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In aphorism, poetry, proverb on 20191230 at 23:55
Those who share, have something to give.
Those who share not, have nothing.
The fool will not look.
The lay cannot see.
The intellect will look.
The wise see.
Ear plugs made of ego, make the fool.
The wise prune the dead limbs by choice.
The fool go out on dead limb and prune by accident.
The fool cannibalizes their soul to feed their ego.
If there is no self-accountability given, there is no responsibility taken.
Ego is a gift held by fools and a burden lost by the wise.
A bully has back-up to compensate for an ego that otherwise has no defense.
The fool bystander fears the aggressor only when they have personal profit to gain.
I See You
Without your makeup
Without your muscles
With the bags under your eyes
With the softness in your thighs,
I see you.
Without your stoic self
Without your unapologetic self
With your hidden tears
With your vulnerable self,
I see you.
Past the violence you commit
For the harm you deny
Past the wall you have built
For the fear you feed,
I see you.
Beyond the smoke you toke
Beyond the drink you take
Through pain that feigns laughter
Though uncertainty that belies confidence,
I see you.
Despite your failures
Not in spite of your successes
So busy with accomplishments
So boastful of your efforts,
I see you
As the tender soul
As the terrified one
Who strives without
Who struggles onward,
I see you.
Never with an apology
Ever with the denial
Hardly the recognition
Rarely the action,
I see you.
For the day shall come
Only after the night concedes
With only the hope that
you’ll see another, too.
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In aphorism, proverb on 20140319 at 21:43
How we handle a present failing is more crucial to determining a future success than is the incidence of the failure itself.
Every incidence of failure is given an opportunity for redemption, and that depends on whether we let it stop us or whether we bow to it or allow it to inspire a change within us.
A present failing is often but a perceived failing.
A failing offers but an opportunity to try again with informed experience behind us.
To loosen one’s grip is not necessarily to lose one’s grip.
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In aphorism, tale on 20140226 at 11:06
《What Is, What Wills》
Once upon the deep, dwelled two pairs of seafaring lovers.
Both lived rather normal lives aboard their ships on the sea, full of ups and downs, as anyone would expect to see upon the sea.
On calm seas, both pairs made love with the illimitable passion of lovers held at bay.
But the sky does what a sky wills, and so oft brewed blackened clouds with the inevitable unknown beyond. It was in these times that the difference between the lovemakers was never more lucid.
For when the storms blew in, as only a fool could deny the inevitability of, the seasoned couple ceased their lovemaking, wisely understanding their lovemaking to be powerless against warding off the mighty storm. To them, worry was a more worthy and more rewarding charm.
The other couple continued to make love like only reckless lovers knew, much to the chagrin of the other lovers. And it was true that the lovers’ lovemaking did nary a thing to make the storm go away, to shorten the waves, or to lessen the impact.
Also true was it, that the cessation of the other lovers’ lovemaking neither did anything to encourage the passing of the storm.
For a truth is a truth as is a sail a sail. Wisdom lies in wielding a truth, not simply holding a truth.
For in the end, to the common eye, it was plain to see that lovemaking -and its lack thereof- had absolutely nary a thing to do with the coming of the storm, the size of the storm, nor the passing of the storm.
With the passing of a storm, what remained for the eye to see was but two sets of lovers at sea and two kinds of love as they so fit to see.
One, a weakened bond of fair weather lovers, who made love only when the sea was calm, losing only the opportunity to love each other through and so weather a storm together.
The other, a strengthened bond between the lovers, who made love without regard to a storm (or was it very much with regard to the storm?), losing only themselves in each other whether or not came the weather.
For a storm is what only a storm wills, and love is only what love wills.
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In aphorism, proverb, question, quote, rumination on 20121024 at 23:57
To screw the system so as to save yourself, or to screw yourself so as to save the system? Says 91+ years of wisdom, without hesitation, “Screw the system [and save yourself.” For a broken system is not often a system worth saving, and by saving yourself, you will more importantly reinvent the system anew. Lo, the system worth saving may ask for your sacrifice, but never to screw yourself. Not ever.
Condone a system or create a system.
Words of wisdom are easier philosophized than realized.
It isn’t for fear of the unknown that we fear death, it is for fear of losing the present that we fear not living.
The Uneducated and the Ignorant are beasts of two different orders.
Order ranks below class.
Constructive criticism is a compliment to the wise, a complaint to the fool.
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In aphorism, proverb on 20110714 at 19:20
The fool live an illusion; the wise live a dream.
The fool fear only what he will lose by sharing, not realizing what is to be gained by giving.
The fool fear loss and so do not share, do not give, and so too, have no room to receive. The wise lose fear and so share, give freely, and so too, are unburdened and able to receive.
It is impossible to hold both compassion and anger in the same heart.
It takes but two to create a movement: one to start it, another to follow it.
For every seed that sprouts, the earth is never more the same.
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In aphorism, proverb on 20110704 at 10:20
The fool prematurely kills off the sickly plant that simply needed pruning, watering, and nurturing.
The fool sooner pulls a seedling than waters it, fearing it a weed and too impatient to find it a rose.
Prune the rose bush back to the ground, and watch her grow back stronger and more beautiful yet.
To avenge is to have mercy on; to ignore is to torture.
A mountain without a valley is but an elevated plain.
A mountain is born of its valley.
Remove choice from others and bear responsibility alone.
A single grain of sand weathers the beating of the entire ocean.
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In aphorism, poetry, proverb on 20110301 at 20:15
To satisfy an urge is elementary; to create desire is the grail.
To meet demand is rudimentary; to create demand is legendary.
A confession made to another is not without an admission made first to the self.
Words read, speak to the imagination;
Thoughts spoken, touch the heart;
Feelings expressed, define the voice.
An epiphany is a revelation of sight to the seeking.
The opposite of fragrant is not foul, but insipid.
A stone is but a jewel’s throw away; a jewel is but a stone’s throw away.
The fool keep the stone and so lose the jewel.
Covetous is cowardice.
A star shines despite the hour or the audience.
The heart transcends
a thousand places, lo, the feet occupy
but one.
The quantifiable may be counted, but lack opposites; the qualifiable possess opposites, but are not to be counted.
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In aphorism, chinese, proverb on 20110206 at 11:57
Tis better to let go than to lose. 扔不如送。
The scab that bleeds has yet to heal.
Fear bears preconceptions, breeds misunderstanding.
To only eat and sleep is more tiresome than to exercise. 光吃光睡比锻炼还要累。
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In aphorism, proverb on 20110127 at 20:06
The door that never opens is not a door; with hinges rendered useless, it is but a wall.
The two-faced, ever with a spare, are destined to lose face.
If art is an expression of reality, perception is an interpretation of reality.
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In aphorism, proverb, rumination on 20110119 at 12:49
Courage, not without the goading of desperation.
There are but two ways to display power: the power we give, the power we lose.
《On the Mathematics of Power》
The power of negation is seen in the struggle for power.
The power of subtraction is seen in the misuse of power.
The power of addition is seen in the joining of power.
The power of multiplication is seen in the giving of power.
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