Poetry

[haqiqu]

Here's one that I found interesting:

Not what you have, but what you use;
Not what you see, but what you choose;
Not what seems fair, but what is true;
Not what you dream, but what you do;
Not what you take, but what you give;
Not as you pray, but as you live;
These are the things that mar or bless,
the sum of human happiness.
-Author unknown

Be well,
Kensanwa

Kensanwa, Thanks for this poem. It's easy rhythm and rhyme go great with the great truths it expresses. At least, that's why it appeals to me.

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Here is one from an early wanderer. Walt Whitman was ahead of his time.


This is what you should do

This is what you should do:
Love the earth and sun and animals,
despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,
stand up for the stupid and crazy,
devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants,
argue not concerning God,
have patience and indulgence toward the people...
reexamine all you have been told in school or church or in any book,
dismiss what insults your very soul,
and your flesh shall become a great poem.

~ Walt Whitman ~

(Excert from Preface to 1855 edition, Leaves of Grass)