Life

The Burden of Man

What is a man?
A job that you didn’t apply for
A job that you don’t take vacation
A job that hurts and breaks
A thankless job

You sacrifice your life
You sacrifice your time
You sacrifice your patience
You sacrifice your peace
And yet it’s never enough

You must learn the way of pain,
Knowing pain, you must learn quickly
Pain birth you, pain demands you
Run, fly… but no one escapes pain
Make peace; pain does not care

A man with many faces
One day you get to be angel,
Another day, you are a savage
One day you are a peacemaker,
Another day, you are trouble

A man without empathy
A man without ethics
A man who lacks economics
A man who lacks emotions
That man is not a made man

No one owes you anything
Yet, you owe your life
Yet, you owe your time
Yet, you owe your strength
To a world that keeps taking

You will understand quickly –
Pain is real
Failure is a teacher
Power is corrupt
Purpose is the only explanation

Other men have suffered before you
Other men are suffering now
Other men will suffer then
Know this, know peace
The curse of suffering continues

There is always a man out there –
Hoping to take what is yours
Wanting to use you
Open to betray you
Eager to kill you

I hope one day my young sons-
Ruled by wisdom and strength
Find meaning and their purpose
Understand the burden of a man
And survive this terrible world

Today is Today

Today drips like ripe fruit,
crushed beneath the feet of kings and beggars alike.
There are laughters—wild, like tambourines in drunken alleys.
There are cries—long, like cathedrals echoing prayers that rot.
Today is today—
no mask, no mercy.

Somewhere, a woman breathes peace into her child’s soft hair,
Elsewhere, bones rattle beneath the boots of men with metal hearts.
Freedom dances barefoot in one square—
In another, a soul is shackled for dreaming.
Today is today—
a coin flipped by invisible gods.

Each sunrise is a loaded gun—
pointed at luck, or loss.
Some sip wine with trembling lips and call it survival.
Others bleed, silently, into clean white sheets.
Today is today—
the blade and the balm.

Alive—yes, the earth still spins
in her dress of dust and fire.
Life kisses us, bites us, forgets us.
But still,
Today is today—
undeniable, holy,
and cruel as love.

The Little Guy

The little guy finds a family.
He found trouble at a young age.
He was mocked for his looks.
He was ignored as a middle child.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

He managed to attend school.
He was in pain, but no one cared.
He was ridiculed every recess.
He was bullied for being different.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

He started to become a man.
He was expected to show, but no one showed.
Adolescence caught up with him, but he was behind.
He had a gift no one wanted.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

He became the family diamond—
All bright, but no one wanted him to shine.
He was used, and only one cared.
The one who cared passed to glory.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

He became a family man.
He was working; he was adulting.
He thought he had found his heart of gold.
But all that glitters is not gold.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

He is wrestling with life—
Pain upon pain,
Distress upon distress,
Trouble upon trouble.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

The little guy hears the noise.
The little guy feels the betrayal.
The little guy knows the pain.
The little guy shows up anyway.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

The little guy is abused.
The little guy suffers.
The little guy struggles.
The little guy accepts fate.
Who is looking out for the little guy?

No one cares to hear the little guy.
No one tries to help the little guy.
No one wants to love the little guy.
No one dares to know the little guy.
No one is looking for the little guy.

The Killer

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The killer seeks pardon from death
The rapist does not want to be raped

The thief does not fancy being robbed
The judge rather not face judgment

The troll detest trolls
The rich forever feeds off the poor

The liar expects to be told the truth
Gossipers hates their gossips

The cheater abhors cheats
What if we are all selfish bastards

Then this world is lost
You can save the world

10 Things We Can All Do That Doesn’t Hurt

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The health of a nation is the wealth of nation.  It is not just physical health but our mental and moral health. There are things which cost little but go a long way to increasing our commonwealth. This has to do with our individual values and how we relate with one another. Check out these ten little things you can start doing that cost little and doesn’t hurt;

