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TINY ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC

THE TINY ISLANDS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE ARE HOME TO LOCALS WHO LIVE OF THE LAND AND SEA:
TO GET FRESH COCUNUTS THEY CLIMB TO THE TOP THE LONG PALM TREE:
FROM THE SURROUNDING OCEAN THEY TAKE AND USE WHAT THEY NEED:
THEY DO NOT WASTE AND OVERFISH IN GREED:

THESE LOCAL PEOPLE LIVE AND THRIVE ON THESE TINY ISLANDS AWAY FROM LANDFALL FOR MANY A MILE:
BUT THERE LIVING IS RESPECTED ON HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE:
THESE LOCALS THEY WALK IN STEP WITH NATURE WITH RESPECT:
TOGETHER ON THESE TINY ISLANDS ALL THERE NEEDS OF LIVING ARE MET:

THEY TAKE WHAT THEY NEED :
THESE SIMPLE PEOPLE KNOW NOT SELFISHNESS OR GREED:
FROM AN EARLY AGE THEY LEARN HOW TO LIVE OFF THE LAND AND SEA:
THESE SIMPLE PEOPLE LIVE IN HARMONY PEACEFUL AND FREE:

THE MODERN DAY INDUSTRIAL WORLD SHOULD TAKE NOTE AND HEED:
HOW THESE SIMPLE PEOPLE LIVING ON THESE DESERTED ISLANDS CAN SURVIVE AND THRIVE WITHOUT SELFISHNESS AND MATERIALISTIC GREED:


18--JULY--2010;
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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