Every meal at the center involves one member of School Program Staff setting the tables with their group, welcoming everyone to the meal and providing a quote for the meal.
Tonight was my night. Now, I love working dinner. It's way more fun because the kids have all that they've experienced that day fresh in their minds. I also love how great the kids react when I announce dessert. Seriously, it's pretty cool.
Really though, I like running any meal because I get the opportunity to share some of my favorite quotes. A lot of times the kids don't really get it but then, they don't get a lot. The teachers and other instructors though, they usually appreciate the quotes. Not just from me, from anyone. We look pretty hard to find ones that mean something cool. So far, I've gone twice and quoted different parts of the same song. It's a great one so I think that it deserves to be heard here.
We’re gonna talk about love,
Talk about peace,
Talk about a world full of happiness.
Talk about love your neighbor as yourself
Talk about friendliness
Talk about do unto others
as you would have them others do unto you.
And with thoughts like that running through your head,
ain’t nothing good that you can’t do.
There’s a whole lot of people in this old world living on nothing but hate.
If things don’t change around pretty soon, it’s gonna be too late.
They’re building guns and tanks
and bombs and planes
And I don’t know what all
Well you better listen to the people when they talk about peace
Hear the children when they call
They'll talk about love,
Talk about peace,
Talk about a world full of happiness.
Talk about love your neighbor as yourself
Talk about friendliness
Talk about do unto others
as you would have them others do unto you
And with thoughts like that running through your head,
ain’t nothing good that you can’t do.
Well now, they’ve got enough equipment to destroy the world
And everything that’s in it
The way I’ve got it figured it’d take a little while
About twenty five or thirty minutes
It seems funny to me
that when you talk about peace
you might be suspected of crime
And that the people trying hardest to save the world
have lived here the shortest time.
They’re talking ‘bout love,
Talk about peace,
Talk about a world full of happiness.
Talk about love your neighbor as yourself
Talk about friendliness
Talk about do unto others
as you would have them others do unto you
And with thoughts like that running through your head,
ain’t nothing good that you can’t do.
Joe Hampson, singer, songwriter, genius: 1928 - 2006
To hear the song, click HERE and then click on the 01 Talk About Peace.wma file
