Hardware & Software

People differ
Not because of their minds
But because of what’s in their minds;
While people’s hardware is relatively similar
Resulting in what is regarded as human nature
People’s software is infinitely diverse and impressionable
Programmed by genes, nurture, time, place, and coincidence.
08.31.11

Kingdom & Size

The smaller the kingdom
The happier the king and his people;
There’s an ideal size beyond which
All things diminish.
08.30.11

Democracy & Dictatorship

Democracy is a rebound reaction to dictatorship
And, like a rebound marriage after a divorce,
It discovers its deadly faults with time.
08.29.11

Peace & Anguish

Five things shatter inner peace
Worry, hurry, anger, loss, and fear;
And all five are consequences
Of disproportionate attention
Paid to our physical beings
And blatant inattention
Paid to our spirits.
08.28.11

Amour & Attraction

Amorous relationships
Are more attraction dependent
Than love dependent;
Liking tightens the love bond
And disliking shatters it.
08.27.11

Time & Waste

No matter where you are
And regardless of what you’re doing
Some one will waste your time
Or you will end up wasting it.
08.26.11

Mind & Freedom

Mental freedom is assessed on two scales:
The resistance with which one adopts a new truth
And the readiness which one sheds an old belief.
08.25.11