This here,
Is a declaration,
Not for tomorrow,
Only today,
Because,
As they say,
“Nothing ever,
Stays the same,”
Everything,
Changes,
So I say,
Today,
Adamantly,
Break the mould,
Desperately refuse anything to do,
With the status quo,
There are enough clothes,
In thrift stores 10 times over,
To outfit the entire human population,
For the next 100 years or more,
Seriously,
That designer label,
Has never made,
Anyone greater,
Did you know,
The rivers in Asia,
Run the colour,
Of fashion’s latest?
I bet not,
You do now.
Do not,
Go with the flow,
Unless,
That is,
You are in,
Csikszentmihalyi's zone.
Understand,
No one knows,
A thing,
At all,
Everyone is just,
Making it up,
As they go,
Along,
Despite what we’ve been told,
There is no good or bad,
Or right nor wrong,
Just sincerity or not.
Kindness can be disguised as,
Tough love,
Perspective is often,
What matters most,
The rich man sees,
What the poor cannot.
We’ve got it all,
Back to front.
All the world’s wealth,
Is worthless,
If one does not have,
Their health,
Putting in the hard yards,
At the start,
Allows one to cruise,
Later on,
That is if,
That is,
What one,
Wants,
As for “the grind,”
I am not sure what that means,
As for me,
I do not want to be,
Churned into,
A pulp,
In the end i’d like to be more full,
Than just a cloud of dust,
With greater understanding of course,
And certainly less ego and crap,
Attached to the man,
I’ve become,
All the hard work in the world,
Is no where near effective,
As the correct,
Amount of leverage,
A punch,
In the gut,
And pressure is not,
A privilege,
Perhaps both,
A blessing and curse,
There are,
As they,
“Two sides,
To every coin,”
Outcomes can always be drawn,
Back to the start,
Results are not,
Results,
And real life does not hand out,
Accolades or awards,
Everything is done,
Long before it is done,
No one is coming to rescue us,
We are all on our own islands,
Whether we like it,
Or not,
Yet,
A true friend is a gem,
Perhaps more rare,
Than anything,
Cherish him or her or them,
While you still can,
Family,
That is,
Eat less,
Sleep more,
Move a lot,
And breathe through your nostrils,
Keep moving,
Don’t stop,
Momentum,
Is powerful,
Stillness is not,
Any less of an action,
Never take anyone’s advice,
Especially mine,
Wanting nothing,
Is as good as having it all,
I really do believe that,
Nothing has made me happy,
Time and time,
Again,
There are no big acts,
Only little ones,
A novel is written,
One word at a time,
Does that encourage,
Or discourage you?
I find it,
Damn inspiring,
How one can transform,
Their tiny corner of the world first,
Before attempting,
To save the earth,
The great flood began,
From a single drop,
And the epic drought,
Was over in a moment,
Life is full of pain,
Joy too,
Everything,
Even suffering,
Is an absolute,
Privilege,
There is a 1 in 400 trillion,
Possibility that you even exist,
Right here,
Right now,
Is the greatest place,
You’ll ever be,
So be grateful,
For goodness sake,
These are just reminders,
To myself,
Take nothing personal,
If you can,
We are all capable,
Beyond measure,
So do your best,
To refuse measurements,
Of any kind,
Categories,
Distinctions,
Compartmentalisations,
Buck the trend and never,
Compare,
Compete
Or cast judgement,
“Keeping up with the Jones’”
Is entirely over rated,
While running one’s own race,
Hugely under,
How can we even begin,
To put ourselves in the shoes of another,
I’d prefer to simply run in mine,
One step at a time,
Without expectations,
Open,
Ebbing and flowing,
Enjoying the race for what it is,
A running,
Just like the river,
Living,
Like water,
Arriving upon obstacles,
With an explorer’s mind,
As if meeting them,
For the very first time,
Seeing them,
For what they truly are,
Challenges,
Eexperiences,
New,
Play grounds,
That allow one,
The opportunity,
To find a way over,
Around or through,
You can do,
Anything,
In this life,
Truly anything,
With your one,
Wild and precious life,
I’ve never believed anything,
More,
So long as you just be,
Yourself,
That is after you dismantle,
Your current one,
The self,
That is,
You know that thing,
You think you hold,
That you’ve constructed and built,
And continually reinforced since a kid,
Yes it is,
and has been,
Completely,
Fabricated,
You are,
Nothing,
You are,
Limitless,
Without,
Boundaries,
And then when,
You’ve realised all that,
And I certainly cannot prescribe how,
Begin again,
Restart,
Brand new and fresh,
Having unlearned,
Anything and everything,
You once knew,
Deep down to be true,
But no longer,
If peered into,
Holds any,
Solid ground,
Then and only then,
Will you be a babe,
Wild and free,
Again,
Open,
To life’s possibility,
It’s generosity,
Splendour and wonder,
Part and parcel of all,
Connected to the great web,
That is the air and the atmosphere,
And the soil,
And the trees,
And the animals,
Everything,
Whole and one,
And nothing,
All at once.
