Placing the 'I' in Perception
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Congratulations to all those participating in The Olympics. Only a fool would deny that it isn’t about winning and losing, just as only a fool would dare suggest it’s all about winning and losing; it’s the taking part that really counts, just being there.
Much the same might well be said of life; it’s the being here that counts and giving it our best shot in whatever ways we can. So, some of us may fall short of the proverbial mark, so what mark might that be and who’s to say who put it there? Everyone will have an opinion, of course, and a world turning on opinions is healthy enough... until those opinions proceed to sow seeds of discontent, even aggression, doing more harm than good.
As I have asked on the blogs time and again, whatever happened to agreeing to differ?.
PARENT to CHILD: Why does it always have to be why this and why that with you? Why can't you just do as you're told?
CHILD (shrugs) Because...
PLACING THE ‘I’ IN PERCEPTION
I
have winged the world
by
day and night, let its beating heart
move
us, now to such tears
of
pain as embracing life forces can bring,
now
for such years of joy
as
teach the heart to sing in finest hours
of
a personal space left free
to
follow mind-body-spirit whenever inspired
by
soulful prose and poetry
I
have sailed angry seas,
skimming
waves incited to wreak havoc
among
such creatures
great
and small as dwell below, swim above,
or
simply seek to cool
the
heat of such everyday anxiety as likely
to
attack humanity
at
its every twist and turn as it seeks to do or die
in
its quest to answer – why?
By
what human right do we
outlaw
and deplore what we cannot share,
for
wont of persuasion
or
inclination of mind-body-spirit to enter into
for
reasons sound and true,
while
bringing the full force of judgement
on
any who refuse to comply
with
aspects of human behaviour most favoured by
this
community, that society?
Why
do religions persist
with
agendas that deny human beings a right
to
embrace as free a spirit
as
gave us birth, let us bond with Earth’s
seas
and skies, trees and flowers,
birds
and beasts, encouraging such inner sight
as
can penetrate surfaces
considered
plain, even ugly, for left running scared
of
all its formative years foretold?
Life
is life, death is death,
such
is the way of all creatures great and small,
though
human perceptions vary;
similarly,
love is love in whatever shape or form,
nor
ours to condemn
for
its appealing neither to religious dogma
nor
personal agenda,
but
deserving thanks for sharing such fine showpieces
as
wing eternal in its You-Me-Us
Copyright
R. N. Taber 2021
Labels: bigotry, global consciousness, human nature, Human Rights, human spirit, life forces, life forms, love, mutual respect, perception, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, prejudice, self awareness
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