Tom's Monday Morning Poetry!

Good morning all,

Easter is such a lovely time. A nice little religious holiday that is needed by all. That is what we must remember about this time. It is a religious holiday. So, if you are of the Christian faith, it is religious to you.

So, what I would like to do is emulate our esteemed politicians. Instead of crossing the parliamentary floor and joining another party, why not change your religion for the sake of other religions’ religious days. You would have to be tactical about this though: you can’t stick to one religion for too long. There are 43 religious holidays in a calendar year. Add to his amount the other public holidays and the total could make this tactic worthwhile.

Here’s a thought: use it, don’t use it.

We humans tease ourselves to distraction. We live the daily grind and delude ourselves that we are happy with the hand we have dealt ourselves.

Yes: we delude ourselves that we are happy with the hand that we have dealt ourselves.

What rot.

There is a tool that God gives us that none of us use to its full potential: the mind. Not the brain. Not intellect. Not the gift of thought. The mind. We each possess limitless potential: it’s not our minds that limit us, it’s we that limit our minds. When we limit our minds, we limit ourselves.

Think about this when you are going about your daily business. How much better could you be if you opened your mind?


Here’s another passage out of the Lao Tzu:

If we stop looking for ‘persons of superior morality’ to put into power, there will be no more jealousies among the people. If we cease to set store by products that are hard to get, there will be no more thieves. If the people never see such things as excite desire, their hearts will remain placid and undisturbed. Therefore the Sage rules

By emptying their hearts
And filling their bellies,
Weakening their intelligence
And toughening their sinews
Ever striving to make the people knowlegeless
And desireless.

Indeed he sees to it that if there be any who have knowledge, they dare not interfere. Yet through his actionless activity all things are duly regulated.

As the advert says, it makes you think, doesn’t it?

Tootle pip,
Thomas