Problems...

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    Usually our problems are easily resolved, because we can see why they exist. Yet some solutions are hidden from us because our eyes are not focused on the problem at all - but on our selves.

    Problems...




    The problem with a belief is
    that it is limiting.
    We have been told us that we are sinners.
    And we have believed them.
    But, though we are not perfect,
    Neither are we sinners.
    The problem is that you will never
    Discover who you truly are
    Until you lose your belief
    That you are less than what you are.

    The trouble with Love
    Is that the opposite of Love
    Is not Hate - but ignorance.
    For with knowledge and understanding
    Only love is left.
    Not the human, Eros
    Which is fed by ego.
    But the Universal - the Eternal
     Agape'

    The trouble with civilization
    Is that we all want our own way.
    Yet with cooperation
    We get most of what we want.
    And we create no enemies.


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    WordSlinger commented on Problems...

    11-28-2009

    So true, this is great big wisdom in a small exsplosive package of words, awesome, :) WS

    Stryx

    11/28/2009

    You are very kind. Thank you.

    countrypoet commented on Problems...

    11-26-2009

    Beautifully written with a great moral lesson at the end.This poem is wonderfully inspiring and quite memorable.Thanks for sharing it.

    Stryx

    11/27/2009

    Thank you CP

    Hampton commented on Problems...

    11-26-2009

    Sage advice in the concluding stanza. An appropriate message for the times.

    Stryx

    11/26/2009

    Yes, but we all want our own way...

    Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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