Hate & Death

The circle of hate is closed;
Hate leads to vengeance
Vengeance, to hate
Hate, to death.
10.07.14

Love & Life

The circle of love is open;
Love leads to forgiveness
Forgiveness, to gratitude
Gratitude, to friendship
Friendship to life.
10.06.14

Mood & Worth

Anyone or anything
That disrupts a good mood
Is probably not worth the worry.
10.05.14

Frugality & Wealth

Frugality, when one is poor, is a necessity
But when one’s wealth is surrounded by poverty
Inveterate frugality becomes a form of cruelty.
10.04.14

Honor & Law

To hold ourselves to higher standards
Than those required by the law
Is to live honorably.
10.03.14

Good & Bad

We are dismayed to find out
That one we think of as bad
Has yet some good
And one we think of as good
Has yet some bad;
The melange of good and bad
Is a fundamental human reality.
10.02.14

Faith & Life

Thrills end with repetition
Pleasures end with satiation
Happiness founders with boredom
And joy declines when passions subside
But it’s hard to stifle the grand attitude of faith.
10.01.14