Risk

I'm making a heap of all my winnings

and risking it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss.

If I lose, I'll start again at my beginnings

and never breathe a word about my loss.

It's Not If, But When

How will you treat them

How will you see yourself

Will it strengthen your resolve

Will you rationalize loosing who you are

Remember you were prepared, Remember who you are

Remember through the darkest times you shine the brightest

You will get your opportunity

Because it's not if, but when.

Exploring

It's not cooking beef, tuna and peas together,

it's exploratory cooking.

It's not being weird to make awkward situations,

it's adventurous socializing.

It's not trying to be different for the sake of it,

it's discovering existence.

Measuring Oneself

Chris Mccandless

Life is only experiences.

You can't have your own

if you are on Autopilot.

Defense mechanisms

I didn't get it so people would look at me.

I got it so people wouldn't look too deeply.

Not everyone's defense mechanisms are visible.

Id, Ego & Super Ego

I sat them both down,

Big Brian on my left,

Small Saul on my right.

Brian began to speak."He doesn't exist. It makes no sense, its improbable scientifically, paradoxical logically, philosophically contradictory, inconsistent morally, unobservable historically."

I looked over at Saul,

who sat quiet, thinking.

Doby came and sat by my feet, panting.

Brian continued. "You're wasting your time, relationships, guilt and energy. All because you 'must' believe in something, you've been blackmailed into compliance! I'd bet my life that He doesn't exist!"

Looking timid, Saul blinked and looked up.

"He does exist.

I've met him."

It's that Moment

Sitting there on a train, in my suit

Looking sharp, its dark outside,

train is in the station, without thinking

I started making the most ridiculous faces

at myself, reflected back by the glass windows.

And it's that moment after you've gone

through the most embarrassingly hilarious

faces you have in your repertoire, you notice

the group of girls standing on the platform

looking straight at you.

too late to play it cool.

What if Everyone in the World were good Friends?

Would the world be a better place?

Would we revert back to strangers so that we could walk down the street?

Would there still be poverty?

Would there still be need for money?

Would countries still exist?

Limits

Ancient China was one of the most advanced nations of its time.

Yet in a short space of time, Europe overtook China in many areas.

This is due to the invention of Ceramics in China, which meant that

China never needed to invent Glass, which was used in Europe for

bottles, windows, mirrors, microscopes and glasses for vision giving

European Scholars 15-20 years more time with eyesight.

There are only two kinds of deceiving limit;

Diffidence tells us we will never reach our potential.

Complacency tells us there are no more limits to break.

Learning to Be Happy No.1

I'm working my way through my list.

Olives

Football

Person at School

Wine

Rock Music

Seafood

Cloudy Weather

Roller Coasters

Classical Music

Modern Art

Jogging

Early Mornings

Wildlife

Sweet Potato

Modern Jazz

???

The more I learn to enjoy,

The more I enjoy living.

Games

Memories of a 7-year old;

"Okay you pretend to be ducky,

and I'll pretend to be be peetree!

and, and you gotta hop and I can fly, okay?"

I dictated enthusiastically.

"Yeaahh!" she replied.

"Swoooosh, follow me, swooosh" I shouted with spread wings,

running fast down a hill.

"Owww!!" She cried behind me.

Turning I saw her lying at the bottom of the hill.

"Oh no, you've got a cut!

Lets stop pretending now, I'll go get a grown-up"

and I ran off.

"I'm going to stop pretending that I didn't break your heart" - Eels

No.1

Put down that mirror

so that you can look

at someone else for a change

then, they can tell you

how you actually look.

Potential Heroes

Alot of men

spend alot of time

browsing alot of sites

watching alot of videos

of alot of ladies

taking off alot of clothes.

when it's over,

will alot of men

wish they'd spent alot of time

changing the world?

Alot of potential heroes

never made it out of their chair.

Credit

Can I really take credit for an Idea?

Because it was only by serendipitous chance

that it came into my head.

News-flash

January 10th, 2010

Top 3 BBC News stories.

1. Man dies after 'queue jump row'
2. Woman dies after 'walk in snow'
3. Man killed chasing bag snatchers

After all the words, smiles, arguments, plans, chores, ideas, love.

