Some can't see past their own nose
Of others around they pay no heed
They take no pause, they make no note
They only care for their own needs
Their only concern is "what's in it for me"?

Others give of themselves selflessly
Constantly caring with gracious deeds
Giving away their most precious commodity -
thier time, just to make others happy
Their chief concern is "how may I serve thee"?

Now ask yourself this - which one are you?
Maybe a combination of the two?
I understand that balance is sometimes necessary
but do esteem others first and of pride be wary.....

Haiku

Far away - thunder
War is closer than we think
Trees shake in the wind.

The Cardinal paused
looked askance, then, flew far, high
now a memory.

Pathetic tableau
Man tries to be in control
of his destiny.

Life cannot be found
outside God's eternal bounds
Devil's deception.....

I wish I had no ability
to see the evil around me
When people despise or ignore me, ah
I wish I had no idea
I don't want to know good from evil
I just want to eat from the Tree of Life and be full
When people disdain and hate my very name,
I wish it didn't cause me such pain.
I wish I was like a child who
like Narciso Perez, has no clue.
I wish I could love everyone I meet
through and through
and be dead to the evil people do
I don't want to know evil anymore
in any of it's myriad forms
Oh crud, I'm whining again
too much time do I spend
complaining and dwelling on sin
But that's my life
a series of peaks and valleys
bright lights and blind alleys
ups and downs
smiles and frowns
cruise ships and galleys.....

"Fret not thyself because of evildoers"  Ps: 37:1

The pagan saints are out in force these days
that is, those who mix the Holy and profane
They go to church, they sound godly
but other gods they hear and obey
They cannot separate from the world
they are swine trampling God's pearls
But they really believe they are ok
that God is fine with their filthy ways
He will separate what they will not -
someday soon, the royal from the rot
And all will know what they don't now -
what God will and won't allow
Devils and saints should never fellowship
God rebuke these unholy relationships
and may the Holy Spirit alone
be the one they bow to and follow
All that is unclean - God will soon be removing
So carefully examine whatever it it you're doing
Don't end up being thrown out with the rest of the trash
Buy white robes and put them on fast.......

We've become like a bunch of Greek philosophers.
Instead of grabbing all that life has to offer,
we'd rather observe it than do it,
talk about others going through it.
We fake life on TV and in movies,
we watch life being parodied,
or we watch another's reality
while we sit passively.

We try so hard to capture the moment for future memories
that we fail to live up to the moment's fullest possibility.
If you take a picture to remember it
just make sure you haven't missed living it...