Forty-two years ago today, according to Reference.com On This Day, John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in Gibraltar. John would be 70 years old if he was alive today. I imagine he'd still have plenty to say, and would still be singing Imagine (albeit with a change to the line "a brotherhood of man" to something more inclusive). I love that song, but I still grapple with the lines "Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can". The picture of my toothbrush always pops into my head and I really can't imagine it being anything other than mine!
But something tells me that, perhaps, John wasn't thinking on that sort of scale. Possibly, more on the lines of land ownership. But what about the notion of "an Englishman's home is his castle"? I like to share but I do like my privacy. I don't need a castle, but I'd struggle without somewhere I can be on my own, where I can think and create undisturbed. The sharing comes later.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one". He wasn't, and there are plenty who share the dream. Maybe we'll make it there, one day...
Imagine at Amazon UK
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