About what it takes.

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It takes a shit-load of compassion To stand this reeking world It takes a shit-load of compassion To stand this freaking human race It takes a shit-load of compassion To face this teaming rat-race It takes a shit-load of compassion To deal with the mess we've made It takes a shit-load of compassion To deal with the games we've played It takes a shit-load of compassion To forgive -- The fighting and the killing The lying and denying The ignorance and the cruelty The pettiness and the vanity The selfishness and the greed The seediness and deceit It takes a shit-load of compassion To walk down this god-damned street It takes a shit-load of compassion To stand this freaking, reeking world It takes a shit-load of compassion To look this bloody mess in the face It takes a shit-load of compassion To look myself in the god-awfull face It takes a shit-load of compassion

Authors Bio:

Jim Bush is a 67 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a  POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.