Category Archives: Life

Simple Math

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Buddha say, “Just Because Monkey See, Don’t Mean Monkey Do!”

This is my spin on a post by fellow blogger, Jason Wells. I enjoyed it so much, I thought I’d share it. Hope you enjoy it too. For those interested, the original post can be found here: The Lesson of the Monkeys. Take care! Eee! Eee! Eee!
A group of despots, clergymen, politicians, academicians, scientists placed five peoples monkeys in a cage and in the middle of the cage they placed a ladder with their hopes and dreams of happiness, liberty, prosperity, freedom and equality a bunch of bananas at the top.
Each time the people sought peace and prosperity a monkey attempted to climb the ladder to retrieve the bananas, the pedagogues and demagogues would incite discord the scientists would soak the other monkeys with cold water.
After centuries of strife numerous soakings the people monkeys began to viciously attack each other any other monkey that attempted to the climb the ladder.

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Ambiguity

The only man I’ve ever feared
Was the man who once feared me
And the only man I truly loathed
Was the man I longed to be

He once was you and you were him
But here’s the ambiguity
All men were at once both of them
And once both of them were me

Because You Know (For Alicia)

I cannot say I felt your pain,
For it would not be true.
Could not imagine, much less feign
This strange kinship with you.

I could not close my eyes and see
Myself devoid of her.
The somber surreality
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Uhm…

Yeah, it was …

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