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-July 14, 2023 -372
“I wished to live deliberately,
To front only the essential facts of life,
And see if I could not learn
What it had to teach.” -Henry David Thoreau
I’m prudent,
I’m patient with observing everything
Before my eyes,
In my mind.
The truth, the voice
The real things,
Are they linked?
Do they make any sense?
I respect any qualm in me,
I respect any qualm in anybody,
Because that seems the essential thing
At the moment, when we decide anything.
That’s the thing
Life has to offer,
Based on our unique history,
That’s the underlying lesson.
The truth to be discovered
The lesson to learn and to understand,
What’s happening
Around me.
The appearance is nothing,
It only misleads,
The essential thing is in the mind
The thought I’m having.
