Power & Arteries

When a great power
Develops angina pectoris
Because of clogged arteries
A bypass will not be curative;
It will require preventive cleansing
To ensure its survival and prosperity.
12.07.13

Law & Ethics

What is legal is not always ethical
And what is ethical is not always legal;
Crooks have always used the law
For unethical purposes;
One can hide from ethics behind the law
But no one can hide from ethics behind ethics.
12.06.13

Changing & MInds

Changing our minds
With changing times
Is healthy plasticity;
Refusing to change
Is unhealthy loyalty.
12.05.13

Ethics & Outocme

Serving where needed
Especially when one knows
One can only make a small difference
Is the ultimate triumph of ethics over outcome.
11.04.13

Learning & Praise

We learn a lot more from criticism
Than we learn from praise
A lot more from failure
Than from success
And a lot more from hindsight
Than from impressions and predictions.
12.03.13

Easy & Hard

Talking is easy, listening is hard
Believing is easy, thinking is hard
Reaction is easy, composure is hard
Sex is easy, love is hard
Death is easy, life is hard.
12.02.13 

Better & Worse

Whenever we try to look
Better that we truly are
We always end up looking
Worse than we truly are.
12.01.13