LETTERS TO STRANGERS
...WORDS I HAVE POSTED PUBLICALLY IN VARIOUS PLACES IN RESPONSE TO OTHERS WORDS...
...a friend is a stranger waiting to be met...
WAKING SPIRITS
THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE...
LETTERS TO STRANGERS
...WORDS I HAVE POSTED PUBLICALLY IN VARIOUS PLACES IN RESPONSE TO OTHERS WORDS...
...a friend is a stranger waiting to be met...
WAKING SPIRITS
January 3, 2000
>Some people will find it amazing
>that people simply cannot get along.
>
>It is true that people of different polarities
>and values cannot - there is no common bridge
>to meet in the middle, no understanding.
>
>The world is not simply black or white,
>but that of a multi-dimensional colour
>of all different hues.
>And even in the black or white
>there are still variations there,
>of even more blacks and whites.
>
>When you think about the real wars
>in the real world - you wonder how people
>can hate each other so much
>to wipe each other out.
>Where has morals and values gone?
>Did it all begin with the one dispute
>that escalated upon each other
>into a tide of war?
>
>It is helpful to see growing trends
>or trends that lead to nowhere.
>Why is the world such a mess,
>why are drugs still with us -
>smoking, drinking and marijuana
>all lead down the same path,
>to self destruction.
>
>You can see it in people
>where a bad boy grows into a ruffian
>Where did it begin?
>Why did it begin?
>Could it have been stopped long ago,
>the path to self destruction?
>
>Freewill is here,
>everyday we exercise it.
>Life is made of it.
>So many choices
>to choose.
>
>I would choose
>peace within my soul.
>Not one dependent on drugs
>to help me live,
>but a real peace
>designed to last,
>that no one can disturb
>no one can touch,
>and that peace
>is the spirit in me.
>I touch it
>to live.
>
>And so,
>my words are designed
>to touch other people's spirits,
>to wake theirs up
>to see how intelligent it is.
>Our spirit is our self,
>live and let live.
and a wise spirit you express here...
the child in me finds it amazing
that people will not get along
for it is free will
it is a choice
and to choose not to get along
is to choose to invade one's own peace
and corrupt one's own soul
with negativity
letting external values
and another person
control you
reacting
instead of doing what is in the heart
retaliating
instead of doing what brings peace
until one starts looking for faults
and reasons to fight
instead of looking for good
and love's guiding light
the child in me will not understand
why one would choose this path
when the path of peace
is right there next to it...
honest love, ric
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