Category: Short reads
Peace is simplicity
Simplicity promotes peace. Such peace is also easier to maintain because there is lesser that can go wrong. If it does, it’s easier to fix.
Short thought – 5 – peace along the pillar of fire and cloud
In reflections on peace… Fire falling from the sky, Cloud rising from the ground, The humble were concealed by the divine eye, Humiliated the face of everyone proud. A pillar of peace and justice, The work of God so appeared to guide, It freed a people from slavery and vice, That His name would…
Short thought – 4 – the bane of criticism
Crud in the eye of the mind, Sourness in the blood of the soul, The critic elaborates an idea he would find, In time he will be famous as a blind fool.
Short thought – 3 – the language of ideas
With gestures and with words, He tried to convey his thoughts. But the people he spoke with, Looked penetratingly at the light on his skin.
Short thought – 2 – the space and place of life
I saw war and I saw peace, I saw time and I saw space. I saw the needle’s tip and a strand of hair, I saw the butterfly’s wing and a hungry bear. Experiences vanish and memories cease, Man’s woes will grow as knowledge will increase.
Short thought – 1 – Public introspection on social networks
Words of a moment, Flash of an idea, Like the twinkle of a distant star, Or the breeze from a falling feather.
