Think of today’s acts.
Would death taking them be bad?
Live the life you want.
Blast from the past (an aphorism):
Action is all we have until we die, so to avoid taking action is to decide to die early.
02/06/25 A New Haiku for a New Day
Category: Aphorisms
02/04/25 A New Haiku for a New Day
In the midst of the
Fire of presence is a key
For the door of life
Blast from the Past:
A cleansing fire
Out of which will grow
The mightiest of oaks
01/27/25 A New Day, A New Haiku
I hope you have the
Doubt to see your neighbor
As you see yourself
Blast from the Past:
There are many paths,
But from the peak all of them
Will take you straight down
01/20/25 A New Day, A New Haiku
I am born anew
In every tomorrow
Approaching promise
Blast from the Past:
If you press hard enough,
Things will shift,
Breaks will come
-Opportunity
01/14/25 A New Day, A New Haiku
Anyone who has
Never been perplexed will never
Become informed
Blast from the Past:
How I take simple
Questions and then making them
Now complicated
01/04/2024 Haiku for the Day
Flapping his mighty wings,
The caged eagle
Must be lonely
Blast from the Past:
Sitting on the train
Here among a crowd, we are
All in this alone
12/30/24 Daily Aphorism
Instead of a daily haiku, today I decided to write two aphorisms:
Many things would be far more interesting to see consume the world than hate.
If the world must be consumed by hate, I’d like it to be a much more interesting hate than this.
12/18/24 Haiku for the Day
Paint your daisies
Full of your philosophy.
Let its wisdom sprout.
Blast from the Past:
Move beyond these chains
Choose their illusion no more
Yearning is your key
12/15/24 Haiku for the Day
This taste of fire is
Overwhelming, but there’s still
Saliva to scold
Blast from the past:
A line of barbed wire
Divides this world and the next:
A painful crossing
This image that you see above somehow encapsulates what I was trying to say with both haikus perfectly. To me, it shows the flourishes of tasting fire I write about in the first haiku and the barbed wire divide I discuss in the second one. You can find it here (https://unsplash.com/photos/an-abstract-painting-of-a-variety-of-colors-OJ2_Tl2TVG0)
12/11/24 Haiku for the Day
Personal impacts
Are fleeting wrinkles like a
Ripple in water
Blast from the Past:
Removal from drive
Comes with the removal of
Want and connection