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[dl737]

Thanks for attaching this - it does me honor!!

[ThOverdrive]

I remember hearing this poem some other time too - always good to hear.

[winstonmatthews]

I needed to listen to this today!

Thank you.

Win

[RiddleSpider]

Excellent photos from the Beast!!!

[LilCav68]

Thanks! In true artist fashion, he is 'shy' about his work.. *sigh*

[ItalianStallionette]

just beautiful

[LilCav68]

Thanks Gina.

[bnessel1973]

This is wonderful.  Thank you.

[LilCav68]

Ty B.

[thebrownboysdotws]

Wouldn't it be great... IF? I think we all have the power to, IF we try and actually DO!

Be blessed and thanks for sharing.

Joyce

TheBrownBoysdotws Mom

[Anakin1814FanSite]

:0)

[ladypn]

I have always LOVED this Kipling poem! Great vid, Maria - great message, and tell the beast great photography!

[MelodyElize]

This is my most favorite poem!

[lazmalt]

Wonderful poem!

And video...of course :)

[LilCav68]

Thank you Lazaros!!

My son made the pictures. Kipling wrote the poem and someone else spoke it. I just put it all together.. LOL!

[lazmalt]

I know about Kipling but i never read a poem of him.Thank you for the...begining :)

[LilCav68]

Thank you Rickmue for watching!! :0)

[iseehaters]

cool

[LilCav68]

thanks. :0)

[TamHickey67]

I love that poem. Great video. The pics were just amazing.

[LilCav68]

Thanks Tam. My son carries a cheap little digital cam with him and snaps what he sees. I will pass on the compliment to him :0)

[torigirl35]

hey there...this was awesome. great poem and great message. thanks for sharing this. take care. ciao for now.

*tori*

[LilCav68]

Thanks you Tori!!!

[GeneticBlend]

Beautiful poem. Perfect. And I LOVE the shots. Well done. *****/Faved and featured.

[LilCav68]

Thanks Joe!! Shots were taken my son. Thanks for featuring.. *how cool* :0)

[OhCurt]

Hey, SonOfCav has a marvelous eye for this stuff. Right on!

Cool poem. Lots of truth in there.

:-)

[LilCav68]

Thanks OhCurt...I wish he felt confident and run with it. I'm hoping he will one day :0)

[tommy30507]

Thank you so much for sharing this. The photos are great. The poem is awesome.

Ronnie

[LilCav68]

No problem Ronnie.. thank you for watching. My son's pictures.. I just put them together. I don't think he knows yet. Sharing his art is the only time he's shy...

[tommy30507]

It is wonderful that you are supportive of your son and will share his art with us.

[LilCav68]

Ty Ronnie.. I love my baby and he is very talent (he just doesn't recognize it yet!)

[anakin1814]

Featured on my channel page for awhile. Tell the beast that I did it cuz I think he's that good!

[LilCav68]

Thanks Garakin... I will!!!!! TY so much

[anakin1814]

Sweet!

[spencerbaer]

If ... if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass.

[LilCav68]

If Spencer had wings, he would fly into a window... hehehehe *mwah*

[LilCav68]

Wait.. a closed window...

[genmama1955]

This is a great video!

[Pippilly]

Well done!  Pip

[Rashisha]

AMazing

[rcmoonpie1967]

awesome! never heard this poem but it does hit home

hope u have a blessed weekend! ((hugs!))

[LilCav68]

ty.. I've seen it before but found the reading.. I had to use it...

You have one too (((hugs)))

[CaptainRock]

Awesome! :D

[LilCav68]

Ty :0)

[nbwulf]

Much love Mar.  =)

[LilCav68]

Much love back JJ.. :0)

[TrueBlueAustralian]

Some wise words..!

[LilCav68]

I just recently became a fan of Kipling's other works. He wrote The Jungle Book.. which I love. Thanks for watching! *mwah*

[audionautix]

fantastic, and thanks for turning me on to Kipling. Timeless stuff that is.

[LilCav68]

Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you too for the all the sounds you produce for us :0)

[oneiblind30]

wanna ride bikes?

[LilCav68]

yeap.. com'on...

[debstef]

I really need to keep things on their simplest level.

[LilCav68]

What is more simple than just being nice to one another and walking away when ya can't? Seems like a plan to me :0) lol

[debstef]

Have you ever been punched in the back of the head while "walking away"? I have. And I wasnt walking away to be the better man, I was walking away because I didnt want to get hurt!

[debstef]

If I could eat a quadruple bacon burger,

the world would be mine.

[LilCav68]

If I could eat chocolate chip cookies and not worry about the size of my butt, the world would be putty in my hands.

[DrZarkloff]

I normally loathe poetry, but I really love this.

[LilCav68]

Yes.. Poetry is like wine. Some of it is yucky, while others are delicious... :0)

[LeSaMilano]

very timely! Although I know not of what you speak. There's always drama!

nice photos :)

Kipling lived 5 miles from where I do now.

[LilCav68]

Full moon this week.. enough said..even the people in parking lots were testy.. LOL

Oh very cool about Kipling..Grab some writer's vibes from there and send them to me :0)

[cultivatedobsidian]

:-)

[LilCav68]

:0)

[jrsnyderjr]

cool video...I've been MIA for a while so if something happened to spark this I missed it.

