Yes You!

 So Hey out there!   Yes You!   You with that day to day job, that day to day life and those hidden fears of Death, Failure, Sex,or whatever (Whatevers can catch you sleeping)

     What are you doing about things like travel, new cars,God, Taxes, and how to raise children to survive in this place?

Are you satisfied with yourself?   Does life bore you? Are there enough peaceful moments left to take a walk, read a book, Create something (like a new piece of furniture, or a gazebo? Put your mate to work?  rake the lawn?

So Hey out there!   You with that life.   You with those friends.   You with those precious moments mixed in with long tiresome hours.

Take a look at the bright side.   Remember you're looking at the green side of the sod.   Take a second to point out the goodness.  Keep yourself above pollution.   Listen to the sweet song of a bird as it threatens to kill trespassers.   Look at the beautiful color of a polluted sunset.   Be glad there are no wolves, or bears left to drink that dirty water.   Take pride in the austere simplicity of city buildings and black smooth highways.   Look at man's progress and rejoice.  It may not be the best of civilizations but at least we are improving daily.   Soon even the oceans will surrender to us.

So Hey out there!   You with that life! You with that golden sunset, and ever more peaceful sea.   Cheer up.   Take pride in the fact that it's not your fault.   You're not to blame.   Just go to work.   Do your thing.   Teach your children by example.  ( It's the best method)  They'll follow in your footsteps.

Reviews

[Gandré]

Well Donald, I like this work, I put it in my BIO section as favorite writing. You simply making us aware that knowledge is useless, that progress is doom and that man is not more special than anything else on this beautiful earth and you're shaking me with your poem to deal with my consumerism carefully, you are telling me that there is no moral supremacy by anyone but I shall hear carefully into me and see for myself what is right or wrong and that we shall stop to buy the Chinese junk to boycott their ripping the planet apart, and stop buying their tons of gadgets and that outside there exists life outside of possession and importance. This is a proof to me, that progress is useless and if our moral sense, like our sexual desire, is rooted deep in our past, then it is not the Darwinian past, not predating religion, it is the innate knowing of my ancestors' wisdom which is in my cells, where everything, absolutelyeverything is knowing...I don't give science any credibility, they know bits and bits but they don't know the wholeness, nobody knows, the theologists just assume that there is God, this means: there is a theory a priori, and so we are biased by millions of opinions and indoctrinations daily and everybody wants to be the master of the universe and he wants me to buy his book telling me through advertisement, "your dreams and your story is not good, buy mine!", but we have the choice and we are lucky to live in this era of existing democracy (I am sure would this have been existent in Roman Empire we would not have been ending with this nonsense of Christianity). I am going to ask myself, now, what do I wish for me, this I do to the others, and I feel secure then for everything is its knowing. Every single atom knows and there is information about everything in everything and everything remembers, I see this clearly in water, I experienced this. And when we are less self-centered, then we are happier, then we perceive our wholeness not just these bits of this and that; that's why humanity has a problem, we know millions and millions of bits but we still are not whole in our body, mind, and spirit.

[C. Harter Amos]

There's so much negative to writing as a general rule that this was a joy to find. You made me laugh with, "Remember you're looking at the green side of the sod." lol. Thanks for the uplifting piece though there's some "up the cuff" humor in there. Really enjoyed reading it.

[Theresa]

I love this. The first few lines are basically everything I have been feeling lately. When work and school consume your time you don't take a moment to appreciate all that you have. It's easier to dwell on the negative. I love the ending:
"Take pride in the fact that it's not your fault. You're not to blame. Just go to work. Do your thing. Teach your children by example. ( It's the best method) They'll follow in your footsteps."
This was uplifting and I needed that. Thank you. Nicely put.