aint gone hurt nobody

For most of us, the goal of each day is to go about the business of the material world while doing our best not to hasten our demises.  It’s enough shit that can cut your life short naturally than to have to be worried about your coworker shooting the place up after getting fired.  But each and every day, somebody’s life ends at the hands of somebody on some fuck shit.  A husband kills his whole family.  A gang member kills kids. Soldiers, cops, and other government-manipulated mercenaries massacre babies and old women and people just trying to have a fun night out. We drop bombs to kill people and steal their stuff.  Humans is always with the bullshit.

What is it with people?  Don’t we sposed to have sense?  Don’t we sposed to have learning and communication and reason?  That known, why can’t we all just get along?  Why can’t we all just stay alive and not attempt to keep nobody else from staying alive?  I don’t know, but sometimes, I think there is some deep biological need within humans to destroy shit. 

The approach I like to take to keep myself in check falls in line with a Sanskrit chant that basically translates to: let everybody be happy and free, and let what I do contribute to that.  To that end, I practice these commandments to self every day and as necessary.  It is how I show my appreciation for my own life and for the humanity of others.

I watch the new day born.
 I write.  
I talk to Mary Alice and Mary Jane.  
 I am grateful.  
 I am optimistic.
I dance.  
I remember my dreams.
I kiss those I love.  
 I drive responsibly.                               
I don’t sleep commit adultery with nobody's spouse,unless there is a signed and notarized  permission slip, a skype, or the presence of the spouse.  
I work at not hurting myself.  
I don't judge nobody's nothing.
 I eat fresh stuff (it’s a struggle).
 I step off my soapbox.
 I don't worry about looking stupid.    
 I don't steal from others.
 I don't try to poke holes in whatever religious beliefs that helps others sleep at night, and I don't allow people to poke holes in what I do/do not believe.
I make myself open to others and to love.
 I apologze. 
I don't give or take shame.
 I try not to overuse my resources in the world.  
 I don't deny or explain my emotions.  
I don't let nobody ruin my day, and I don't try to ruin anybody else's day.  
 I respect that all human life is equal to my own.
 I don't hold grudges.  
I process jealousies and let them pass..  If I took the time to be fucked up about all of the people who are smarter, prettier, richer, more stable, or more successful than I, I’d stay fucked up in the head.  
I meditate.
I look at my naked self (to be out of your clothes is to be one with your soul)  
 I try not to ever lie, and I never show a face different from what I'm feeling.
I examine my faults and actions. 
 I don't give or take no wooden nickels.              

I said all that to say this: I try to live this life like it's an offering. Put respeck on folk's name, try to walk light, and create.  Create bonds, create art, create love, create babies, create understanding, create peace, create flowers.  Create something.  It’s enough of us out here involved in destruction already.     .            

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