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Spiritual F-Disk

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When filled with regret

how can we create some space

for love to enter?

~

When your heart’s hard drive

fills with regret and hate,

delete those useless programs.

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Tagged cleaning, defragmentation, emotions, fear, hate, install, love, maintenence, purge, storage

Jun·30

Blurred Vision

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why must we wage wars,

attacking and defending

symbols we imbue with power?

  ~

 Symbols are seen as

 sacred or a threat when viewed

through amygdala’s blurred lens.

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Tagged banners, flags, seals, symbols

Jun·29

A Matter of Perspective

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why do we think we

 can achieve long term goals

 with short sighted plans?

~

Time is relative.

To a germ, all goals are long.

To the sun, all plans are short.

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Tagged goals, plans, purpose, time, waste

Jun·28

Freighted

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why must weekdays seem

to travel life by freight train

while weekends ride the TGV?

~

Whether days move fast

or days move slow depends on

the load they carry.

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Tagged boxcars, bullet trains, passages, time

Jun·27

Beneath the Skin

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Is there anything

more beautiful than a wise

and forgiving heart?

~

Perceiving beauty

takes an inward journey for 

both beholder and beheld.

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Tagged beauty, eye, heart, mind, skin, soul, spirit

Jun·26

Pilgrims’ Progress

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Since the road ahead

is shrouded in mystery,

Must we walk that road blindly?

~

Step by step we walk,

seeing only as far as 

hearts and minds and eyes can see.

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Tagged road, traveled

Jun·25

The View from the Road

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why is it only

in retrospect that the path

we trod grows more clear?

~

The pathway behind

wears the marks of our passage

while the road ahead is clear.

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Tagged clarity, journeys, roads, vision

Jun·24

Schadenfreude or Schadenersatz

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Is it so shallow

to wait in gleeful hope

for that house of cards to fall?

~

We don’t have to plumb

the depths to hope for a house

built on lies to fall.

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Tagged restitution, schadenersatz, schadenfreude, shallow

Jun·23

This Little Light of Mine

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

 How to shine a light

so bright that the willfully

blind at last can see?

~

I fear that, in truth,

any light, sufficiently

bright, would do more harm than good.

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Tagged benefit, blind, illumination, incineration, outcome, will

Jun·22

Trumped?

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

What cosmic message

is conveyed by that turkey

strutting into the roadway?

~

Some think they hold cards

enough to trump those cosmic

messages and win the game.

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Tagged attitude, danger, Meleagris gallopavo, misplaced, risk

Jun·21

Illusory Archetype

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

 What might the Source have

been thinking when families

came into being?

~

“As with every gem,

perfection should be most rare.

This can be your little flaw?”

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Tagged families, flaws, gems, perfection

Jun·20

Wherever We Go, There We Are

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When emotions run

unfettered through our hearts,

what might they find there?

~

  One thing is certain –

what they won’t find there are thought, 

balance, and moderation.

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Tagged emotions, finding, hearts, seeking

Jun·19

All’s Fair

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

 When emotion takes

over and reason takes flight,

are we in for love or war?

~

In both love and war

reason always surrenders

to emotion’s whip.

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Tagged emotion, love, reason, war

Jun·18

Ins And Outs

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When, at last, we find

that place in which we find peace,

must we ever venture out?

~

 Tempting as it is

 to settle in, we must take

our leave with the peace we found.

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Tagged chaos, peace

Jun·17

Calming Waters

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When summer heat holds

us in its sweaty grasp, how

can we not lose our cool?

~

To retain our cool,

seek the shelter of shady

glades and shadowed pools.

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Tagged glades, heat, pools, shadowed, shady, summer

Jun·16

Acting Out

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When we have been booed

and hissed and pelted with fruit,

must the show go on, really?

~

Such a show of crass

disregard is certainly

 a real show-stopper.

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Jun·15

Exit Stage Right:

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

After the final

curtain call, when all clapping

ceases, what remains?

~

Why must we assume

there will be clapping when that

final, heavy, curtain falls?

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Tagged call, crickets, curtain, ovation, stage, world

Jun·14

Beyond Measure

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When seeking pleasure,

will we set measured limits

or else embrace gluttony?

~

If we honor our

 natural limits, we can take

our pleasure without measure.

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Tagged find, hedonism, pleasure, seek

Jun·13

Work at a Play on Words

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If all work and no

play makes Jack a dull boy, what

does all play and no work make?

~

Summer vacation?

Excellent video games?

More superhero movies?

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Tagged play, play at work, work, work at play

Jun·12

Dream Work

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why must we labor

on endlessly when, in truth,

life is but a dream?

~

If we row our boats

merrily we can sustain

both ourselves and dreams.

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Tagged dream, labor, struggle, work

Jun·11

Here and Now

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

What must we do now

to ease our souls when now has

 passed and then is here?

~

Some say all there is

is now, and all the rest is

just, simply, dreaming.

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Jun·10

Beyond The Veil

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Once that veil is gone,

will we like that magic truth

or crave illusion?

~

If we remain true

to the magic we possess

the veil no longer conceals.

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Jun·09

Finding Magic

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Can we find magic

when all that held us spellbound

has been swept away?

~

One finds true magic

only when all illusions

have been swept away!

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Tagged house keeping, illusion, magic, truth

Jun·08

Beyond Grand Plans

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Must we adapt to

a lesser lot in life while

greater kami make grand plans?

~

Those of great spirit

in whatever form always

live a lofty life.

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Jun·07

Food on the Family

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When you consider

the difference one word can make,

why don’t politicians quake?

~

Narcissists all know

their meaning is crystal clear.

So why quibble about words?

 

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Tagged intent, meanings, narcissism, politicians, synonymous, words

Jun·06

For All We Know

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

And why act on fear

even though we all know

inaction is the way to go?

~

Fear can empower

us to act when inaction

  could just be paralysis.

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Tagged action, drive, fear

Jun·05

A Time to Refrain

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If we know but do

not act, does that mean we’re wise

or simply afraid?

~

If we do not act,

knowing it to be for naught,

it’s wisdom, otherwise, fear.

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Tagged action, fear, futulity, inaction

Jun·04

But Who’s Counting?

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Did you detect it,

the barest little hinting

of sarcasm yesterday?

~

Such broad-brushed hints bring

 a grin to the constant

war of who does more.

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Tagged sarcasm, snark

Jun·03

Another Straw

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

If time and tide wait

for no man, does this leave one

more thing for women to do?

~

And what, may I ask,

does not already reside

upon that long, self-made, list?

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Tagged chores, duties, lists, obligations, tasks

Jun·02

Why Wait?

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When considering,

the coming of tides rising,

will all our boats be lifted?

~

As tides continue

to rise, it might be better

to seek higher ground.

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Tagged riding, rising, storms, tides, waves, weathering

Jun·01

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