Category: Philosophy

Things become sweeter….

Good morning friends,

You can say with courtesy and tact,
What would be the most distasteful fact.
You can be sure,
That with your manner mature,
Palatable would be its impact.

It is not entirely the subject,
That has the adverse effect,
But the way in which you convey,
Can either cause dismay,
Or can be viewed as manners perfect.

So, for others let’s show consideration,
Our speech shouldn’t cause consternation.
It should bring out in others the best,
They should feel assured and blest,
Rather than full of rage and frustration.

….when you say them with tact and courtesy.

Let’s be thankful for even those things….

We often take for granted,
All the things that come to us each day.
Very rarely we are disenchanted,
That things don’t come our way.
And yet gratefulness we never show.
We only bemoan if they reach us slow.

One has to imagine life without them,
To realise, in our life, their value.
We don’t give a thought how they come,
And how what we wanted God knew.
Let’s just show some gratitude to God,
If not actually pause, stand and applaud.

….even those things that come to us regularly each day.

Behold God’s world’s beauty….

Good morning friends,

World is as beautiful as the way you see,
For sighting beauty your heart is the key.
There is no charge to see things that are lovely.
Most of the beauty comes to us free.

God is the greatest painter we’ve seen,
No one can paint His type of dynamic scene.
One minute it is joyous and exuberant,
The next it is totally calm and serene.

Then there are endless shades and hues,
Greens, yellows, reds and blues.
You look at one, then you look at another,
You don’t know which to ignore and which to choose.

Of course you can’t see beauty with just your eyes,
You would use your heart if you are wise.
Those who don’t, they miss the sheer delight,
The others? Well, they often feast on God’s surprise.

….with your heart.

It is not just a figure of speech….

Good morning friends,

Next time when you fall sick,
And they ask you what’s wrong;
Tell them it is healing quick,
And to get well won’t be long.
You’ll be surprised what it does to you,
Your wish quickly comes through.

If misfortune ever visits you,
Try not to give in to despair;
When it sees you made no ado,
It prepares to go elsewhere.
Positive thinking makes things brighter,
You emerge as a courageous fighter.

Next time when you don’t get success,
Even after, for it, you worked hard.
Try not to give in to the stress,
And see that you come out unscarred.
Remember, you can’t always succeed,
But defeat you don’t have to concede.

The one you trusted had you deceived,
How must you react to the unexpected?
Don’t curse yourself that you believed,
And finally don’t ever feel rejected.
Think of it as the other’s loss,
No one would respect a double-cross.

….it is really effective recourse.

Of all our powers that lie wasted….

Good morning friends….

Of all the powers God gave mankind,
We use power to forgive the least.
He gave us a chance to leave unpleasantness behind,
And say goodbye to becoming a beast.

When we forgive we cleanse our soul,
And brighten the remaining days of life.
Life and us get back to being in control,
We simply cut out useless strife.

Forgiving always makes one stronger,
A pall of gloom gets lifted.
One decides not to suffer any longer,
And become extraordinarily gifted.

Anyway you look at it, it’s a powerful tool,
But surprisingly not many want to try.
It is like giving wings to a fool,
But he doesn’t want to fly.

Forgive your detractors and pray for them,
And lo, you find your wish is granted.
To the feeling of revenge don’t ever succumb,
It harms you more and is totally unwanted.

….the least used is power to forgive.

Good intentions and sincere efforts….

Good morning friends,

‘Intention’ and ‘Effort’ have great meaning hidden,
You discover it if you don’t meet with success.
People don’t take you to task why you didn’t,
If using these words you sincerely express:
“I put in best efforts and my intentions were right,
I am sorry it didn’t come out alright.”

No doubt sincere efforts and good intentions,
Are the stuff everyone appreciates.
About success and winning no one has apprehensions,
As history, time and again, so ably demonstrates.
Hence, in getting these right we should exult,
And leave to God the final result.

It is not always that efforts would bear fruit,
There are so many things beyond our hand.
In any case we deal in relative and not absolute.
We should leave things to Him we don’t understand.
With clear conscience let’s put in our best,
And then leave to God to do the rest.

