"Although you make much out of “my friends” and “my relatives,” they cannot help you at birth or at death; you come here alone, and you have to leave alone. If on the day of your death a friend could accompany you, attachment would be worthwhile, but it cannot be so." ~Dalai Lama

“Although you make much out of “my friends” and “my relatives,” they cannot help you at birth or at death; you come here alone, and you have to leave alone. If on the day of your death a friend could accompany you, attachment would be worthwhile, but it cannot be so.

When you are reborn in a totally unfamiliar situation, if your friend from the last lifetime could be of some help, that too would be something to consider, but it is not to be had. Yet, in between birth and death, for several decades it is “my friend,” “my sister,” “my brother.” This misplaced emphasis does not help at all, except to create more bewilderment.”  ~Dalai Lama

"You got to go to the Lonesome Valley. You got to go there by yourself. Nobody else, nobody else can go for you. You got to go there by yourself." ~Fairfield Four

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Lonesome Valley (by the Fairfield Four)

You got to go to the Lonesome Valley
You got to go there by yourself
Nobody else can go for you
You got to go there by yourself
Oh, you got to ask the Lord’s forgiveness
Nobody else can ask him for you
You got to go to the Lonesome Valley
You got to go there by yourself
Nobody else, nobody else can go for you
You got to go there by yourself

"You gotta walk that lonesome valley, You gotta walk it by yourself, Nobody here can walk it for you, You gotta walk it by yourself. Mamma and Daddy loves you dearly, Sister does and Brother, too, They may beg you to go with them, But they cannot go for you." ~Woody Guthrie

Lonesome Valley (by Woody Guthrie)

You gotta walk that lonesome valley,
You gotta walk it by yourself,
Nobody here can walk it for you,
You gotta walk it by yourself.

Mamma and Daddy loves you dearly,
Sister does and Brother, too,
They may beg you to go with them,
But they cannot go for you.

I’m gonna walk that lonesome valley,
I’m gonna walk it by myself,
Don’t want to nobody to walk it for me,
I’m gonna walk it by myself.

Fairfield Four “Lonesome Valley”

Woody Guthrie “Lonesome Valley”

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