Who In The World We May Be
Hi
Dimly lit
Table for
One.
Right this way
Towards a ground that’s left …
Thought circles
Overlapping in time.
A meal prepared
Reminds my mind.
Differences “juxtaposed” stir memory and a “subconscious connection” is served. (2)
“Good exists” … “accept that the other may improve it.” (3)
See to it.
Raise that half-full glass and see through it.
Cheers to seeking, finding and getting
Better together.
Here’s to nouns going
Pro … serving
Our prose … grounding
Our places and settings.
Imagine wherever the “1st Person (You)” and “2nd Person (Me)” are gathered, that the “1st Person Plural” is there with
Us … in
Our midst; bonding with
Ourselves.
What?
From: One degree
To: Another … let
Us speak into
Our
Likeness about a
Greater
Wholeness that
We are
Becoming …
Giving this
Dream among
Us
Our space(s)
Giving this
Vision
Our time(s).
Why?
Because
“We become what we think of ourselves.” (4)
Also
“The well-being of one is linked to the well-being of all.” (5)
(This
Way of being is
Truly
Alive.)
Where and When?
Here and Now.
How?
Through any who, choosing to
Take up and care for
this “One life” (6)
We somehow, somewhere are.
In short, “just treat each other well. It goes a long way.” (7)
Three who are one invite a fourth to play, transcending a title in time.
Imagine that. Picture that.
Transform our notion of world.
“For humanity as a whole and the single individual have the same task,
Namely, to realize themselves as a unity.” (8) In contemplating this notion that’s way too much
We prepare ourselves “to be able to
See more unity in the world.” (9)
“Mutual respect constitutes the good.” (10)
“You can hear it in the silence …” (12)
“Maybe there is more to learn.” (13)
Check please.
(1) - Spirograph - Heart. 010222.
(2) - Roberts, Alex. Chef. Restaurant Alma. Brasa Rotisserie. Phone Call. Word-plays from a conversation about how joining together different ingredients stirs memory, connecting us with ages past. 081617.
(3) - Ibid. Word-plays from a conversation about developing menus and the relationship between members of a team.
(4) - Heschel, Abraham. Who is Man? Stanford, Stanford University Press. 1965. P. 7.
(5) - Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweet Grass. Minneapolis, Milkweed Editions, 2013. p.381.
(6) - U2. One, Achtung Baby. Island, 1992.
(7) - Bateman, Jason. Smartless. Episode 23. James Corden. Simplecast, December. 21, 2020. smartless.simplecast.com/episodes/james-corden-v2kYGn5I. 51m.
(8) - Neumann, Erich. The Origins and History of Consciousness. 1949. Reprint. Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1995. P. 417. (Emphasis added: Upper Case N on namely.)
(9) - Maslow, Abraham H. Toward a Psychology of Being. Floyd, Sublime Books. 2014. P. 85
(10) - Spirograph - Circle. 010222.
(11) - Piaget, Jean. The Moral Judgement of the Child. New York, Free Press Paperbacks, 1997 p. 352.
(12) - Swift, Taylor. You are in love, 1989. Big Machine, 2014.
(13) - Melton, Glennon Doyle. Love warrior. New York, Flatiron Books 2016, p. 169.
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