When will you understand?
You don't have to be the best-looking man in the room
wearing the fanciest, most expensive clothing
I don't need someone who is super high maintenance
Just someone fairly presentable
Don't you see that I'd rather have
Intellect, ideas, words
Character and conduct
Your Integrity
Your Heart

Supportive caring relationships are a biological necessity and not a luxury. No matter how well balanced we feel on our own, we need others to help complete us. We need others to help us find our rightful place in the world, and feel truly at home. To be genuinely happy and healthy, we need to expand our sense of self to include all those that play a significant role in our life.
~ Charlie Badenhop, the originator of Seishindo

Common Courtesy

3 p.m. tomorrow
As the plane touches the runway
I will have braced myself
Welcome back
Face the nosy people
Their intrigued smiles
And superficial concerns
How do you do?
How is so and so?
Ooh.. how does she do?
Smile, nod,
Answer politely,
Very well, thank you.
How do you do?

Spinoza

By Rivkah Moses

Spinoza's donkey-
So perversely rational
As to be stupid.

What beast in its right mind
Wouldn't turn
To the right
Or left
To eat its fill?

I laugh,
Yet am guilty of the same.

While waiting for the
Perfect, rational proof
That I'm worthy of love,
I stand, stiffly,
And starve.