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Poems

Morning Mantra

With power, come to life.
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With Purpose, give it meaning.
With principles, draw the line.
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With Organization, gain structure.
With observation, seize the initiative.
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With Wisdom, express Choice.
With wit, adapt to change.
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With Efficient Effort, Ease the Way.
With effective Action, mark the way.
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With Resolve, Arc around Obstacles.
With resources, fuel the POWER.

Establish PEACE

Establish PEACE through
P osture
E mo-sameness (equanimity)
A ttention
C omposure
E legance

Maintain PEACE

Maintain PEACE with
P assion tamed
E motions tutored
A nger deflated
C ravings moderated
E nergy regulated

_ lerina

P assion: A decision - not a feeling.
E motion: A tool - not a reason.
A nger: It will flare - fan it not.
C ravings: A reward - keep it scarce.
E nergy: The only one true currency.

Perseverance: relentless tenacity

The Tide.

Sometimes low, sometimes high.
May be Strong, may be shy.

May give-in, but not give-up.
Retracted yet buildup.

Stand mighty yet foamless.
Be humble yet peerless.

Formless, still,
yet still …

The Tide.

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Have a purpose. Don’t cling to it.
Don’t resist obstacles. Flow with it.
Adapt, retarget or reboot. Grow with it.
Untatered to results, step on it. through the process
full growth is possible.

Have a Purpose. Dont force it.
Dont cling to it.

Have Goals. Don’t resist obstacles
Flow with it.

Adapt, Retarget or Reboot
Grow from the process
non-attached to the result.

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42. Wishing for what cannot be,
we sacrifice what is.

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43. The courage of the brave
is to dare it's devils.

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13. The meaning of life is to give it meaning. 

The way of the Malagasy

Happiness is not an outcome; its a process.
The unskilled longs for  *The Pursuit of happiness*,
The wise enjoy  *The happiness of pursuit*.

39. Generation after generation
we all bring our contribution
and cheer the edification
of artificial division.
This we call culture.
Our idea of past, present and future.
Our burden to carry, our duty to nurture.
However, how deep de divide remains up to us!

18. No justice without order,
no order without justice.
For it's just a matter of time,
for one to falter without the other.

Partner

Embracing comfort,
dances in my head.
Urging to depart,
my taking for granted ...
The blissfull feeling;
that of your being
friend, accomplice, partner
in our journey of life.

Of Fools and Love

Only fools rely solely on Love
as their mate in married life.
For love dwindles and rekindles
akin to a fire that feed that passion.
Loyalty to the partnership is the key agent
overtime, that binds two as one.

41. One cannot program those they love
to be what they are not.
Why then ... the frustration
when divergence arise?

TBA

Unsure, still searching
life's choices without number.
(Alas! Time runs, runs ...)
Alas! Tic, toc, tic ...

Arrow

Days expire victim of fleeting time.
So easy the trek, escapade into the future,
forbidding the way back to the beginings

the map

What kind of map is it, that traces the path travelled
but never the trail back?
Life's road map.

Time

Riding the wave of time,
Destination nowhere.
Feel the relentless tide,
Pulling deeper into the sea.

127.0.0.1

Not contented with Love and Shelter,
we look elsewhere for status and respect.
Forever captive of the past,
without hope to match,
the compfort of ... home.

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19. Cherish the past, cling not to it.
Build the future, dwell not in it.

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15. The fly looking back,
cannot see the lizard.
Glop!

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36. The most insidious poisons
are coated with sugar

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29. Blind conformity is no virtue.
However great, `tradition` is not static.
For culture is just a circumstantial expression
of a given time and place.
Hence `loyalty` is our only lasting anchor to Humanity.

23. Adapt before you Adopt