I wish I could figure out how to lift pieces of my novels, change it to single spacing and post them to my blog without fouling up my originals.

Everyone is surprised to hear I am as old as I am. It has got me wondering, What are you suppose to look like when you are 91 years old, chronologically speaking.

I have come to the conclusion that the human race is a lucky fluke fostered by the particular circumstances in which our world developed.

Of Restraint

 

He did wonder

What she meant

What she saw

He did not

Why was she

So seeming tense

Why so silent

Eyes so staring

Lips pursed tight

Hands first clenched

Then suddenly spread

Was it something

He had said

Or just something

From the past.

You will find my short stories further down in the blog. They were posted first.

The Golden Rule

 

Brahmanism
This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahabharata, 5, 1517

 

Buddhism

Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana-Varga, 5, 18

 

Confucianism

Is there one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you. Analects, 15, 23

 

Taoism

Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. T'ai Shang kan Ying P'ien

 

Zoroastrianism

That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. Dadistan-I-dinik, 94, 5

 

Judaism

What is hateful to you, do not to your fellowman. That is the entire law; all the rest is commentary. Talmud, Shabbat, 31a

 

Christianity

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew, 7, 12

Islam

No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah

 

A Birthday Thought©

By Richard A. Falb

 

Birthdays come and birthdays go

And with advancing years

Some do not like to count them

But others proudly do

It is a milestone to be marked

Another year survived

Why is it some do worry

As years go speeding by

While some see cause to celebrate

At each new year they can begin

To start anew a new fresh page

To see what can be writ upon

A new adventure some new friends

Perhaps a different place to see

It's really how you look at it

It can be bright It can be dark

It's really you can light the spark

That grows into a bright new light

Or dies into a gloomy night