When compliance becomes
The measure of our excellence
Heroes disappear, quality declines
Efficiency, brevity, and intelligence wither
Creativity is stifled, and bureaucracy blossoms.
02.28.2015
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Seeing & Hearing
We believe what is written
More than what is heard
Because we are constituted
To believe what we see
More than what we hear;
Once things are written
They become indelible.
02.27.2015
More than what is heard
Because we are constituted
To believe what we see
More than what we hear;
Once things are written
They become indelible.
02.27.2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Life & Living
To feel alive
Every living moment
Is to honor life with love;
To be oblivious of moments
Is to spend life waiting for death.
02.26.2015
Every living moment
Is to honor life with love;
To be oblivious of moments
Is to spend life waiting for death.
02.26.2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Country & Self
Countries decay
When their inhabitants
Begin to benefit themselves
At the expense of their countries.
02.25.2015
When their inhabitants
Begin to benefit themselves
At the expense of their countries.
02.25.2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Truth & Popularity
When an audience hears what it wants to hear
Especially when it is not true
It applauds;
When it hears what it doesn't want to hear
Especially when it is true
It boos;
Authentication by applause or by popularity
Is detrimental to truth.
02.23.15
Especially when it is not true
It applauds;
When it hears what it doesn't want to hear
Especially when it is true
It boos;
Authentication by applause or by popularity
Is detrimental to truth.
02.23.15
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Intelligence & Simplicity
Brilliant minds simplify
Ordinary minds complicate;
We can measure the intelligence
Of our systems by measuring the ratio
Of their simplicity to their complexity.
02.22.15
Ordinary minds complicate;
We can measure the intelligence
Of our systems by measuring the ratio
Of their simplicity to their complexity.
02.22.15
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Humanity & Home
When we do not belong to humanity
We live as global strangers;
When we espouse humanity
Planet earth becomes home.
02.21.15
We live as global strangers;
When we espouse humanity
Planet earth becomes home.
02.21.15
Friday, February 20, 2015
Gratitude & Grief
If one gives us gifts and then departs
That would not cause us grief
But rather, gratitude;
If one dies, having given us gifts
Through living a generous life
Why don’t we feel gratitude
In stead of grief?
0220.15
That would not cause us grief
But rather, gratitude;
If one dies, having given us gifts
Through living a generous life
Why don’t we feel gratitude
In stead of grief?
0220.15
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Temporary & Feelings
If we could remind ourselves
That every thing good is temporary
We would cherish all good things more;
And if we could remind ourselves
That every thing bad is temporary
We would harbor less worry and fear.
02.19.15
That every thing good is temporary
We would cherish all good things more;
And if we could remind ourselves
That every thing bad is temporary
We would harbor less worry and fear.
02.19.15
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Important & Enjoyable
There are important things that are not enjoyable
And enjoyable things that are not important
And things that are neither enjoyable nor important;
Lucky are those who can do only what’s enjoyable.
02.18.15
And enjoyable things that are not important
And things that are neither enjoyable nor important;
Lucky are those who can do only what’s enjoyable.
02.18.15
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Understanding & Tragedies
Instead of expending our efforts
Trying to understand tragedies
Which are out of our control
We would be better served
To accept such tragedies
As random, unintelligible
Acts of nature.
02.17.15
Trying to understand tragedies
Which are out of our control
We would be better served
To accept such tragedies
As random, unintelligible
Acts of nature.
02.17.15
Monday, February 16, 2015
Ideas & Interactions
Most of our good ideas
Come from our interactions
With other people or things;
And isolated mind
Cannot evolve
Good ideas.
02.16.15
Come from our interactions
With other people or things;
And isolated mind
Cannot evolve
Good ideas.
02.16.15
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Youth & Quality
As we age
We cling to youth
Which is preposterous;
Instead
In all aspects of living
We should cling to quality
Since that’s within our reach.
02.15.15
We cling to youth
Which is preposterous;
Instead
In all aspects of living
We should cling to quality
Since that’s within our reach.
02.15.15
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Work & Life
Making time for life
Is a duty as solemn
As making time for work;
But, whereas others
Can perform our work
Only we can live our lives.
02.14.15
Is a duty as solemn
As making time for work;
But, whereas others
Can perform our work
Only we can live our lives.
02.14.15
Identity & Self
To ourselves
We are whom we think we are;
To others
We are whom they think we are.
02.13.15
We are whom we think we are;
To others
We are whom they think we are.
02.13.15
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Majority & Country
In politics
What appeals
To the majority
Is easier to enact
Than what is best
For the country.
02.12.15
What appeals
To the majority
Is easier to enact
Than what is best
For the country.
02.12.15
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Irrationality & Harm
The tragedy of the human mind
Lies in the simple fact that
When we are irrational
We believe that we are rational
And no amount of evidence
Will convince us of the contrary;
Hence the harm that people can do
While believing that they are right
Explains most of human conflicts.
02.10.15
Lies in the simple fact that
When we are irrational
We believe that we are rational
And no amount of evidence
Will convince us of the contrary;
Hence the harm that people can do
While believing that they are right
Explains most of human conflicts.
02.10.15
Monday, February 9, 2015
Passion & Meaning
It is our passions
That render life meaningful;
Without passions, life becomes
A boring voyage.
02.09.15
That render life meaningful;
Without passions, life becomes
A boring voyage.
02.09.15
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Life & Resurrection
Life is never a preparation for death
It is a rebellion against it because
Life always springs out of death;
Death, on the other hand
Is the eternal preparation for life
Because every life is but a resurrection
From the inanimate.
02.08.15
It is a rebellion against it because
Life always springs out of death;
Death, on the other hand
Is the eternal preparation for life
Because every life is but a resurrection
From the inanimate.
02.08.15
Life & Speed
Living slowly helps us savor
Life’s precious moments;
And living fast
Kidnaps those precious moments
Never to be returned.
02.07.15
Life’s precious moments;
And living fast
Kidnaps those precious moments
Never to be returned.
02.07.15
Friday, February 6, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Brutality & Enlightenment
Brutality
Is the power
Of un-enlightenment;
The more enlightened
The more kind we are
And the more ignorant
The more cruel we get.
02.05.15
Is the power
Of un-enlightenment;
The more enlightened
The more kind we are
And the more ignorant
The more cruel we get.
02.05.15
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Stories & Time
Stories told of yesteryears
Come to us through little ears
Hold us captive in their spheres;
When the years will disappear
Only stories keep them near
For our little ears to hear.
02.04.15
Come to us through little ears
Hold us captive in their spheres;
When the years will disappear
Only stories keep them near
For our little ears to hear.
02.04.15
Alcohol & Weight
Alcohol consumption
Can cause weight gain
In seven sundry ways:
-The calories in alcohol
-The cravings for more alcohol
-The carbohydrates in the drinks
-The increased appetites ensuing
-The prolonged sitting around food
-The lethargy and inactivity that follow
-The fatigue and cravings of hangovers.
02.03.15
Can cause weight gain
In seven sundry ways:
-The calories in alcohol
-The cravings for more alcohol
-The carbohydrates in the drinks
-The increased appetites ensuing
-The prolonged sitting around food
-The lethargy and inactivity that follow
-The fatigue and cravings of hangovers.
02.03.15
Monday, February 2, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Attitude & Outcome
The means to temper tragedy
And morph defeat into victory
Is with a winning attitude;
The means to amplify tragedy
And morph victory into defeat
Is with a losing attitude.
02.01.15
And morph defeat into victory
Is with a winning attitude;
The means to amplify tragedy
And morph victory into defeat
Is with a losing attitude.
02.01.15
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