Incrivel

Em Busca de Sentido, Viktor Frankl:

Podem nos tirar tudo o que temos na vida exceto uma coisa: a liberdade de escolher como reagir a determinada situação.

Arco de Tito - Roma

Down by the Riverside

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
I'm gonna study, study, war no more

The song's central image is of casting off negativity and aggression, and putting on spiritual garb, at the side of a river before crossing it. The image has several meanings: it refers to baptism, which in the Southern Baptist tradition usually involves wearing a white robe and being submerged in a body of water. It also refers to ascending to heaven after death, using the metaphor of the River Jordan, which in theOld Testament was the final passage before the Hebrews entered the Promised Land after their years in the desert.^[4] As with many Negro spirituals, the biblical imagery can also be read as a hidden allusion to escaping slavery, with the river representing the Ohio River, which was a border between states where slavery was allowed and prohibited before the American Civil War.^[5]

The refrain of "ain't gonna study war no more" is a reference to a quotation found in the Old Testament: "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."^[1] This quote occurs twice in the Bible, in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, and is part of the swords to ploughshares motif.

• Gonna lay down my sword and shield
• Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand
• Gonna try on my long white robe
• Gonna try on my starry crown
• Gonna put on my golden shoes
• Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace
• Gonna shake hands around the world
• Gonna cross the river Jordan
• Gonna climb upon that mountain
• Gonna climb the road to heaven