  1. It doesn’t hurt to admit you are wrong, it frees the mind to learn
  2. It doesn’t hurt to live a principled life. Enough of the mess already
  3. It doesn’t hurt to give 110% effort. The extra is stuff of the extraordinary
  4. It doesn’t hurt to complement and compliment others, it is worthwhile investment
  5. It doesn’t hurt to live within your means, that’s no 1 key to financial success
  6. It doesn’t hurt to be always set a good example, that’s your legacy
  7. It doesn’t hurt to say the truth; the truth sets you free
  8. It doesn’t hurt to take responsibility, that’s the first step to becoming a leader
  9. It doesn’t hurt to duck your pride, pride goes before fall
  10. It doesn’t hurt to help the sick and the needy, you are the real MVP.

Tapping into the Power of Compliment

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As a manager, a good compliment to your team might just save your best employees from going to the competition. As parent a real compliment can help reinforce positive behaviors in your kids. A fine compliment can help mend a broken relationship and restore hope. A true compliment to a neighbor or colleague can improve a sense of belongingness and acceptance. A timely compliment can inspire great things in others. A sincere compliment can uplift spirits and empower lost souls. A good compliment is not pride, is not flirtatious, is not artificial and it is not far-reaching for anything than admiring good traits and qualities in the other person.

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The Victory In The Storm

When there is no storm, there is no danger

Where there is no danger, there is no fear

Where there is no fear, there is no testing

Where there is no testing, there is no learning

Where there is no learning, there is no growth

Where there is no growth, there is no performance,

Where there is no performance, there is no success

Where there is no success, there is no fulfilment

Where there is no fulfilment, there is no achievement 

Where there is no achievement, there is no victory

3 Emotional Truths

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The pivotal seat of human senses is built in her emotional spectrum. The emotions each of us exhibit defines us. Our emotions flows from the sinews of our thoughts, how we process events and what we hope to either interpret, express or achieve by certain mode of actions. The concept of intelligence has recently shifted from the sole concept of academic prowess, street wisdom, technical developed skills or naturally in-grained talents; to emotional intelligence. Talent is not enough for would-be successful manager of people and life’s events. Life events can be predicted but the turn of events is a grey matter. So are people, they change, evolve and distort unannounced.

As we are all different people with different finger prints, so are our emotional configurations. We have folks with weak emotions, those with no emotions and the rest with strong emotions. Recognizing this fact helps you deal with people in different scenarios. A lot of people act on impulse while few take rational decision based on well driven thought process. This is highly impacted by each individual’s emotional configurations.

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Will History Remember?

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Veteran Anna Hoffman of New Jersey Regent. Source: sfcmac.wordpress

I once heard the parrots in a neighbor’s main lobby whisper that legacy is for the blind. I tried to reason like I always do with species beneath human best intelligence. But then, I was so furious I want to get into the discussion and have a debate like one of them “fellas”.

The unthoughtful may choose to forget, the careless care less anyways, the hardened may block reasoning, or newbies become blind to the sacrifices of past heroes but history will never forget those who fought hard for what we all enjoy even if taken for granted. Time passes all and moments speed by our notice but history will always remember those who fought hard, not the chickens. (more…)

The Essence of Beauty

“Life is beautiful”…. Yea right! You got $1million in trust fund bequeath you, a nice country house and fast car to make you say that. Well, I am not about that, I’d wish I had those niceties but not in grasp. There is more to life than what flashes the eye or looks appealing to sight. Money does not buy happiness but can create what you fancy.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Recently I have noticed that what forms my reality is not what happens around me but what happens in me. Every day as I grapple with daily pecks of life’s challenges and survival, there are damning issues of life and my very tissues respond in complex altitudes. I bother sometimes, “why do I have to react that way”, “it wasn’t that bad after all”, “if only I had tried a little patience or tenderness”. These feelings buffet me and drains me of daily dose of joy. (more…)