Paradise & Peace
Peace & Paradise
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Paradise & Peace
11/29/2017
Hello, Everyone!
We did not plan on it, but Nancy & I have to be gone a week. I was planning on sharing the last article of my upcoming book - IT'S A NEW DAY! - on my 76th birthday, December 3rd, but we will be gone for a week and I do not want to wrestle with who to send it to.
So, like a good woman, I an altering course. Find below the two songs with which I am finishing IT'S A NEW DAY! I don't suppose anyone will find that objectionable.
We will be gone a week. We are having to go for a family medical emergency on Nancy's side. Will be in touch when we return in about a week. OK?
In the meantime, enjoy PARADISE, PARADISE and PEACE ON EARTH. Perhaps I will share the article intended when we return. It is called CHRISTIANITY AS I KNOW IT.
Bye for now!
Have a Good One!
Gently,
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
www.una-bella-vita.com
& Nancy Shaw
Paradise, Paradise
By
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
3/31/2006
REFRAIN:
Paradise, Paradise –
it seems so right to me.
Paradise, Paradise –
can you tell me what it would be?
It’s easy, My Friend, to comprehend.
It’s Innocence, Simplicity, and Integrity.
If God’s outside, we must seek to please,
but if inside, we must be pleased.
It depends upon where we place our God
that determines how we will trod.
Refrain.
Innocence means not to impose,
not just to not be imposed upon.
It’s treating everyone like they’re Divine
regardless of any wrong.
Refrain.
Simplicity means I should act the same,
regardless of who is around.
It’s regarding the Nature of which I’m a part,
like no shame in it can be found.
Refrain.
Integrity means I’m Part of a Whole
that is Blessed completely throughout.
If the Whole is Holy, so is each Part,
and the Whole is filled with God now.
Refrain.
So with these three wonderful qualities,
Paradise is given birth.
It shouldn’t matter where I am.
So, why can’t there be Paradise on Earth?
Refrain (3).
Peace On Earth
By
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
7/31/2007;4th verse added 9/26/2015
REFRAIN:
There can be Peace on Earth –
for all the world to see.
There can be Peace on Earth –
but it must begin with me.
There’ll be Peace on Earth –
when we all see Divinity.
But there can be no peace –
without me.
What is peace, my friends?
It’s knowing that you belong;
and it’s knowing that we’re all the same.
That is peace, my friends
as we’re singing in this song;
and it’s not holding anyone to blame.
Refrain.
What is peace, my friends?
It’s loving what we are;
and it’s knowing that all life is a gift.
That is peace, my friends
and if we’re ever to stop war,
we must believe that all life is blessed.
Refrain.
What is peace, my friends?
It’s failure to hold a grudge;
and it’s forgiving to be forgiven.
That is peace, my friends
and it’s the only way to judge
our way into that lovely state of Heaven.
Refrain.
What is peace, my friends?
It's knowing all Creation is right;
and it's knowing everything is good.
That is peace, my friends
and if we're ever to live in the light,
we must realize
All's One Big Brotherhood.
Refrain (several times).