Blowin’ in the Wind

Today’s “word prompt” took me back in time to 1963 when Bob Dylan released “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

It is amazing how some of the lyrics fit right in with today’s world.

For instance, let’s look at lines one and two:

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man

When does a man become a man? When we graduate high school? College? When we marry? So many questions – who do we look to for answers?

And then there are lines thirteen and fourteen:

Yes and how many times can a man turn his head

And pretend that he just doesn’t see

With all that is going on in the world today, are we truly looking at what is happening, or are we merely looking past the facade of others and accepting life as it is and not for what it truly is and can be?

Lines seventeen and eighteen also reveal that sometimes we must just look beyond our nose:

Yes and how many times must a man look up

Before he can see the sky

Looking closer at what is right in front of us may reveal something more beautiful than what we first thought we seen.

And then there were lines nineteen and twenty

Yes, and how many ears must one man have

Before he can hear people cry

Do we truly stop and listen to what others are trying to say to us or are we too wrapped up in our own little world.

Finally, lines 21 and 22 sort of brings everything full circle:

Yes, and how many deaths will it take ‘til he knows

That too many people have died

In conclusion, allow me to end this article with a quote by Roger Bannister who said: “The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”

We need to open our eyes, listen with our ears, forge forward and make every effort towards making the world a better place. It is time!

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