Regeneration/Rebuilding

July 20

I am thankful for regeneration/rebuilding. Regeneration, akin to rebuilding, of course, implies that the previous version of whatever it was has been lost, destroyed, damaged, etc. To me it is inspirational to regenerate or rebuild. It means you've picked yourself up and are restarting from scratch from the rubble of your past. You can take this literally or figuratively.

This is a photo of the sculpture called Regeneration, which is on the southeast side of the Michigan Avenue bridge over the Chicago River in Chicago. The sculpture, completed in 1928 by Henry Hering, depicts the rebuilding of Chicago after the fire of 1871. The fire burned for three days and destroyed 4 square miles of Chicago. The legend was that the fire began when Farmer O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern in the barn, however, that story was made up by a reporter looking to embellish his story. Chicago brought in world-famous architects to redesign the city. The resultant architecture of Chicago is amazing and beautiful. The city regenerated itself into a better city than the one before.

rebuild

when times are bad

when some things get destroyed

there’s time to mourn

there’s time to be annoyed

but then it’s time

to get up off of your seat

it’s time to grab your boots

and put yourself on your feet

start afresh with a new outlook

with you it should be instilled

turn things up from down

stand up to it and rebuild.

© rt tulley