[LilCav68]

JR! I wondered where you've been! Just somethings between some people I know and some things I got caught in the crossfire with.. some things in 'real life'.. nothing directed at me but around me. I just was saddened a little, frustrated a little and pissed off a little. Hope you are okay. :0)

[silverscreamgrl]

Having a camera on hand at all times is how you get the best photos!

[Ranblv]

cool poem and very nice pictures.

Well done!

[LilCav68]

TY Ran

[LilCav68]

No, thank you!

[LilCav68]

Love you Reid.

[robertpina99]

I always felt if a man could do all that Kipling suggests in this poem that he would also be a walking saint. Amen.

[LilCav68]

Robert... surely.. but the ideals are something to listen to from time to time... :0)

[azrienoch]

I love Rudyard Kipling.

[LilCav68]

Az.. me too :0)

[silverscreamgrl]

Great poem, fantastic photos!

Knaves. When was the last time you heard that word? :)

[LilCav68]

Knaves.. I know! LOL...

Beast has a little flip (inexpensive cam) he carries everywhere with him...

[thenudo]

AWESOME!! JUST AWESOME!!

[LilCav68]

TY Tony!

[sandieblack]

amen

[LilCav68]

hallelujah!

[MadhatterYT]

Simply Awesome Maria! Thanks for sharin' it! Peace, Love & HUGS To Ya Friend. And have an Awesome Memorial Day Weekend! =) -Michael-

[LilCav68]

Ty Michael.. you be safe too!

[Bikermom69]

Awesome! Fabulous photos!

[LilCav68]

Ty Sue! :0)

[boobtubious]

Love Kilmer and Beasts photos make it!

[3CoolKats]

Very nice photos by the Beast:) Thanks for the great poem. I hadn't heard it before. On that first photo was that a spider web over the trash can opening?

[LilCav68]

Thanks B. I think it was. Beast carried this little cam with him everywhere.. and finds the most interesting things...

[Blizzeekitty]

Awesome!! Love the pics!

There was tension and conflicts? I always miss out, thank the Force. Ignorance truly is bliss.

[LilCav68]

Thanks Jenn.. just a number of people I know bickering... the full moon..

[Tinkerlove13]

5*****Stars Darling!

This was wonderful.

[LilCav68]

TY Tinker

[anakin1814]

The beast is a great photographer! He needs to know this over and over again!

Great poem in light of a little of the controversy that we've been seeing this week!

((HUGS))

[LilCav68]

how u dorin'?

[nancyleeould]

Maria, I know you had no way of knowing that this is my all time favourite poem...but it is.

Thank you for placing it here..

if more people would live by it..

how much happier we would all be!

Heart hugs~Nancy

[LilCav68]

Thank you for letting me know your appreciation. It means the world to me. :0)

[binsk]

Lovely pictures. Beautiful sentiment.

My only thought Marmar is that although I try to do and be many of those things, it still makes me angry that some people continue to BE and FALL FOR liars, manipulators and haters.

Those wolves in sheep's clothing (with soft voices and hugs and kisses and messages of peace)who fool kind people.

I was once fooled, and the carnage that continues on by the beasts is unsettling to say the least.

[LilCav68]

Binbin.. sometimes all we can control is how we react... life just ebbs and flows...

[binsk]

But what if they try to turn people against you or others? And it works???? Almost every time they do it????? And very few people are catching on???? And you fell for it yourself for so long that you are not judging the ones that don't see it yet????

:)

[LilCav68]

just be honest and loyal to the ones you feel are not catching on.. have patience..

I don't have the answers Bin...

[binsk]

Okay Marmar. :)

I thought you knew everything! Well you know almost everything so that's good.

LY.

[LilCav68]

Girl.. LMAO..

LY2...

[MsOpheliaPayne]

Lawd Dat wuz some deep stuff right dare

[LilCav68]

*nods head*....

[bugsinrug]

Wise words wonderfully presented. hugs, Chris

[LilCav68]

Hugs to you Chris

[Lethesunshine]

This brought back many memories. I had to learn this when I was in the 6th grade back in the 60's.

Such a wise man Rudyard Kipling!

Thanks for bringing back a little bit of my past.

(((Hugs)))

~Mimi

Praying For Peace!

[LilCav68]

Wow.. so cool.. I hadn't heard it until recently...

[SunnyDazStormyNitz]

Beautiful photography by "Beast". Nice choice of poem. Great video Maria.

[RedneckCasanova]

This is a beautiful and beloved poem. Thank you!

[LilCav68]

Ty for watching Matt..

[heffasaurus]

woooo marmar and child of marmar

[LilCav68]

ty heffa

[Elaina43]

Listen twice

or even thrice

so that the gist

will not be missed!

[LilCav68]

You are on a roll

and obviously no fool

you watching is so cool

:0)

[Elaina43]

hehee

What a great day!

Thanks for your vid and awesomeness.

[dl737]

A classic!! Nicely put together!

[LilCav68]

Ty Danny (ily)

[popparoc46]

It was nice to hear this, Maria. My dad used to read it to us.

- roc

PS the images to go along with it were perfect.

[LaineArt]

Words of wisdom! Nice photos the "Beast" took too!

[LilCav68]

Thanks!! He is talented but doesn't think so. Hopefully, he'll grow out of that!

[Hippiefied1]

EXCELLENT video Maria :)

loved it.

[LilCav68]

Ty Lisa :0)

[mtamorphis]

That was beautiful!

[LilCav68]

Ty Lisa :0)