Monthly Archives: July 2003

On Having an Affect

Sometimes, I wish it took only these words; like a simple spell cast out in the sky that turned hard, jagged rocks to gentle birds, gave the stubborn wingless the will to fly. But “fish gotta swim, and birds gotta … Continue reading

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Full Moon

There is a soft glow to the world tonight, and the dark, dim lit streets, beseiged with rain these past three weeks, shimmer silver and bright while the clouds are wispy and on the wane. For a brief moment, between … Continue reading

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Finding the Ocean (Again)

I have looked for long hours across the bay, sensing in the coming dawn some great sign; after my simple chores are done each day, when each minute spent does not seem so fine, along the windswept shore I roam, … Continue reading

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Standards for Government Officials

What do you think of this? First: Liberality, generosity, charity. The representative should not have craving and attachment to wealth and property, but should give it away for the welfare of the people. Second: A high moral character. The representative … Continue reading

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Finding the Ocean

I have lingered long by the endless shore, voice lost to the surf, that infinite shift that pulls itself from the littered ocean floor and upon which my thoughts float free and drift; for many years I saw only the … Continue reading

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SEED THOUGHT: On Existence

Existence is a sea; man’s speech its shore; Letters its oyster-shells, pearls of the heart’s wisdom. With every wave a thousand pearls of price Scattered around, of knowledge, of imagery, New facts to grasp, conclusions fresh to draw, A thousand … Continue reading

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Seed Thought on Different Religions

One should not honour only one’s own religion and condemn the religions of others, but one should honour others’ religions for this or that reason. So doing, one helps one’s own religion to grow and renders service to the religions … Continue reading

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