Big Apple

She has always called me,

it's not long now.

Success

Studying the most successful people

of this age, there appears

to be a common thread.

It's never how they got there,

but why.

With a burning purpose,

Bigger than what is easy

and what is hard.

Surrendering likes

and dislikes.

Surpassing distractions

and easily satisfied needs.

Logic

'But, you see..'

He said.

'There's no inspiration in logic.

There's no courage in logic.

There's not even happiness in logic.

There's only satisfaction.

The only place for logic in my life

is the realisation that the more I

am willing to do for others,

the more I shall be able to do for myself.'

Surprise

You,

are like a surprise

waiting in cupboard somewhere.

with balloons.

Holding Doors

Finding new doors

of opportunity

is important and exciting. But,

it's hard to confidently

walk through a new door,

whilst trying to hold open

old ones.

Become Today

You are today,

as you became,

yesterday.

"Inches make champions"

~ Vince Lombardi

Unique

"Hiya! ya um, can I have,

just a tiny scoop of everything

please?"

I like people

with little idiosyncrasies

so unknown, hidden

like a secret.

Vocabulary

"Hey man, you hear?

that dude Pete Atkins died."

"Really?"

"Yeeaa man."

"Total bummer."

Inside Out

Quotes:

"The Lord works from the inside out.

The world works from the outside in.

The world would take people out of the slums.

Christ takes the slums out of people,

and then they take themselves out of the slums.

The world would mold men by changing their environment.

Christ changes men, who then change their environment.

The world would shape human behavior,

but Christ can change human nature."

Ezra Taft Benson

Looking Up

On the way to work...

Tourist #1: (Looking up)

"Woah St Pauls is massive,

it's so beautiful,

you don't realise until you stand next to it

how great it really is."

Tourist #2:

"Ha, you think that is great?

wait 'till you meet who it's for."

Autograph

Sitting there, all day

signing your name

over and over,

hundreds of times,

must be the biggest ego trip ever.

Sometimes, it can get hard

to stay humble.

Security

I would't sleep in a bed

with wonky wheels

that's high on a hill

where west winds roll.

I wouldn't hold money

in Zimbabwe dollars

during hyper inflation

and civil unrest.

I wouldn't build a tree house

on the back of an old branch

that was blasted by lightning

on which giraffes occasionally graze.

Don't look for security,

a haven to hold your heart,

in something that is essentially

insecure.

Rise and Shine

I want to be a human alarm clock,

to wake up people who are sleeping through life.

So they can arise every morning,

like they meant to.

How to be Alone

Sometimes we surround ourselves

with phone calls and emails

socials and meetings.

Busyness is a

drug.

Invite

and loafe the soul,

that, which speaks in lower tones.

The kitchen table of singularity and solidarity

that sings and celebrates, busy or bored, surrounded or alone.

"I exist as I am, that is enough

If no other in the world be aware I sit content" - Walt Whitman

Geek

They can call us geeks

but we don't mind at all.

'Cos part of being a geek,

is being passionate about something.