We all know:  A door shuts, another opens.  Death, then life.  And when we give birth to our dreams/aspirations, do we kill our humanity/compassion?  Our ethics/kindness?  Something must die, and we’ve seen those that choose this route. I like those things, so instead I choose to kill off my complacency/ignorance, my cravings/self-deceptions. The latter is, in my…

“Harmony/The Middle Way”:  Is it a stodgy, nagging finger that prudishly wags at us, defining a point between two extremes?  A point which becomes extreme in and of itself as society slides one way or the other? No, it’s more an aqueous state of spirit, like Batman as he runs along a tightrope, dodging a…

I have hopped/skipped on the archipelago of established ideals, only to watch the ocean of life rise and consume each one; every ideal can be made false by the right circumstance. Eventually I realized the highest calling in life:  To figure things out for myself.