Have you ever felt as though your existence is akin to the plot of a novel, each twist and turn orchestrated by some unseen hand? The highs and lows, the moments of serendipity and despair, all seemingly penned by a ghostly author with a penchant for drama.

Do you live like you are following a script someone else wrote long before you were born?

Is your life like that of a fictional character? If so, do you know who is writing your life story, if it is not you?

Cornerstone of a Better World

 If you feel like expanding your love

To reach humanity

Look yourself in the mirror first.

No! It’s not wrong to love yourself

If you don’t become too narcissistic

Who then may evolve into a threat

A threat to yourself and others.

So, if you learn to control your tongue

Your tongue and your ambition

It’s good to feel your worth

Your strength

Because everything starts with you

Flows through you, and ends in you

But remember, the waves of who you are

Impact others as well.

You may not know it yet

But you are

You are the cornerstone of a better world.

I know. I know it’s not your favourite subject, but it’s part of life, so we shouldn’t refuse to talk about this or hear about it.

So, here I am.

What would my family say during my funeral? I say what they would say, not what I hope they will say.

Should I compare the work of man

To what?

Since their beginning?

What is closer to humanity

Man, woman, or both?

Dust or stardust

Since their beginning

In this world?

It had dinned into us that each one is master of their destiny.

Also, we will know who our friends are when we are in disgrace.

A disgrace, however, has many causes.

Sometimes, despite all well-intentioned advice, despite all signals, we are the promoters of our fall.

We may all have heard the proverbial “I told you so,” but we also know that it has never been, or is not, enough.

We came out of the Garden of Eden naked, according to certain beliefs.

And so, we are born empty.

Then we fill ourselves, and in the process, we fill the environment, the Earth.

We fill the Earth with our presence, with our domination.

So, empty, we came out of God, naked, like babies out of the womb.

Where did we come from?

We don’t know

Where were we before birth?

We don’t know

What do we know?

We know that life dressed us with a body

With a heart, a mind, a spirit

Skin, blood, muscle, and bones

A constantly changing body

A constantly changing soul

Flowers, with their colours, shapes, and scents

Convey messages of love, sorrow, joy, or pain.

So, as every flower has a colour, I suggest

That every word should have a colour as well

A colour for the shape they describe

A colour for the message they deliver

Perceived by the moral

Of human nature

Sicknesses and wars are alike

Perceived by the moral

Of human nature

Sicknesses and wars are alike

Eventually

Both become businesses

Consequently

When sicknesses become businesses

There is no cure

Accordingly

When wars become businesses

There is no peace

Summarily

Angst demoted

Immorality ingrains deception

Such is the human condition.

How could Human Resources spot bad attitudes during the selection process?

A worm at the core may rot the entire apple. Similarly, an employee with a bad attitude may ruin your business.

(Caveat: ensure your leader fills your heart with love, not hate).

On Christmas, Hanukkah, or other celebrations, but most importantly year round, never forget the seven virtues: Hope, Faith, Justice, Charity, Patience, Kindness and Temperance.

Which virtue do you practice more frequently?

I've arrived at this Age

The inevitable stage of conclusion

The end

Of the seasons of my Life.

Both the Devil and God hold me

In the palm of their hands

As if they were both weighing me

Hesitant about what to do with me

With my Soul

Progress, what is it?

Growth or development, continuous improvement. We found this definition in most dictionaries.

Still, we must be conscious of where we were yesterday and where we are today. Is it better today than yesterday, or are we stuck going nowhere? If our present shows that we're better than yesterday, then we can feel free to envision our future.

Nature takes us from our delusional state and shows us that we are indeed animals, if not in shape in spirit and behaviour. I explore this further in a chapter of my book Interstellar Epiphany, where I expose what influences the nature of man, and among these influences are the animals.

We are what I call “amenable animals.”

Regardless of the geography of where we were born, we are from nowhere until we acquire a conscience.

So, wherever we are, from the moment we acquire a conscience of who we are, we belong to that place geographically and spiritually.

No idea should ever end in the garbage of ideas. If others reject your idea, you don’t discard it. Keep it alive in your heart and mind and give it time; with time, it will grow in the hearts and minds of people.

Grinning, you look at me from a framed photography

Captured pale and naked under the moon in Muskoka

Shining, you are another moon under the moon.

In the solitude of my room, your figure blooms again

And like a flower attracts the hummingbird, and it was me

In that fleeting summer, briefly, my longing attracts you

Before you ask, dream.

Dream what you want to have, what you want to achieve.

Before you ask God, or the Universe, to give you what you want, dream it first.

Dream, and you will receive.