From The Belly Of The Whale

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:From The Belly Of The WhaleISBN13:9781498260558ISBN10:1498260551Author:Johnson-Medland, N. Thomas (Author)Description:Description: Men Have Been Spit Up Onto Shore By Whales And Great Fish Since The Beginning Of Time This Has Been Going On For Forever; Perhaps, Even Longer Than Forever This May Be True It May Also Be True That Men Have Spit Whales And Great Fish Up Onto Shore Since The Beginning Of Time This Has Also Been Going On Or Forever; Perhaps, Even Longer Than Forever Which Of These Happened First, I Cannot Say Who Knows; Who Can Say? Regardless, Before Being Spit Up On Land Both Men And Fish Sat Idly By Inside The Bellies Of Their Captors, Ruminating On Their Fate-Wondering What It All Meant-What It All Means Men And Fish And Everything Alive Wonder About Life, And How They Fit Into It And It Into Them; As Much As They Are Able To Wonder Some Men I Have Met Seem To Wonder Less Than Some Fish I Have Met Who Knows; Who Can Say? Our Lives Are About Wondering: Wondering About Our Lives Each And Every Living Thing Yearns Toward Growth This Longing Is Nothing But An Eternal Search, An Eternal Wondering About Everything That Is At Some Point We Lose The Beginning Into The End; And What Came First Is Dissolved Into The Ongoing Process Fish Then Man, Or Man Then Fish, No One Can Say Which Came First All We Know Is That We Are Held Captive, We Ruminate, And Then We Are Spit Out Into A Rebirth Our Mythic Journeys As Men Are Like This Sometimes You Cannot Tell Which Came First, The Idea That You Are A Man And That You Should Do A Certain Thing Because Of That; Or The Doing Of A Certain Thing And Then Later Realizing Or Deciding That You Did It Because You Are A Man Which Came First The Fish Or The Man? You Cannot Be Sure And When You Think You Have Become Sure, Things Shift Endorsements: Men Are Rediscovering Poetry If It Speaks To Their Honest Experience, People Are Rediscovering Poetry When It Is Accessible And Evocative Well, Here It Is-For Your Discovery And Enlightenment -Richard Rohr, Ofm_ Author Of From Wild Man To Wise Man And Adam's Return About The Contributor(S): Tom Johnson-Medland Is The Food Services Manager For Pocono Plateau Camp And Retreat Center In Cresco, Pennsylvania He Is The Author Of Bridges, Paths, And Waters; Dirt, Sky, And Mountains, Cairn-Space, Entering The Stream, And Along The Road-Tales Of The Journey (All From Resource Publications) Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:RESOURCE PUBNPublication Date:2011-05-09Weight:0.67 lbsDimensions:0.38'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.5'' WNumber of Pages:136Language:English

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