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That To Love
Ologies and osophies abound
like turgid solipsisms
clouding the mind,
I am this and this is mine,
lines and banners
scowl and grimace,
but there is one thing
above all,
to love others as
you would of yourself
that golden rule
a crown of the heart
that ever expands,
as Hubble once showed,
or that the One is
ever becoming,
a similar plane
underpinned by
an unconditional
outward gifting
of love,
of self
the beauty of when
theory becomes practice.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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So beautiful.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Your poetry is always amazingly lovely.
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Wow, that is a wonderful compliment, and very much appreciated.
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Inspiring poem Paul. “Theory becomes practice”
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Thank you Helene, yes, I’m always hopeful that I’ll manage to get at least a balance.
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It is not easy, I’d like that too for myself.
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Well stated. You keep writing better and better poems.
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Such a wonderful compliment, thank you so much.
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Lovely thoughts, indeed. Thank you!
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Many thanks Merril, appreciate your encouraging words.
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You’re welcome!
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All the rules have issues too
Be it the Golden rule or Silver rule
or even the Platinum rule.
See my post here, if interested.
Unconditional love is hard and rare,
hell, I’d settle for a little more selfish love in the world.
Smile.
And to heck with theory, I’ll measure the practice. As you sort of said.
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Absolutely 🙂
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If more practiced, rather than preached, we’d have a better place.
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That’s it in a nutshell. Thank you.
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Living in balance with the world around you is unconditional love, Humans are terrible at that. Love the sentiment here Paul…!
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Yes, we can’t get the ego out of the way, so destructive. Thanks Rob.
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Loved the opening lines, Paul.
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Many thanks Punam.
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You are welcome.
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Profound reminder.
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Many thanks Astrid.
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Walk the talk portrayed
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Yes, absolutely. Thank you.
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hear the procrastination … we must all live it now!
Well said but see little commitment to living it!
[you are, meaning in general]
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Indeed we must and yes, all in 🙂
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Nice!
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Thank you VJ
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Welcome
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Expansive is what we need, but too many of us expand in the way you described – turgid – in a selfish way.
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I think that too… there are those theories that has to be followed by practice… too many forget that.
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So true Bjorn.
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The key.
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Absolutely
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Wow great poem – I need a dictionary though
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Lol, well that can be a good thing. Thank you.
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Yessssss!!!! So beautiful! That’s right! The greatest command God gave us after to love Him first! ❤ I love this piece. Blessings!
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Absolutely 🙂
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❤
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