Monday, June 21, 2010
we live on
for this is what we do. put one foot forward and then the other. lift our eyes to snarl and smile of the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add a little consequence to the tides of good and evil hat flood and drain the world. drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of another night. push our brave hearts into the promise of a new day. with love: the passionate search for a truth other than our own. with longing: the pure, ineffable yearning to be saved. For so long as fate keeps waiting, we live on. God help us. God forgive us. We live on
Fate
Every human heartbeat is a universe of possibilities. every human will has the power to transform fate. you think that fate was something unchangeable: fixed for every one of us at birth, and as constant as the circuit of the stars. but life is stranger and more beautiful than that. the truth is that, no matter what kind of game you find yourself in, no matter how good or bad the luck, you can change your life completely with a single thought or a single act of love.
Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.
Luck is what happens to you when fate gets tired of waiting.
money
people say that money is the root of all evil. But it's not true. it's the other way round. money isn't the root of all evil. evil is the root of all money. there's no such thing as clean money. all the money in the world is dirty in some way, because there's no clean way to make it. if you get paid in money, somebody, somewhere, is suffering for it.
if we can't respect the way we earn it, money has no value. if we can't use it to make life better for our families, and loved ones, money has no purpose.
if we can't respect the way we earn it, money has no value. if we can't use it to make life better for our families, and loved ones, money has no purpose.
our greatest fear
When we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us.
what we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they're dead and gone
what we should fear and dread, of course, is that we won't stop loving them, even after they're dead and gone
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
forgiveness
it forgiveness, that makes us what we are. without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. without forgiveness, there would be no history. without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. we live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.
suffering
pain and suffering are connected, but they are not the same thing. pain can exist without suffering, and it is also possible to suffer without feeling pain.
the difference between them is this, I think: that what we learn from pain - for example, that fire burns and is dangerous - is always individual, for ourselves alone, but what we learn from suffering is what unites us as one human people. if we do not suffer with out pain then we have not learned about anything but ourselves. pain without suffering is like victory without struggle. we do not learn from it what makes us stronger or better or closer to god
suffering is exactly like happiness, but backwards. one is the mirror image of the other, and has no real meaning or existence without the other.
for example, take my hand. if I open my hand out like this, stretching the fingers and showing you the palm, or if I open my hand and put it on your shoulder, my fingers stretched out like this - that is happiness, or we may call it so for the sake of this moment. and if I curl my fingers, and close them tightly into a fist, just so, we may call that suffering. the tow gestures in appearance and in what it can do, but the hand that makes the gesture is the same. suffering is happiness backwards.
that suffering, of every kind, is always a matter of what we've lost. when we're young, we think that suffering is something that is done to us. when we get older - when the steel door slam shut, in one way or another - we know that real suffering is measured by what's taken away from us.
the difference between them is this, I think: that what we learn from pain - for example, that fire burns and is dangerous - is always individual, for ourselves alone, but what we learn from suffering is what unites us as one human people. if we do not suffer with out pain then we have not learned about anything but ourselves. pain without suffering is like victory without struggle. we do not learn from it what makes us stronger or better or closer to god
suffering is exactly like happiness, but backwards. one is the mirror image of the other, and has no real meaning or existence without the other.
for example, take my hand. if I open my hand out like this, stretching the fingers and showing you the palm, or if I open my hand and put it on your shoulder, my fingers stretched out like this - that is happiness, or we may call it so for the sake of this moment. and if I curl my fingers, and close them tightly into a fist, just so, we may call that suffering. the tow gestures in appearance and in what it can do, but the hand that makes the gesture is the same. suffering is happiness backwards.
that suffering, of every kind, is always a matter of what we've lost. when we're young, we think that suffering is something that is done to us. when we get older - when the steel door slam shut, in one way or another - we know that real suffering is measured by what's taken away from us.
the truth is...
the truth is that there are no good men, or bad men. it is the deeds that have goodness or badness in them. there are good deeds and bad deeds. men are just men - it is what they do, or refuse to do, that link them to good and evil. the truth is that an instant or real love, in the heart of anyone - the noblest man alive or the most wicked - has the whole purpose and process and meaning of life within the lotus-folds of its passion. the truth is that we are all, every one of us, every atom, every galaxy, and every particle of matter in the universe, moving towards god.
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