Day 561 – Natural and good are different…

Day 561 – Natural and good are different…
Self-preservation is natural. That doesn’t make it good.

Day 561 – Natural and good are different…
Self-preservation is natural. That doesn’t make it good.
I wrote this poem in 2017. It was a reflection of what I’d learnt following an intensive nine-month group programme of the deepest level of introspection.
The one issue I have with Christmas is that in some strange way, it indirectly implies that for a season we show love and kindness…
“No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a peaceful harvest of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”
Decency without an audience
“He who walks with integrity walks securely…”