How much would you pay to not die?_____AKSHR

 

How much would you pay to not die?

People go through so much

pain trying to avoid pain.

The rich get richer

and the poor get shot,

but how much would

you pay to not die?

Without a home,

you might try to sleep in a bush,

and when someone comes

along with a gun,

you have to run

—because often the ones

who run are those who live.

Then maybe you end up

working at a store or something.

You move into an apartment

and keep your head down.

But then someone gets

shot over cigarettes,

right there on the street.

You find out all about this

because you’ve been watching

it for years.

So one day you decide

to buy a gun of your own.

Your mom cries when you tell her.

But she says,

"It’s not worth it, I know."

So you take the gun

and go out to get revenge.

You shoot someone

—you don't know who

—and they die.

And then you run away

and try to forget.

But it's hard to forget

when you're

running away from yourself.

AKSHR

The Grammar of Love____ AKSHR

 

The Grammar of Love

Let me this day know

Thee as Thou art,

love Thee supremely,

serve Thee wholly,

admire Thee fully. Through.

Let me this day know

Thy power and Thy purpose,

to be awed by Thee,

to give myself to Thee.

Without let me this day know

Thy wisdom, that

I may understand Thee,

and Thy goodness,

that I may praise Thee.

AKSHR

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night____ AKSHR

 

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Stab me in the heart;

once, twice, more.

For it is your own you are stabbing;

I gave you mine to hold long ago.

No pain will be greater than

you leaving with my heart

in your hands.

Rip me apart or

hold it for eternity,

in the name of love,

I give you the power.

for love and hate, for love maybe___ AKSHR

 

for love and hate, for love maybe

Although Math can't teach us

how to add love or minus hate,

it teaches us that

every problem has a solution

although it may not be an equation.

Without knowing how to

subtract hate or add love,

we're left with a mystery.

Therefore, we can't solve

the problem of war and hatred.

And if there's no solution,

then we don't have any value at all.

AKSHR

Crossing the River____ AKSHR

 

Crossing the River

Although Math can't teach us

how to add love or minus hate,

it teaches us

that every problem has a solution

and that every solution is

an answer to a different problem.

Today, I'm going to cross the river.

The air is clear and cold,

and there's a piece of

moonlight on the water.

Even though no one's around

when I arrive,

it doesn't take long before

I've found

a group of people eager to

get across the river with me.

It only takes five minutes

to find out what we all want.

Two couples want to be together,

one pair wants space,

one person needs some time alone.

I write it down in my notebook;

this will be a problem for another day:

how do you gather people

who are so determined not to

have anything in common?

AKSHR

Anywhere in the world ___ AKSHR

Anywhere in the world

Searching for that big

happy moment in life,

how many special little

moments we let pass us by?

How many of these

moments are the same,

and how can we make them different?

I think of the ones

I want over and over again,

but they never happen.

I know that's pathetic,

but it's true.

I don't think

I'm unique in that regard.

And if we do find one we like

—maybe it takes us a while—

we're always afraid to

let go of it because

we're afraid

we'll lose everything else;

then what would be left?

But maybe it's just life.

Maybe that's all there is.

Maybe when you get older,

happy moments stop happening,

or maybe you've just

lost sight of them because

your mind has changed.

Maybe when you're young

and in love or at a play

or listening to music

or sailing on a boat,

you're happy,

and then you grow up.

Maybe that's all there is.

AKSHR

The Moment Before Time ____ AKSHR

 

The Moment Before Time

Searching for that big

happy moment in life,

how many special little

moments we let pass us by?

Not because we don’t

recognize them, but because

we do.

We let the mundane crush us.

The smog of

daily existence

suffocates our senses.

We crave a moment

that pierces through

that veil of fog

that clouds our vision,

that sees straight to the heart

of things and illuminates.

That is the moment before time.

AKSHR

The Road Not Taken____AKSHR

The Road Not Taken

Searching for that

big happy moment in life,

how many special little

moments we let pass us by?

The sun is bright,

the sky blue,

we are in love

and we walk to the beach.

Overhead a gull cries out.

Without thinking I look up,

and there it is: a seal

far out at sea,

smooth as glass against the waves.

He sees us watching him

and raises his head to the sun.

Off in the distance I can

hear children laughing;

they’re at play.

I take my shirt off,

you take yours off,

we dive into the ocean.

The water is cold

but it doesn’t matter.

It feels good to swim together.

We don’t know how long

we stay under water

but when we surface

the gull still cries overhead

and there is no one else

on the beach.

AKSHR

Your People ____ AKSHR

Your People

Business is the art of extracting

money from another man’s pocket

without resorting to violence.

Without it, you will be left

with only the latter.

The former is the one

that requires skill.

Your people are your greatest asset,

so long as they remain in your pocket.

They also know when to let go.

They are there for you when you need them;

they’re not there for you

when you don’t.

You can trust them because if

you die and leave them something,

they still won’t forget the rest of their family.

AKSHR

Business is the art of extracting money ......

 

Business is the art of extracting money

Business is the art of extracting

money from another man’s pocket

without resorting to violence.

Hence, business is not a

separate entity from violence;

it is merely a more civil

form of violence.

-Andrew M. Greeley (1926-2013)

The Tree____AKSHR

 

The Tree

Our eyes are placed in front

because it is more important

to look ahead than look back.

AKSHR

A conference on the eyes are placed in front not back ____AKSHR

 

A conference on the eyes are placed in front not back

Our eyes are placed in front

because it is more important

to look ahead than look back.

Without looking back,

one can move forward.

Without looking back,

we can see what is in front of us.

Without looking back

we can meet our own expectations

and the expectations of others.

Without looking back

we can find our way in the dark.

Without looking back

we can move forward.

The eyes are in front not back

because it is more important

to look ahead than look back.

Without looking back,

one can move forward.

Without looking back,

we can see what is in front of us.

Without looking back

we can meet our own expectations

and the expectations of others.

Without looking back

we can find our way in the dark.

Without looking back

we can move forward.

AKSHR