What blocks happiness?
When caught in the thinking mind,
Regretting your Past.
What blocks happiness?
When caught in the thinking mind,
Seeking the Future.
(More from Ezra Bayda in Beyond Happiness)
I've been writing Haiku poems for decades but, with rare exception, they've been hiding in old journals and notebooks. As I "dig" them out (and write new ones), I'll post them on this blog along with a few longer poems. During 2011, I challenged myself to write at least one haiku poem a day to post on the blog. And I did.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Accept Others (and Yourself)
Where do we all end?
Death -- the great equalizer.
Get over ourselves!
(Reading Guy Kawasaki's Enchantment, The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions)
Death -- the great equalizer.
Get over ourselves!
(Reading Guy Kawasaki's Enchantment, The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Are You Happy?
What is happiness?
It's not what you are feeling,
Nor is it a goal.
Happiness starts with
generosity of heart,
And being present.
(Reading Ezra Bayda's Beyond Happiness)
It's not what you are feeling,
Nor is it a goal.
Happiness starts with
generosity of heart,
And being present.
(Reading Ezra Bayda's Beyond Happiness)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Little Boys on a Mission
My first boyhood friend
recalled childhood memories
I had forgotten.
At the age of four,
determined to get cookies,
Two boys ran to Grandma's.
Going the wrong way,
They didn't get to Grandma's,
Neighbors caught them first.
What were they thinking?
Just to get Grandma's cookies,
Boys know what they want!
How were they punished?
To your room without dinner,
Which Mom brought later.
After sixty years,
Two "old boys" eat their dinner,
Thinking of cookies.
recalled childhood memories
I had forgotten.
At the age of four,
determined to get cookies,
Two boys ran to Grandma's.
Going the wrong way,
They didn't get to Grandma's,
Neighbors caught them first.
What were they thinking?
Just to get Grandma's cookies,
Boys know what they want!
How were they punished?
To your room without dinner,
Which Mom brought later.
After sixty years,
Two "old boys" eat their dinner,
Thinking of cookies.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Tyranny of Time - III
What's left? "The present."
The present moment is now,
That instant of "now."
(Note: See the last two haiku for reference)
The present moment is now,
That instant of "now."
(Note: See the last two haiku for reference)
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