….shall always be rewarded.

Thank God….

Good morning friends,

Since the universe appears to be in order,
With very little exceptions and aberrations.
One may assume everything would be in disorder,
Unless someone or some force controls the operations.

That force or someone must be in command,
And ensure for everyone and everything there is some rule.
So that things and people must run as planned,
And yet that someone must love and not be cruel.

That someone must never sleep or rest,
And remain forever in command or control.
That someone must listen to each and every request
And must define each and every being’s role.

Now can you think of anyone better than God,
To do all this without pause or break?
And then see to it that nothing is ever flawed,
And there is no room for error or mistake.

….He is in control.

A gentleman is a gentleman….

Good morning friends,

If you have to deal with someone very rude,
Do you try to face him with conduct equally crude?
Or do you as a general rule,
Keep your balance, and cool,
And deal with him at your and not his aptitude?

If another’s conduct can make you forget your own,
And your behaviour mirrors what you often bemoan;
Then don’t pretend to be what you ain’t,
A gentleman or even a saint,
Your own cover you would have easily blown.

A gentleman is one in all possible situations,
He doesn’t publicly display his frustrations.
When dealing with someone rude,
He still tries to be kind and good,
And especially avoids counter allegations.

Gentlemanliness is a strength and not a weakness,
It’s polished behaviour is not to be taken as meekness.
A gentleman takes in his stride,
All conduct that is snide.
And that is precisely his distinctive uniqueness.

….with all the people and at all the times.

You can see and have God…

Good morning friends,

Even though God has no birthday or end,
The idea of God sees changes as it must.
It has kept pace with the modern trend,
And has emerged as a concept most robust.
The core idea of God remains intact:
God is not just an idea but is a fact.

Hence, in keeping with modern times* I propose,
That God not belong to just a few but to everyone.
Not just sages who lived in caves and wore saffron clothes.
Who was hard to please and harder to be won.
Let’s just think of God as a friend,
Upon whom you can always depend.

You won’t have to go to a mountain or stand on your head,
To somehow obtain Him as Lifetime Achievement.
Live forever with Him, wake up and go to bed,
Let Him be present in happiness and bereavement.
Let Him not be seated on a throne,
Sit with Him and don’t leave Him alone.

Include Him in when taking Selfies or pictures,
Take Him for a swim and go with Him for a run.
Don’t always quote about Him some verse from the scriptures.
Let God be a daily joy, let God be everyday fun.
“God, I won’t merge with you on my dying day;
I have you as constant companion every moment of everyday.”

*Modern times: Things which were meant for a few are now easily accessible by the masses; eg, photography and publishing.

…any which way you choose to.

Take your time ascertaining facts…

Good morning friends,

I am not amused anymore,
To see people having different views of the same thing.
I recall some facts about which we once swore,
And now no credibility on the table they bring.
Different people, different times, different situations,
Can lend to most things different interpretations.

My experience is that even ‘facts’ do change,
Something that we thought only to fiction.
Now I no longer find it rare and strange,
That I only imagined what I was sure was conviction.
I now keep for errors a margin,
Something that earlier I could never imagine.

With better knowledge I am not so sure as I once was,
I have now the humility that I lacked.
Now I listen, weigh it in my mind and pause,
Before I declare anything as ‘truth’ or ‘fact’.
There is a thin line separating facts from illusion,
Hence take your time before jumping to conclusion.

….things are often different from what they appear to be.

A Complex is actually very Simple indeed….

Good morning friends,

A ‘Complex’ is really very simple indeed,
You’re thinking too much of people around.
One way in which, of it, you can be freed,
Is if love for yourself you have found.
Everyone has some unique talent,
Find yours and you can become gallant.

Inferiority and Superiority are main complexes,
Actually the origin of both is the same.
Both are well entrenched into our reflexes,
Both eventually lead to feeling of shame.
If you try to focus on yourself,
You can put both these on the shelf.

