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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Sunday, March 30, 2003
Taxes
Jeff Daiell ~ To steal from one person is theft. To steal from many is taxation.
I've started the scavenger hunt to gather all the paperwork so I can start filling out my income tax forms. I'm one of those people who wishes we had a state income tax if it would lower the sales tax and eliminate it on medicine and food. TN and WA are the two states that have the highest sales tax in the country, which is almost 10%. I think that's right. Tennesseans buy groceries, gas, clothing, and lottery tickets in surrounding states as well as lots of other things. I don't claim to have the answers to all this, but something needs to change. As much as I like to receive checks and have more money, I didn't want my tax "rebate" check or the cuts since the federal budget is now in the trillions of dollars in deficit after that surplus we had when Clinton was President. As Clinton said, they're giving the money to him and other wealthy people who benefit the most from the tax plan. The states don't have as much money to work with either. This war costs more than we can imagine, especially the biggest cost which is human life and destruction of homes. It's going to be a really long time before we (the world "we" and the US) can recover from all of this. I feel so sad all the time about it.
2:07:00 PM
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