Myths & Heroes

Myths
Shine brighter
Than their heroes.
10.01.11

Mindsets & Belief

Most mindsets do not last;
If we don’t believe such thoughts
They would pass on and leave us alone.
09.30.11

Regard & Disregard

Those who have learned to disregard
Always come out ahead;
Rather than take note and react,
Or feel insulted and avenge,
Or feel offended and suffer,
Be fierce with your disregard.
09.29.11

Still & Age

The most condescending English word is ‘still’:
-You still look good…
-You are still strong…
-You’re still working…
-You’re still independent;
The young have no idea
How much the word ‘still’
Can hurt an aging soul.
09.28.11

Rational & Irrational

Rational and irrational
The two types of thinking
Both seem equally logical to the mind.
09.27.11

Information & Wisdom

Information is stored
Knowledge is learned
Judgment is earned
And wisdom, burned
Into the soul.
09.26.11

Mind & Fallow

A bright mind is fallow
When unsown with interests and passions.
09.25.11

Good & Wrong

A good idea
Especially when wrong
Can often lead, in ways unforeseen
To unpredictably good outcomes.
09.24.11

Thinking & Knowing

We always think
Beyond what we know;
And even though we know
That we can never know enough
We still believe everything we think.
09.23.11

Wealth & Desert

Wealth is like water;
With it there’s growth
Without it there’s desert.
09.22.11

Love & Wounds

Love wounds are cruel
And come from both directions;
When one gives and doesn’t receive
Or when one receives and doesn’t give;
They would be less cruel if they would bleed.
09.21.11

Said & Heard

In conversation
Whatever is said
Is seldom understood;
Every ear filters out
What it doesn’t wish to hear
And lets in what it wants to hear
Including whatever remains unsaid.
09.20.11

Desire & Fulfillment

In youth
We miss the fulfillment of our desires;
In age
We merely miss our desires.
09.19.11

Excelence & Endowment 09.18.11

Excellence
Is only achieved
By the well endowed;
But alas,
The well endowed
Don’t always achieve
Excellence.
09.18.11

Tolerance & Enlightenment

The measure of enlightenment is tolerance
And the measure of primitiveness is intolerance;
For tolerance is rooted in humility, respect, empathy
Whereas intolerance, in hubris, disrespect, and ignorance.
09.17.11

Energy & Output

Human energy
Which is personally discernible
Cannot be measured by any science
And is evident to others only through output.
09.16.11

Democracy & Meritocracy

A democracy
Cannot in time
Remain a meritocracy
Because the voting process
Decays into an emotional exercise
Of unenlightened, uninformed masses.
09.15.11

Ideologies & Identities

Ideologies woo
The collective conscience
And foster unifying identities.
09.14.11

Life & Living

It takes a long life
To learn how to live.
09.13.11

Justice & Power

A nation’s sense
Of international justice
Is inversely proportional
To it’s military powers.
09.12.11

Government & Efficiency

A government’s efficiency
Depends on the enlightenment
Of the people it governs.
09.11.11

Difficulty & Attitude

There is no difficulty
That cannot be subdued
With the right attitude.
09.10.11

Mediocrity & Compassion

Tolerating mediocrity
And treating it with grace
Is the noblest expression
Of human compassion.
09.09.11

Individual & Group

One’s individual conscience
Is anesthetized by one’s group;
What we can sanction collectively
Is often unconscionable individually.
09.08.11

Terrorism & Counter-terrorism

In our fight against terrorism
We have countenanced our own.
09.07.11

Reason & Bias

Irrational and unreasonable thinking
Feeds the roots of humanity’s biases
Which bear most of its evil fruits.
09.05.11

Aging & Learning

Aging begins
When we stop learning.
09.05.11

Robots & DNA

Unaware living things
Are DNA Robots;
Aware living things
Are DNA robots
With illusions of choice.
09.04.11

Delusions & Truth

Delusions that enhance life’s quality
May be better than life disruptive truths;
But painful truths are infinitely better
Than life-damaging delusions.
09.03.11

Bad & Good

If you do something bad
Your good will soon be forgotten
For it’s the last impression that counts.
09.02.11

Laws & Adverse Effects

All enacted laws have adverse side effects
Which are not discovered until after the laws are passed.
09.01.11