Everyday Creation
This show has to do with different kinds of creation: human, divine, and a third kind that connects the two. Our human creativity is easy to talk about because clearly we're prolific creators. We make music, we write, we cook; we establish businesses, we design gardens, we invent things. The list goes on and on. Another kind of creation is divine. We feel its presence when, for example, we contemplate birth, death, our life purpose, or have a quiet realization that there's something bigger than us. The third kind is perhaps a little more difficult to grasp and yet, with a little practice, it's easy to put into action. This is the personal power each of us has to direct our thoughts, words and actions every day toward what we want in our life and world, rather than what we don't want.
This sounds heavier than it is. For me, this show is an acknowledgment that while we're all here to learn and grow and do our best, there's still plenty of opportunity to relax, laugh, love, and enjoy this playground we call life. So my hope is that you'll get some enjoyment and illumination out of these episodes. Here you'll find interviews with delightfully creative individuals; short stories about some who have passed away; and essays about personal power.
I'm Kate Jones, host and creator of Everyday Creation. Thank you for following my show.
Everyday Creation
Hearing a 60-Year-Old Song Got Me Thinking about its Relevance to Today
I recorded this short piece before Veterans Administration nurse and U.S. citizen Alex Pretti was murdered in Minneapolis. He died because he had stepped out from the crowd to aid a fellow peaceful protester. These are crazy times and, more than ever, we need to follow his example and be more kind, not less so. Kindness is a form of love and, ultimately, love is far stronger and more resilient than the hate of bullies. In honor of Alex Pretti and all those who have been harmed by hate, let's spread love and lots of it.
The artwork in the thumbnail is by Wyoming artist Bob Jones. And by the way, "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield made VegOut newsletter's list of "8 songs boomers still love because it reminds them who they were before responsibilities." Check out the entire list here.
And here's a link to the official Buffalo Springfield video along with the full lyrics:
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are getting so much resistance from behind
Time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and a-carrying signs
Mostly say hooray for our side
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
We better stop now
What's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
We better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in major podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.
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Hello, this is Kate Jones.
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This morning in the car, my husband and
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I happened to hear
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a really old song,
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"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield, written
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by Stephen Stills.
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It's from 1966.
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Could have been written for today, the lines
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are so appropriate:
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"There's something happening here.
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What it is ain't exactly clear.
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There's a man with a gun over there
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telling me
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I got to
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beware."
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Later on in the song, there's a verse
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about paranoia striking deep and how "into your
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life it will creep.
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It starts when you're always afraid.
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Step out of line, the man come and
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take you away."
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The song is also a cautionary tale about
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our own behavior: "Battle lines being drawn.
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Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
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A thousand people in the street,
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singing songs
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and carrying signs,
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mostly say hooray
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for our side."
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The song concludes with a call to action
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for right now:
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"We better stop now.
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What's that sound?
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Everybody look what's going down.
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We better stop, children,
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what's that sound?
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Everybody look what's going down."
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And what does it mean anyway?
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I think part of it really is that
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we have to look at our own
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stuff
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and
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conduct ourselves, perhaps,
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in the very best way we possibly can.
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Lift our vibes and lift other people along
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the way.
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Kindness,
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just everyday kindness, can go a long way
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in healing
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whatever
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the heck is going down.
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There's a link to the
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official
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version of the song
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and I also have the full lyrics in
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the description.
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Thanks for listening.
