What All Hold Dearest

A tribute to the Option Institute for their enduring inspiration.

What All Hold Dearest

You will never discover happiness,

Upon the New York Stock Exchange!

No traders will offer to sell their stock,

It's just not something they ever trade in.

None asking to either buy or sell happiness,

None ever offering, to sell stock in happiness!

None ever talking about happiness derivatives!

None ever claiming, they've cornered the market!

Nothing, that material wealth might ever attain!

Which is why starving people in the third world,

Can be just as peaceful and content as anyone,

They're just starving to death and want food!

Fighting to acquire peace, love, and happiness,

Is the last resort of the completely incompetent,

Running in circles while screaming and shouting!

Just like people do, upon the N.Y. Stock Exchange!

It only gets you more of the same!

Until you fall down on your knees,

Either humbled, or laughing at your personal foolishness!

The greater Truth is not something science may measure,

For the One greater Truth cannot be boxed and labeled,

Determining everything the One Truth justifies itself,

For only our love, can inspire the humility to listen!

For only love inspires, everyone to open their eyes.

For love cultivates ignorant wisdom and virtue!

Nurturing any ability, to use beautiful words,

Nurturing embracing the silent explanation:

Ignorant virtue remains, ignorant wisdom.

Unlike laughter the truth cannot be forced,

Hence the One Truth remains triumphant!

That is why our silent voice knows truth,

For the truth, speaks louder than words;

Louder than any tree falling in a forest!

Louder than the biggest possible Bang!

Louder, than we may scream or shout,

Louder, than our loudest loudmouth!

Louder than we often want to know,

Softer than the gentle rain may fall!

Among others Barry Kaufman says,

The myriad wonderful things in life,

Are always there just for the asking.

Are there, if we accept no sometimes,

If content, with whatever life brings!

If willing, to make the most of things!

Only by loving may any discover love!

Only by loving could we give to others!

Only by loving, might we conquer hate!

Only by loving, may any know victory!

Only in giving may we actually receive!

Love is your freedom, to be happy with!

To make the most, of your gifts of grace,

To actualize more of any true potential!

Surrender your simple acknowledgment!

To choose to be whatever you can desire!

To grant yourself what freedom you can!

To grant yourself any feelings you desire!

To grant yourself any thoughts you have!

To grant yourself, more freedom to listen!

To grant yourself, all the freedom to sing!

To grant yourself the life you truly desire!

To love is to be happy, with your journey!

To become accepting of who we really are!

To accept any joy in becoming free at last!

The way to happiness to embrace freedom!

To just know how to ask simple questions!

To be happy with our miracle to believe in!

To be happy with, our One Shinning Truth!

To be happy in accepting knowing nothing!

To be what can seem altogether impossible.

Non-judgmental, accepting, and embracing!

Embracing our context of loving awareness!

Never requiring, any special kind of training!

Never actually having any requirement at all!

No members only benefits or special privileges!

Nobody who'd appreciate, any advanced notice.

No mental gymnastics nor dietary requirements!

No worry, about that horrible credit score rating!

No sponsor or recommendation, are really needed!

No commitments, or swearing on a stack of Bibles!

No surveys or forms, or any hoops to jump through!

No special age, height, sex, or physical requirements!

No sales pitch, advocates, or lawyers for any to hear!

No appointments to schedule or mark on the calendar!

No permits, inspections, or legal bureaucratic red tape!

No medical examination or psychological assessments!

No lectures, videos, or speakers you have to sit through!

No beliefs, postures, or attitudes for any to ever assume!

Just the man or woman in the mirror, none really avoids!

Just the person in any room who still has to listen to you!

Just the person in the room, who simply pretends to argue!

Just the one person in any room, who doesn't buy your lies!

Just listening to whatever your heart is already telling you!

Just listening, for the songs, still abiding in your own heart.

Sublime surrender residing in sharing what all hold dearest!

Residing in our abiding our personal awareness and desires!

Their freedom to accept or reject they ever have any freedom!

Their freedom, to merely listen to what their heart tells them.

Their freedom to choose not to choose, who they may become!

Their freedom, to surrender to their heart's desire to be honest.

Their freedom to become, greater than in their wildest dreams!

Their freedom to once again begin listening more than talking!

Their freedom to still pretend they can really lie to themselves!

Their freedom to deny, any of us have any freedom whatsoever.

Knowing vulnerability is the fountain of all loving awareness!

Knowing that the only thing they know, is they know nothing!

Knowing none can actually buy what may only be freely given!

Knowing happiness, was never anything traders comprehended!

Knowing that to love yourself means to be happy with yourself!

Knowing, you cannot give anybody anything they always reject!

Knowing poetry in motion remains beyond all human comprehension!

Nobody ever tries to sell happiness upon the New York Stock Exchange!

But, some Babylonians believe you can buy happiness on Fantasy Island!