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Category: Poetry
Random Thoughts / Poetry
I catch myself complaining about things
Let it go
I expect things to turn out a certain way
Expect nothing
I will be happy when such and such happens
Be happy now
Everything is changing
Change yourself
I can’t do this
Yes you can
It’s too hard to do this shit
No, it isn’t
I’m too tired
Do it anyway
No more excuses
Namaste
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There are times when the pace of life is almost unbearable
The never ending requests
There is no respite
There is no work life balance
There is only work
What will I do?
Realize that everything is temporary
Endure it with courage
This stress you are under is actually making you stronger
This is where greatness is created
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
Up early again
It’s Monday and a new week begins
I feel like I am starting to evolve
There is a sense of meaning returning to my life
It has taken so many years for the changes to occur
It’s almost Darwinian
I am calm
I am resolute
The world hasn’t changed
I am changing
I am grateful to be alive
I am present
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
Is every day a repetition of the last?
Move on
But the money and the benefits are so good
Move on
Have you quit dreaming and setting goals?
Move on
When was the last time you got a good night’s sleep?
Move on
Are you tired all the time?
Move on
Are you drinking a little too much to forget this shit show?
Move on
Are you waiting to have enough money to retire?
Move on
Are other people maybe your family members telling you just one more year and you can do anything you want?
Move on
Have you mastered this job to the point you are no longer learning?
Move on
Do you spend a lot of time doing pointless work that adds no value?
Move on
Has the line blurred so much that you can’t tell your work from the rest of your life?
Move on
Is your work so demanding that you have abandoned all your hobbies?
Move on
Afraid you can’t do better?
Move on
Will you miss the long days and continuous demands?
Fuck No!
Move on
Namaste
Random Thoughts / Poetry
We make so much of every situation
It all seems so important
A heightened level of anxiety becomes our natural state
We are told to escalate for every issue
Everything becomes critical
Our life is one of hyperactivity
Driven to achieve by ourselves and others we are exhausted
Is it any wonder we are so unhappy?
We are asked to do more and more with the same amount of limited time
Our life is now dominated by schedules and to-do lists
The pace we set for our life cannot be sustained
We seek the answer in meditation, yoga, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and any other number of ways to calm our mind and give our life meaning
The days become a blur as they pass us by
You tell yourself someday I will jump off this hamster wheel, once I earn a little more money
That day never happens and you die never having really lived
Is that really what you want from your life?
Stop deferring your fucking life
Today I will jump off the hamster wheel even if for an hour or two
Once I taste freedom I will cease to jump back on the wheel
Remember the world will always try to pull you back into the vortex
Only you can save yourself
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
You know everything is impermanent
Yet you choose to suffer
Only change is certain
Yet you choose to suffer
You are aging day by day
Yet you choose to suffer
Life and death is ever-present
Yet you choose to suffer
Love and joy surround you
Yet you choose to suffer
You have no direction
You can find no end to suffering
The end to your suffering is a walk down the Eightfold Path
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
As the world implodes around me
I am calm
As violence escalates
I am calm
As suffering becomes the norm
I am calm
As the pressure at work increases
I am calm
As insanity reigns supreme
I am calm
As sickness and death exist
I am calm
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
Desire stands alone
Desire determines your success
Desire can create discipline or destroy it
leaHealthy desire begets achievement
Un-healthy desire results in destruction
Desire fuels persistence
Lack of desire results in boredom and the mundane
A leader without desire is just a manager
What do you desire?
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
We spend so much time and energy searching for the meaning of life
Always looking for a purpose
Is it success at work?
Is it material things?
Is it happiness?
All this seeking is exhausting
Be patient it’s just around the corner
Am I there yet?
Where is my purpose?
Maybe there is nothing to find
Nothing to become
Maybe we are to just be
Namaste
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Random Thoughts / Poetry
How often I fall into the abyss
Only to climb back up
How much time has been wasted
Is it self pity, self-loathing, or self-sabotage?
Why do the self-destructive patterns repeat themselves?
I know it is a means of escape
But what am I escaping from?
I must find the answer
Namaste
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Joseph Sacco - The Stoic Buddhist 