSTINTINGLY.CARRY THEM WITH YOU, THEN,; THEY GROW AS YOU GROW; THEY SEE WHAT YOU SEE; THEY HEAR WHAT YOU HEAR; FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL; TASTE WHAT YOU TASTE; ALL THE WHILE THEY ARE LEARNING SUBLIMINALLY, INTUITIVELY., CONTINUOUSLY. AS YOU CARRY THEM, SO MUST THEY CARRY YOU, SOMEDAY. MUCH SOONER THAN YOU KNOW. RAISE THEM!