End Scene.

Runcible Lessons

They didn't tell us

as we obediently learnt

word by word, every line.

But I suspect

that when he wrote

'The Owl and the Pussy cat',

he was on smack.

Read 'The Owl and the Pussy cat'

Perspective

memories of a 7 year old.

"COOL!" yawped Sam,

"that is the coolest thing I've ever seen!"

"mhmm" grumped rachel,

"doesn't look so great to me, theres nothing to look at"

"Where?!" I questioned

"I can't see it, I can't see anything good!"

"Thats because you're not looking at it right!"

said Sam.

"Here, stand exactly where my feet are,

and put your eyes exactly where mine are"

He shuffled out the way

and I carefully moved into position.

"COOL!" I yawped.

Gotta Catch 'Em All!

After many complex experiments,

Regression analysis and hypothesis testing.

Demographic surveys, quadratic equations and much deliberating.

I have concluded, that;

Girls are not like Pokémon.

If I sound clever...

it doesn't mean anything.

Looks like rain

My Dream.

Standing in a desert

dry and parched lips rip apart for a breath.

Lifting a dusty hand to my brow

watching just as the glaring sun is blocked

from the west.

The largest, pitch black cloud that I've ever seen

charges through the sky.

Scanning the distance,

I see the dark storm beat down on to every horizon.

"Looks like rain."

Waking up, I sighed to myself.

"mhmm not a good sign, but

I'm glad I learnt to enjoy getting wet."

Time Travel

Time Travel can be very dangerous.

Nostalgic people living in the past, remembering their glory days.

Anxious people trying to freeze time, not wanting to lose what they have.

Eager people waiting, preparing for their real life to start in the future.

It's important to remember, whether travelling to the past, or the future or even trying to stop time,

You can only live,

today.

Perspective

If you ever want to know

how I often see the world.

Walk through a crowd

wearing noise cancelling earphones

listening to classical piano music.

Start again

Yesterday, I watched a sunset
It was beautiful, but

it was cold and windy

Staring at it made my eyes hurt.

Wondering if people thought that

I had nothing better to do.

When I was cold and tired,

I had to walk home in the dark

because I had waited for the sun to set.

Start again.

Yesterday, I watched a sunset.

It was beautiful.

Religion

I don't like religion that much,

because I don't think men

with such authority and influence

should be allowed to riff,

the way they do.

Sleep

Most people go to sleep and start dreaming

I think I go to sleep and stop dreaming.

Best laid plans

I made an irony detector

but it seems to detect everything

except for irony.

A Powerful Song

makes you remember feeling something

that never actually happened to you.

giving you thoughts

you didn't know you were thinking.

relating to situations

you wouldn't usually be able to relate to.

like shattered a mirror

you look at it

and see bits of yourself.

Shoes

it might take some work, but.

I can do anything that anyone else can do.

I can enjoy anything anyone else can enjoy.

I can create anything anyone else can create.

I can damage anything anyone else can damage.

I can withstand anything anyone else can withstand.

I can be anything I want to be.

because you can be the same as anyone else.

You're just wearing different shoes.

Bigger than my Daddy

When he was my age, the world economy totaled $9.74trillion.

Though it seemed impossible

by gazing at my hand, engulfed by his

hands like mountains, exactly 6ft of man.

Cheekily exclaiming without a hint of proof.

"One day daddy, I'm gonna be bigger than you!"

Grinning ear to ear, jumping to appear taller.

with only 18 teeth, front ones were loose.

the world economy now produces $60.6trillion.

and I stand six foot two.

It seems a lot of other boys

aspired to be bigger than their daddies.

too.

People Grow.

how you annoyed me

we were kids, but you were younger

with your smart comments,

taunting laugh, attention seeking

how you poked and prodded me

we walked home, but you skipped

sticking your tongue out,

knotted my tie, and pulled my hair

how you've changed.

from the girl you were then,

I turned my head for a moment

and now you stand, a woman.

I should change this.

I don't think I could date a girl

who had a sister who was prettier

but just as nice.

Because every Christmas,

I'd think I had settled

for second best.