Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @11:35 am
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
No man is an island, no man stands alone
Each man's joy is joy to me
Each man's grief is my own
We need one another, so I will defend
Each man as my brother
Each man as my friend
No man is an island far out in the blue
We all look to One above
Who our strength doth renew
When I help my brother
Then I know that I plant the seeds
Of friendship that will never die
I saw the people gather
I heard the music start
The song that they were singing
Is ringing in my heart
No man is an island, no man stands alone
Each man's joy is joy to me
Each man's grief is my own
We need one another, so I will defend
Each man as my brother
Each man as my friend That, is VJ choir's anthemn.
A beautiful song.
"No man is an island, no man stands alone", very true.
"Each man's joy is joy to me, each man's grief is my own", perhaps for my friends, but to have the whole world's grief as my own? No thank you.
"Each man as my brother, each man as my friend", maybe that'd be the feeling towards initial strangers. But once you get to know a person, there are some people you'd rather not have as your brother or your friend.
This is a very ambitious set of words. Maybe someone magnanimous will be able to achieve it all. But otherwise, I declare that it only applies to groups of people. I.e.: friends, clubs, organisations etc.
I must say I'm very happy with the seeds I've planted :D
you know you love me