Identities & Secrets

Identities are secrets;
The way we see ourselves
Is as invisible to others
As the way others see us
Is invisible to us.
11.30.13

Problems & Causes

Whenever we come to believe
That this is the cause
Of that problem
We live to discover
That there are myriad causes
For even the simplest of problems.
11.29.13

Rational & Irrational

The problem with being irrational
Is that we believe we are rational;
The problem with being rational
Is that we believe we are rational;
But the real problem is that
It takes much time and hindsight
To discover how irrational we really are.
11.28.13

Bonds & Love

When having sex with strangers
The bond ends when lust expires;
When having sex with friends or acquaintances
The bond ends when need is surfeited;
When having sex with those we desire
The bond ends when instinct wanes;
But, when we have sex 
With those we’re in love with
The bond goes on, beyond the act
And grows stronger with time.
11.27.13

Awareness & Behavior

One never knows
When one will encounter
Someone or something
That will forever change
One’s ideas and views.
11.26.13

Questions & Answers

Oftentimes
The answer one is seeking
Hides behind the question
Which one never asked.
11.25.13

Ideas & Truth

Many a time

We ridicule ideas

Which return to haunt us

With truths we could not see

When these ideas seemed ridiculous.

11.24.13

Public & Private

Minor misbehavior can cause major harm
To a public but not to a private citizen;
Individually, we forgive but collectively, we don’t.
11.23.13

Knowledge & Humility

Knowledge
Becomes less certain
When one becomes more humble.
11.22.13

Reading & Learning

Reading
Without studying
Leads to little learning.
11.21.13

Passions & Time

Passions

The prime movers of life

Fade away as impassioned youth

Slowly yields to dispassionate age.

11.20.13

Laziness & Productivity

Laziness diminishes
The more one’s livelihood
Depends on one’s productivity.
11.19.13

Enlightenment & Animalism

An unenlightened human
Is a dangerous animal.
11.18.13

Freedom & Ages

The human ages of freedom:
Birth, the struggle and sacrifices
Youth, the triumph and festivities
Maturity, the prosperity and felicity
Senescence, the abuse and decay.
11.17.13

Coincidence & Universe

Coincidence
She wears green shadows
Intertwined with dreams
Lurks unforeseen
In silence plots and schemes
At times she hurries matters
To profound extremes
Delights in rolling fortunes in reverse
Coincidence
She sways the universe.
11.16.13

Laughter & Memory

We remember
Those who made us laugh
(Even when they were imaginary)
More than those who made us think
Or even those who have loved us
Or those who made us cry.
11.15.13

Country & Responsibility

When one’s own country
Suffers from many diseases
One must look at that country’s
Healthy attributes with gratitude
And endeavor to make things better
By healing the country’s sick parts;
Healing one’s own country
Is one’s responsibility.
11.14.13

Poverty & Reward

Poverty, is a contagious disease;
Treating it with enlightenment and education
Brings about uplifting self-sufficiency and solvency;
But, rewarding it, causes it to spread like an epidemic
Bringing about wide-spread insolvency and social decay.
11.14.13

Truth & Change

Being true to one’s self
Entails changing one’s truths
As one’s self changes;
All truths change with time;
Change is the only unchanging truth.
11.12.13

Emotion & Worth

When inebriated by success, we overestimate our worth 
 and underestimate our dispensability;
When drained by depression, we underestimate our worth 
 and overestimate our dispensability;
When rational and neutral, we recognize our worth 
 and recognize our dispensability.
11.11.13

Love & Beauty

Love and beauty impart meaning to the world;
When your heart chokes on the happy tears of love
When your eyes find beauty in everything that you love
You can look all around and whisper, “I have discovered God.”
11.09.13

Simplicity & Efficiency

Establishments that will not simplify
Drown in inefficiency and, in time
Commit bureaucratic suicide.
11.09.13

Regulation & Overregulation

Whereas, under-regulation begets disorder
Over-regulation begets inefficiency and fear.
11.08.13

Dislike & Why

It is much easier
To dislike someone
Than try to understand
Why they’ve become dislikable.
11.07.13

Time & Waste

The more time we have
The more time we waste;
The less time we have
The less time we waste;
But when we have no time
We waste no time;
And since time is life
Then, to live a full life
One must remain busy.
11.06.13

Friendship & Mariage

Friendship, like marriage
Requires love and hard work;
Otherwise, given time’s decay
Couples become roommates
And friends, acquaintances.
11.05.13

Anger & Decisions

Making decisions while angry
Is making mad decisions 
With an irrational brain; 
Waiting for sanity’s return
Engenders wiser decisions.
Thus Socrates said to his servant:
“I would strike you if I weren’t angry.”
11.04.13

Success & Importance

A business is deemed successful
When it is profitable;
But it becomes important
Only when it creates jobs
And stimulates the economy.
11.03.13

Power & Joy

Because joy comes of simplicity
And power, of complexity
An increase in power
Comes at the expense of joy;
Thus, the more powerful are less joyful
And the more joyful are less powerful.
11.02.13