Fluff and Nonsense
I looked around to see what stirs comment
And here is what I found
It’s fluff and it’s flimsy and not very sound
We comment on heresay, on gossip and smut
On lives gone awry and things gone amuck
Ego loves to point fingers, to belittle and such
To speak of misfortune, the like there is much
Ego dwells around the husk, avoiding the core
For that would demand thought, a laborious chore
Ego goes silent when challenged with substance,
Individualized thinking can be such a nuisance
So let us discuss Tiger, the score, and the soaps
Perhaps the latest fads, the weather and horoscopes
To this end we’ll fashion our lives
And wonder why God doesn’t hear our cries
The great master follows his own nature
and not the trappings of life.
It is said:
“He stays with the fruit and not the fluff.”
“He stays with the firm and not the flimsy.”
“He stays with the true and not the false.”
From the 38th verse of the Tao Te Ching
Agreed. As a fellow blogger, I see this all the time. Most people find it easier to comment on topics which require little reflection of, or within, themselves, taking no risk to imply thought or opinion of more in-depth matters.
ReplyDeleteKeep doing what you're doing, Marshall. Perhaps this post will prompt more inspired conversation from your readers.