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2016 Postmortem

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. It's a song about hope, about renewal and growth.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 08:42 AM

Feb 2016

And you don't hope for better unless you're already living worse. People who are happy and content are just fine continuing to live exactly as they are. Contentment brings conservatism, discontent breeds hope for something better, for progress towards a better world.

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It's a song about hope, about renewal and growth. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #1