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10.​ ​You chose love

from Blessed is the Man by Dale Carl Fredrickson

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    Blessed is the man is the story of how men can grow their capacity for mutual LOVE and become openhearted, emotionally expressive, and relationally connected. It challenges toxic masculinity that has caused woman and children harm through unchecked anger, emotional repression, and self-reliant pride. This album uses poetry and the sounds of banjos, mandolins, saxophones, violins, and guitars to inspire men (and those who care about men) to let LOVE shape their lives and write their stories.

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lyrics

you chose love

you chose love
and
the pain that swells
through the rivers
of your body
the ache that throbs
on the shores
of your mind
is the proof

you dove and crashed
in an unpredictable ocean
and the grief that flows
to the bones
is the witness

you are learning
that this is love
to be tossed
by the undercurrents
of compassion and feel
the anguish of others
to be moved
by the peculiar
waves of grace
and taste
the gritty salt water
to stand
under a sky
of mystery
and receive
as a gift
the constellations

you suffer because you care
you suffer because you care
you suffer because you care

an ocean of love
grows within you
your internal
is the groundswell
of the eternal
your body
is the tide
of God’s affection

you are learning
that love is a baptism
an immersion of self
into the murky depths
clothed with nothing
but prayer and presence
and a simple hope
that you can bless
the life of another

on the great horizon
your heart’s compass is set
where the sun and moon
kiss the waters edge
where everything belongs
where no one is alone
you
are
alive
because you chose love
sing
and sink
and sail again.

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from Blessed is the Man, released July 24, 2020

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Dale Carl Fredrickson Denver, Colorado

Dale is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He’d like to inspire the entire world but finds that inspiring himself and his family and friends is work enough. He writes and speaks about beauty and misery and his favorite story is the one about how love surprises us in the end. He fails a lot. On his best days, he lives by Samuel Beckett’s motto, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ... more

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