Secrets of Kindness
It’s the light
Of eternity
Shining through
The ephemera
Other acts.
Of eternity
Shining through
The ephemera
Other acts.
Diamonds are
Marshmallows
By comparison,
so indestructible
Is it, and
Wurtzite boron nitride
Is spiderwebs.
Marshmallows
By comparison,
so indestructible
Is it, and
Wurtzite boron nitride
Is spiderwebs.
The difference
Between its larger and
Smaller manifestations
Is the difference
Between big
And little miracles:
Degrees of miraculous.
Between its larger and
Smaller manifestations
Is the difference
Between big
And little miracles:
Degrees of miraculous.
When the sun,
In its red giant phase,
Has at last incinerated
The earth, long after the
Last atoms of the human
Race have been redistributed,
Every act of kindness
Will mysteriously remain
To bless the cosmos,
Even that time
You held the door open
For the guy at Starbucks.
In its red giant phase,
Has at last incinerated
The earth, long after the
Last atoms of the human
Race have been redistributed,
Every act of kindness
Will mysteriously remain
To bless the cosmos,
Even that time
You held the door open
For the guy at Starbucks.
108-Step Plan
1.
Examine the boundary
Between you and
The myriad other beings:
The ones you know about
And the ones you’re ignorant of;
Those you love, hate,
Or are indifferent to;
Those living, dead,
And yet to be born;
As well as those real, imaginary,
And in-between.
And vow not to look away
From that boundary
Until its true location
Is revealed
(Down the center
Of your own heart).
Examine the boundary
Between you and
The myriad other beings:
The ones you know about
And the ones you’re ignorant of;
Those you love, hate,
Or are indifferent to;
Those living, dead,
And yet to be born;
As well as those real, imaginary,
And in-between.
And vow not to look away
From that boundary
Until its true location
Is revealed
(Down the center
Of your own heart).
2.
Vow to be
Infinitely patient
With the myriad others
As they also locate
The boundary,
In reasonable response
To the infinite
Patience, it turns out,
They extended to you.
Vow to be
Infinitely patient
With the myriad others
As they also locate
The boundary,
In reasonable response
To the infinite
Patience, it turns out,
They extended to you.
3-108.
The next 106 steps will then
take care of themselves.
The next 106 steps will then
take care of themselves.
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