Friday, June 25, 2010
The Power of Words
The Power of Words
We don’t know the value of the words we are using
For some the words they say are quite confusing
Words have their own value and their own power.
Words illuminate our souls with their light like a shower
Every atom of our being is sensitive to the words
Which can make us sad, or as free and happy as birds
Words with a profound meaning are as precious as gold
Unlike a fountain, where only similar drops we behold
Words can awaken our brain and our body’s force
When we feel that they come to us from the real source,
Clean and pure as crystals of light and of love
When we embrace them, they take us a step above.
Words that we use with love, care and measure
Are the precious substance of life, and our treasure
Words that express the beautiful and the good
Can make us feel every sense the best we could
Sometimes words express darkness and bad
Showing us the wrong and the right, making us sad
Words express justice and injustice, full and hollow,
Words recognize the deep and the shallow
Words give us direction, like the south and the north
Words expressing discord or harmony may come forth
Words can give us cold feet or the warmth of the heart
Words may come to our mind by themselves, as a start
Words can reach us in solitude, under the blue sky.
In the wind, in the snow, in the rain, we don’t know why
Whichever way it comes to us - the Word is pure light,
And makes our life worth living, sweet and bright.
As it is written:
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God
and God was the Word.
All things have life through It
and Its Life is the Light of men.
And the Light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness cannot quench it”
Copyright 2010 Emile Tubiana
We don’t know the value of the words we are using
For some the words they say are quite confusing
Words have their own value and their own power.
Words illuminate our souls with their light like a shower
Every atom of our being is sensitive to the words
Which can make us sad, or as free and happy as birds
Words with a profound meaning are as precious as gold
Unlike a fountain, where only similar drops we behold
Words can awaken our brain and our body’s force
When we feel that they come to us from the real source,
Clean and pure as crystals of light and of love
When we embrace them, they take us a step above.
Words that we use with love, care and measure
Are the precious substance of life, and our treasure
Words that express the beautiful and the good
Can make us feel every sense the best we could
Sometimes words express darkness and bad
Showing us the wrong and the right, making us sad
Words express justice and injustice, full and hollow,
Words recognize the deep and the shallow
Words give us direction, like the south and the north
Words expressing discord or harmony may come forth
Words can give us cold feet or the warmth of the heart
Words may come to our mind by themselves, as a start
Words can reach us in solitude, under the blue sky.
In the wind, in the snow, in the rain, we don’t know why
Whichever way it comes to us - the Word is pure light,
And makes our life worth living, sweet and bright.
As it is written:
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God
and God was the Word.
All things have life through It
and Its Life is the Light of men.
And the Light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness cannot quench it”
Copyright 2010 Emile Tubiana
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Balance of Power
The universe is holding on various powers and is in constant movement.
The Balance of Power
The strong tend to crush the weak,
But the weak remain the strongest.
Immoral deeds undertaken by the strong
Become destructive to themselves.
Sooner or later the roles are reversed.
Life goes on, in different combinations
After the rain comes the sun;
After nighttime comes the day
Nature is made up of opposites:
Positive and negative, big and small
Leading and trailing, active and inactive
People go from one extreme to the other.
It is not given to everyone to know
The basic rule of the balance of power
The whole universe is held in balance
And what we face are divergent forces
Contingent upon the manner in which
These forces and elements are used,
The results will be good or bad
Constructive or destructive
It is up to us to use what we have
To produce constructive outcomes.
Those who do not understand
The characteristics of these forces
Should stay away from them.
Copyright 2010 Emile Tubiana
The Balance of Power
The strong tend to crush the weak,
But the weak remain the strongest.
Immoral deeds undertaken by the strong
Become destructive to themselves.
Sooner or later the roles are reversed.
Life goes on, in different combinations
After the rain comes the sun;
After nighttime comes the day
Nature is made up of opposites:
Positive and negative, big and small
Leading and trailing, active and inactive
People go from one extreme to the other.
It is not given to everyone to know
The basic rule of the balance of power
The whole universe is held in balance
And what we face are divergent forces
Contingent upon the manner in which
These forces and elements are used,
The results will be good or bad
Constructive or destructive
It is up to us to use what we have
To produce constructive outcomes.
Those who do not understand
The characteristics of these forces
Should stay away from them.
Copyright 2010 Emile Tubiana
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