#unconditional-acceptance

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Leap of Faith [10w] Seeing God withinis where the leap of faith lands."

"Hidden [10w] A woman is an iceberg;we see less than 10%."

"Toasts During the hymeneal repast,The guest stood silent as toasts were cast.The Best Man bore witness to a dozen years pastThe Bridesmaid joked about a relationship that wouldn’t lastThe groom listened and held the hand of the brideKnowing his real toast was buttered on the other side."

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity seeking is like love or war: NO HOLDS BARRED."

"Adult Pretend [10w] "I'm tired of playing 'pretend';let's play 'get-real, bitch."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Pushkin When Pushkin came to Shovekin all hell broke loose."

"Eye of God [10w] The Hubble-Universe is a microchip in the Eye of God."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

"What is God? (60) [10w] God's always the correct answer once you rephrase the question."

"Travel [10w] The difference between a traveler and vacationer is one arrives."

"Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until tonight. Tonight I'm dying, dying, dying; before morn I may be ash in an urn, I know the light will return, maybe keeping ablaze its promise to others. Maybe not.If I had my druthers, the others would bedying, dying, dying, too,tonight."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."

"Origami Master If you're the greatest origami master in the worldmaybe I can find you a job folding napkins at a restaurant.I'm not making any promises."

"Trickeries, Sophistries and Traps [10w] Life's great irony is that we, the trapped,set traps."