Friday, February 19, 2021

believe in human sanity

 what you can do

is engage in honest, caring conversation
in which you attempt to discover or invent
useful solutions
 
 
 
A commitment to loving kindness
is not about other-serving sacrifice
or any kind of personal diminution.
It is about sanity,
in the sense  of individual and
societal health.  It is far better for
us all to lean toward health rather
than violence.  Which kind of society
do you prefer, is best for you?
 
 
 
When I was young I claimed to be
asocial -- not against society, not of it.
Over time it became clear to me
I was outside, an observer, wondering
how, why, what were they thinking,
where did those ways originate?
 
 
 
Observer, even inward, imagine
nations.  Perched above too far to
focus clearly.  Patterns as stories
dance.
 
 
 
Money, a human tool to facilitate
trade, accounting, has no world
standard weights and measures.
We base its worth on successive
exchange.  It certainly ought not impede
important work for our people and
planet to be well.
 
 
 
2/15-18/21

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