Joy & Death

Joy and death
Are great equalizers;
We stand equal before them
As we compete in acquiring one
And avoiding the other.
08.31.12

Love & Like

We feel closest
To those whom we love and like
Closer to those we like but do not love
Most distant from those we love but dislike
And indifferent to those we neither love nor like.
08.30.12

Credit & Achievement

Those who take credit for their achievements
Forget that their bodies and brains
Were but gifts vouchsafed
That they may be used
To better humanity.
08.29.12

Approval & Truthfulness

Those who require
Approval of the masses
Cannot be genuine.
08.28.12

Love & Distance

Love is not blind
It is myopic;
It can see near
But can not see far.
08.27.12

Friends & Time

Most of those whom we call friends
Are merely temporary friends
Who would abandon us
If we were to burden
Or disillusion them.
08.26.12

Decay & Death

The central question of aging is:
Whether to decay then die
Or die then decay.
08.25.12