Trav's Thoughts

Does it seem odd to you that the lyrics to 30 and 40 and sometimes 50 year old songs are still relevant today?  I admit that sometimes I get discouraged when I hear a protest song from the 70s, and realize that the message still resonates today, and often not in a good way.

But then I think that I shouldn't be discouraged.  Instead, I think that I'm taking the baton from those who came before me, continuing the work to make peace in the world.

Peace is a journey.  Events often repeat.  We may resolve an issue in one generation, but encounter it again a few generations later.  Or perhaps in resolving an issue, we create another issue that doesn't impact us until years later.

I think that is the nature of time.  So rather than become discouraged when I find that the problems in the world might be the same as they were 30 years ago, I take strength from the example of those who came before me, who looked for solutions instead of throwing up hands and surrendering to the inertia of the status quo.

Trashmen didn't get my trash today
Oh why because they want more pay
Buses on strike want a raise in fare
So they can help pollute the air.

But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs, a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young man
People make the world go round.

Wall Street losing dough on every share
They're blaming it on longer hair
Big men smoking in their easy chair
On a fat cigar without a care.

But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs, a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young man
People make the world go round.

But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs, a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young man
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round
People make the world go round.