do not let the noise
tempt you from the path,
veering away
from your values;
the din is distraction,
manufactured for profit,
marketed as ease,
it is downfall;
keep your focus inward,
check your mind:
is it still focused
on where you are going
the discipline to stay yourself
within the noise
will get you where
you want to be
Tag: life
Stillness
stillness,
our greatest challenge:
to stop ourselves,
allowing calm silence
to wash our souls;
we don't know how to stop,
we fear falling behind
if we give up the breakneck pace,
though this continuous racing
threatens to send us spiraling
to our own destruction;
we hunger for stillness -
it frightens us -
we're desperate for silence -
it shakes our nerve -
we think life has taught us
if we are not moving,
we're falling behind;
we don't understand:
this constant movement
is just a spinning of wheels,
getting us nowhere
Tradition
we gather
the fire pops and crackles,
children's feet patter across the floor,
muted conversations hum
interrupted by roars of laughter
at stories well told
and reminiscences well made;
bodies are stooped and straightened,
faces are lined and brightened,
time has made its marks;
nothing has changed,
everything is different,
this place is emptier,
still it bursts with love