Words of Inspiration/Aspiration

This section will contain quotes from famed and unknown writers, philosophers, regular folks and "wisdom in the wind." Each will have some commentary from me and others about its meaning. Some will likely be injected into podcasts 

"There is no need to run outside

For better seeing,

Nor to peer from a window. Rather abide

At the center of your being;

For the more you leave it, the less you learn."

– Lao Tzu,

Tao Te Ching

daddy

gb2

our fathers are men

just that

just men

once boys

some grown

some still boys

perhaps they did not know acknowledge or accept

that once they turned that age

the one the world imposes

that no one would take care of them

that they would be required

to take care of us

but how do you expect

a boy who never grew

to be a man

when no one showed him

and he was not brave enough

to become one himself

our fathers are the leaders

some lost

some strong

but just that

lost and leading us away

or strong and leading us back home

perhaps they never knew

that we followed right behind

even when we followed them

to hell

but how do you expect

a man who lost his way

or one too strong to speak

to be a guide

to be a champion

to provide

what has never been provided him

our fathers are just visions

or the tangible representatives

of life that happens round us

and to us

and through us

with only mortality

or perceived triviality

or supposed wisdom

but how can we expect

that their lives would show us secrets

to live without pain

that pain sometimes won't heal

that healing leaves a scar

perhaps we should forgive them

for being only men

some boys

some lost

some tangible representatives

some strong

and just call him

daddy---gb2