God has made each one of us as important,
Neither more in comparison nor less.
There is no cause for us to feel unimportant,
Or with our supremacy try to impress.
Believe that God made each of us,
There is no minus, there is no plus.

It also gives us a chance to learn from others,
All of them are created by the same God.
All are our own sisters and brothers,
No one is perfect no one is totally flawed.
Trust in God makes you rid your complex,
Trust in God makes you stay at the apex. 

….you are thinking too much of others.

Losing an argument is very small….

Good morning friends,

Afraid of losing an argument?
Remember, it’s not such a great deal.
Why give yourself a punishment,
By trying to go through the ordeal.
Those who adore you will always do so,
By losing an argument their respect you don’t forego.

No one can be right all the time,
It takes greatness to accept an error.
To lose an argument is no great crime.
You don’t have to fill the other with terror.
When you allow the other party to win,
Your journey to greatness you begin.

In the long run you’ll see the other is the loser,
For you would have learnt many a new thing.
You would have lost if you were the abuser,
Or had to only your view continued to cling.
A speaker never learns as much,
That a listener can learn as such.

What matters is whether you earned or lost respect,
Whilst avoiding to be seen as a fool.
No one cares whether you are proved correct.
But they notice if you actually lost your cool.
An argument is a very small thing to lose,
But to lose dignity don’t ever choose.

….in comparison to losing dignity.

What if God hadn’t created Love?

Good morning friends,

What if God hadn’t created Love,
And we were to dissipate even more time on War?
We would have made extinct the bird called Dove,
And replaced it with the fiercest dinosaur.
The expression “until we meet again”,
Would have been replaced with “until we beat again.”

Everyone would be suspicious of all the others,
No one would be prepared for a sacrifice.
No one would have heard of dads, moms, sisters and brothers,
Everything would’ve been sold for a price.
“Sealed with a kiss” won’t stick,
It’d probably be, “Sealed with a kick.”

No one would stop to think of God, the Creator,
It would have been probably God, the Destroyer,
He would have assumed the role of a dictator,
Specialising in becoming a super annoyer.
The world would have ended with Big Bang,
Sermon on the Mount would be a harangue.

What a scary scenario, you must think,
Everyone living on Earth as if in Hell,
Everyone plotting to kill and hoodwink,
There would be no music, only death knell.
Love, to prevent this nightmare,
Love, and don’t fall prey to this scare.

But God Himself is Love.

Is God just a concept?

Let’s (just for argument) think of God as just a concept,
Well, it is the best we have ever conceived.
For eons in its warmth and safety we are kept.
It has helped all those who believed.
This is the best thing I love about God,
Even as an idea it is not flawed.

Any which way you look at it,
Both God and His concept are great.
Thanks to either, our life’s path is lit,
It is not even worth having a debate.
If you believe, you are never at a loss.
If you don’t, you are not put on a cross.

Even if you think of Him or It as a Force,
It is still worth have It in your mind,
Someone must have been all universe’s source,
Someone must have been the origin of mankind.
Let’s say everything was self created,
And God we have wrongly celebrated.

It has taught people to be loving and good,
Has that done mankind any wrong?
Thousands of evils the world withstood,
People have rejoiced that to God they belong.
God, thank you for being there for us,
And your idea for those who debate and discuss.

No, but even as a concept, it is good.

Unable to cope with changed circumstances?

Good morning friends,

When circumstances around you have changed,
And newer forces against you are ranged.
Your moral and physical courage would see you through.
And would tell you what you are required to do.

That and your abiding faith in God,
Is a combination that anyone would applaud.
If you’ve trained your mind not to admit defeat,
At all times victory would fall at your feet.

You can be sure God has actually selected you.
To see if to yourself and Him you can be true.
You should neither fail yourself nor Him,
Even when chances of success appear to be dim.

Stand up and meet each challenge in the eye,
Trust Him and be determined to give it a try.
Seeing your resolve He’d decide to hold your hand,
And you’d see it works out better than you planned.

Look within and find Courage and God.