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I enjoy Caitlin Kelly’s Broadside blog. Kelly is the author of Malled and Blown Away and, as a journalist, has written for the Financial Times, the New York Times and Forbes. And every Monday morning, without fail, I can count on finding Broadside in the dozen or so emails that have landed during the night. Tiny treasures: a bag of vintage buttons and century old sewing needles. What I enjoy…

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All steady and strong

I'm feeling so holy and humble

The next thing I know

I'm all worried and weak

And I feel myself starting to crumble

The meanings get lost

And the teachings get tossed

And you don't know what

You're going to do next

You wait for the sun

But it never quite comes

Some kind of message

Comes through to you

Some kind of message comes through

And it says to you. . .

Love when you can

Cry when you have to

Be who you must

That's a part of the plan

Await your arrival

With simple survival

And one day we'll all understand

I had a woman

Who gave me her soul

But I wasn't ready to take it

Her heart was so fragile

And heavy to hold

And I was afraid I might break it

Your conscience awakes

And you see your mistakes

And you wish someone

Would buy your confessions

The days miss their mark

And the night gets so dark

And some kind of message

Comes through to you

Some kind of message shoots through --

Love when you can

Cry when you have to

Be who you must

That's a part of the plan

Await your arrival

With simple survival

And one day we'll all understand

There is no Eden or

Heavenly gates

That you're gonna make it to one day

But all of the answers you seek

Can be found

In the dreams that you dream on the way