Earth Doctor / Climate Troubadour

Remembering How to Dream

CHORUS:
Some things seem impossible, then you win.
Can’t see just where you’re going ‘till you begin.
No matter who you are,  no matter how things seem
We need  your help remembering how to dream.

You may hear people saying it can’t be done.
Good things can seem impossible ‘till you’ve won.
And sometimes really wishing upon a star
Begins with recognizing just where we are.
CHORUS

Don’t need to know about everything ‘fore you start,
If you can hear the spirit right in your heart.
So close your eyes, my little one, rest your head.
Come sleep and then come visions for times ahead.

We have no way of knowing where it may end,
But there is room for growing, so take a friend.
And if you dream a dream for everyone in the land,
A thousand wings and voices will lend their hand.
CHORUS

Words & music ©Doug Hendren 2014 What’s it about?  Responding effectively to climate change is an overwhelming and intimidating prospect for most of us. The concentrated power and money of the fossil fuel industry is self-evident, controlling our media, Congress and courts is, sacrificing the common good and our collective future for short-term profit of a few. It is easy to get discouraged. But consider a few of the “impossible” situations shown in this video, and take heart. The great British Empire was defeated by rag-tag but determined colonists in the American Revolution, and Gandhi, in loincloth and bare feet beat them again in 1947. No one would have guessed the Berlin Wall would fall, until the moment it happened. Some things seem impossible, then you win. Paraphrasing Hemingway, many things happen “slowly at first, then all at once”. As daunting as the fossil industry may appear, there are cracks in the armor. People are awakening. If you want a quick summary of the climate issue, listen to this sermon by Bill McKibben in Riverside Church, New York City (2013). Get involved. Tell your neighbors we can win. Come to New York Sept 21 if you can. Learn more at 350.org.

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