Love Makes The World Go Round was the ninth track from the True Blue CD. “Make love not war we say, It’s easy to recite, But it don’t mean a damn, Unless we’re gonna fight”
By the time New Year’s rolled around, everything had returned to normal for Angelo and me. It felt good to be back in my apartment surrounded by my stuff. I couldn’t wait to get back to the gym and into my normal routine. This last trip to North Carolina had taken a lot out of me, both physically and mentally.
Once everything returned to normal, I decided to sit down and make some needed revisions to this story. It occurred to me during my drive through the Bible Belt that I needed to go back through my account and give everyone fictitious names. Although my story was non-fiction, I understood the necessity of protecting everyone’s privacy. To make things interesting, however, I decided to give everyone biblical names, except for the Native Americans. I gave them traditional American Indian names.
On Saturday, March 15, Angelo and I returned to the Denver Merchandise Mart, to attend the 2009 Denver Celebration Metaphysical Fair. I couldn’t believe that a year had already passed since we attended our first fair. (See 4 Minutes) My primary objective in going to the 2009 fair was to schedule another reading with the same guy who informed me about my quest. I wanted to confirm with him that I had completed my journey and had obtained my so-called, “Knighthood.”
We arrived at the fair as planned and the first thing I did was search out this guy. When I found him, he had just returned from break and was waiting for his next client. Since no one had signed up, I immediately sat down, and we began our session. Within ten minutes of our meeting, he said that he remembered me and the details from our reading the year before. He then proceeded to tell me that I had indeed completed my quest, and “I had earned my spurs!” A big smile came over my face. I didn’t fill him in on everything that had happened over the last year, but I think he already had some idea. I thanked him for his time; then I took a moment to locate Angelo. As we were leaving the fair, I walked away feeling a great sense of accomplishment. My quest was complete.
Later that weekend I began noticing a pair of doves in some trees around my apartment. One of them was gray, while the other one was completely white. I had seen plenty of wild gray doves throughout my life, but never a white one; It was stunning. I looked up the shamanic meaning for dove and discovered that it brought the following messages: Delivers peace and love, Understanding and gentleness, Spirit messenger, Communicator between this world and the spirit world
I figured that since the dove was white, it also symbolized purity.
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Make love not war we say
It’s easy to recite
But it don’t mean a damn
Unless we’re gonna fight
But not with guns and knives
We’ve got to save the lives
Of every boy and girl
That grows up in this world
There’s hunger everywhere
We’ve got to take a stand
Reach out for someone’s hand
Love makes the world go round
It’s easy to forget
If you don’t hear the sound
Of pain and prejudice
Love makes the world go round
They think that love’s a lie
But we can teach them how to try
Love means to understand
Reach out for someone’s hand
‘Cause everything you do
Comes back in time to you
We have to change our fate
Before it gets too late
Don’t judge a man ’til you’ve been standin’ in his shoes
You know that we’re all so quick to look away
‘Cause it’s the easy thing to do
You know that what I say is true
Love makes the world go round…
Make love not war we say
It’s easy to recite
But it don’t mean a damn
Unless we’re gonna fight
