In the spirit of the fifth commandment....

Dad loved to listen to music by the Kingston Trio when he was a younger man. I listen to some of these same songs now, and I enjoy them, just knowing that my Father loved them.

I listened to one for the first time today; Where have all the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

Sometimes I have to ask myself, when will I ever learn? I keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and while others can see them, I tend to think they were simply fate.

Well, take that poem however you choose, I think there it presents an interesting question though. When will we ever learn?

~ In Christ, John.