Tom Regan is a professor of religion & philosophy whom I heard speak on the importance of recapturing the "wisdom of our youth" Looking back, I am amazed by how much of my present self was already there in my early years, and by how often I summon spirits of the past to guide me through the present

THE WISDOM OF MY YOUTH © 1995 JIM HARRIS   THE ROAD IS LINED WITH MEMORIES A THOUSAND STORIES TALL I LABOR IN THEIR SHADOW I CALL UPON THEM ALL THEY SING TO ME IN HARMONY OF OLD AND TIMELESS TRUTH THE BEAUTY OF MY CHILDHOOD THE WISDOM OF MY YOUTH THE WORLD WAS FULL OF MUSIC IT BROUGHT ME IN TO PLAY I ONLY HAD TO LISTEN I KNEW IT RIGHT AWAY I NEEDED NO CONVINCING NO FURTHER MEANS OF PROOF I FOUND MY FUTURE CALLING IN THE WISDOM OF MY YOUTH THOSE PLACES WHERE MY HEART BEAT STRONG THEY ALWAYS DID ME GOOD I DIDN'T ASK TO BE THERE BUT I WOULD

MY DOG WAS MY COMPANION MY FAMILY AND MY FRIEND AND EVERY TIME I LOST ONE I THOUGHT MY WORLD WOULD END WHEN DID I GROW SO GRACEFUL AFRAID TO BE UNCOUTH I FOUND MY FINEST HOUR IN THE FLOWER OF MY YOUTH SO MANY THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE THEY WEREN'T HARD TO FIND WHAT SHOULD I KEEP WHAT SHOULD I LEAVE BEHIND THE TREES BECOME A FOREST I HANG ON TO THE CHILD THE JOURNEYMAN GUITARIST THE LOVER OF THE WILD TO MAKE IT IN THIS JUNGLE TAKES MORE THAN NAIL AND TOOTH IT TAKES A TASTE OF WISDOM THE WISDOM OF MY YOUTH

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