Enlightenment & Gouvernment

Without mass enlightenment
Law and order are impossible to enforce;
Ignorance can easily defeat the strongest government.
07.01.14

Coincidence & Destiny

Planning our lives
Is an exercise in futility;
Coincidence always redirects
Most of the courses of our lives
And reshapes our destinies.
06.30.14

Judgement & Reflection

Judgement
Without deep study
And sincere reflection
Is but a reiteration
Of our biases.
06.29.14

Emotion & Motion

We cannot express emotion
Without motion;
Our expressions, speech
Body language, and writings
Are all but motions
That express emotions.
06.28.14

Saying & Meaning

In parlance
What we do not say
Often hides what we really mean.
06.27.14

Attitude & Mood

Since attitude sets the mood
One must work on attitude
To change the mood.
06.26.14

Denial & Intellect

Denial must be a force
Stronger than our intellect
For us to deny the obvious
And espouse the impossible.
06.25.14

Joy & Distance

Enjoying the daily nearby
Is far more important
Than waiting to enjoy
The occasional far away.
06.24.14

Forgetting & Remembering

Forgetting joy is easier
Than forgetting suffering;
Forgetting pleasure is easier
Than forgetting pain;
Forgetting love is easier
Than forgetting hate;
And forgetting the good
Is easier than forgetting the bad.
06.23.14

Weakness & Danger

Of all our weaknesses
The ones that are most dangerous
Are those that we perceive as strengths.
06.22.14

Relax & Upset

Learning to relax
Takes time and talent;
Getting upset
Takes neither time nor talent.
06.21.04

Religion & Harm

Religion should never become
An excuse to do harm.
06.18.14

Memories & Age

Only memories
Grow younger
With age.
06.17.14

Victories & Compromise

Without some compromise
Victories are oftentimes
Worse than defeats.
06.16.14

Enthusiasm & Disillusionment

Untempered enthusiasm
Often ends in disillusionment.
06.15.14

Bias & Knowledge

The biased
Don't really know 
That they are biased.
06.14.14

Criticism & Integrity

The veracity of criticisms is proportional
To the intellectual integrity
Of the criticizers.
06.13.14

Gossip & Facts

Those who float on gossip
Sink under the facts.
06.12.14

Elderly & Youth

Attraction
To the elderly
Is a divine gift;
Attraction
To the youth
Is an instinct.
06.11.14

Cost & Law

If there were no crooks
We would have fewer laws;
If we all obeyed the law
Life would be cheaper;
Keeping law and order
And ensuring security
Come at a great cost
To society.
06.10.14

Honesty & Spirit

Honesty
Is a solemn burden
For the spiritual souls;
Dishonesty
Is an easy way out
For the poor in spirit.
06.09.14

They Say & Evidence

They say?
But who are they?
What evidence do they sway?
And why on earth do we believe
Sans evidence, what ever they say?
06.08.14

Quality & Prevalence

Everywhere
High quality is rare
Average quality is common
Low quality is prevalent;
Expecting high quality
Around every corner
Is not realistic.
06.07.14

Cyclic & Dynamic

We are cyclic beings;
Our ideas and thoughts
Are dynamic, always change
With times, moods, experiences,
And can seldom be held down;
To regard things as static
Is to misrepresent life.
06.06.14

Conscience & Pretense

When our individual conscience
Conflicts with our social conscience
Only the brave among us dare declare
Their disapproval; most of us say naught
And pretend that all is well with the world.
06.05.14

Caring & Living

Caring makes the heart grow weary
Caring makes the heart grow fond;
Not caring reduces weariness
But it also stifles passions;
To care or not to care
Is to live or not to live.
06.04.14

Minds & Body

Those who live in their minds are most fulfilled
Those who live in the minds of others are most tortured
Those who live in their bodies are most vulnerable
And those who live in all three are most normal.
06.03.14

Disease & Old Age

Old age is not disease
Nor is disease old age
And when the two coincide
Old age need not be blamed.
06.02.14