We must always remember that our views and opinions
are of equal value to those of others -
not better or lesser but equal.
Friday, 23 August 2019
Monday, 12 August 2019
Monday, 5 August 2019
About life, trial and error and taking stock
Do we sometimes, or often, or mainly, even, expect too much of each other?
Are we like children, expecting adults to have all the answers,
be they doctors, teachers, lawyers, politicians
or ordinary people, just like us?
Approximation, rule of thumb, trial and error
seem to have been the main modes of progress
if we look back through history;
a little nearer each time,
but never quite arriving.
If we go forward too far or too quickly,
do we find that we need to take a step back?
At whatever point we are on the trajectory of our lives,
it often pays to stop and take stock
before we move on.
Are we like children, expecting adults to have all the answers,
be they doctors, teachers, lawyers, politicians
or ordinary people, just like us?
Approximation, rule of thumb, trial and error
seem to have been the main modes of progress
if we look back through history;
a little nearer each time,
but never quite arriving.
If we go forward too far or too quickly,
do we find that we need to take a step back?
At whatever point we are on the trajectory of our lives,
it often pays to stop and take stock
before we move on.
Friday, 26 July 2019
About hurting and suffering
When we are hurting,
some of us build up a prickle-bed around ourselves
as a form of protection perhaps.
It seems to me that with a passionate nature come deep feelings.
These can equally be of joy and ecstasy
as of sorrow and pain.
Perhaps the latter are the price we pay for the former.
Do I think that the former are worth the latter?
For myself, I'd say yes.
some of us build up a prickle-bed around ourselves
as a form of protection perhaps.
It seems to me that with a passionate nature come deep feelings.
These can equally be of joy and ecstasy
as of sorrow and pain.
Perhaps the latter are the price we pay for the former.
Do I think that the former are worth the latter?
For myself, I'd say yes.
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Sunday, 21 July 2019
About the patchwork quilt of our lives
Sometimes, we can seem to be a patchwork quilt
of conflicting thoughts, ideas, desires,
failings and failures.
(Or is it just me on a bad day!)
May I always remember that
On a good day
life can be a wonderland
of joy, colour, excitement and delight.
of conflicting thoughts, ideas, desires,
failings and failures.
(Or is it just me on a bad day!)
May I always remember that
On a good day
life can be a wonderland
of joy, colour, excitement and delight.
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