WELCOME TABLE

Welcome Table Contemplation
Chairs scattered here and there waiting for friends to arrive
are you a welcomed friend at your own table?
No matter who shows up
show up for yourself,
this I tell myself.
Roses grow where they are planted
if you treat them right.
Seek the soil of kindness and joy
for your self and all those around you.
Bless all who enter and give thanks.
(Is that Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks singing lead?)
According to the choir director of Jonah and the Wailers (seem below) the old Gospels song The Welcome Table originally was a Jewish idea. Good idea for this year’s, once in a life time hybrid holiday of Thanksgiving and Chanukah.
Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving and Chanukah To You!
love your poem. I send out a wish that we may each welcome one another and each other to the table.
(wasn’t sure what to make of the “I”m gonna tell God how you treat me” line. lol)
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That line was written in regards to civil right in American South. God will see how bad some people have been treated. Welcome Table is an Anthem for Civil rights and Gay rights.
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totally enjoyed… Happy Thanksgiving Carol…
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Oh I’m so glad. I always wonder if people watch my videos and read my stuff.
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