Posted by Brad Osborne on April 20, 2023 · 13 Comments
A great Zen Master traveled with his disciple to the small village that sat in the foot hills below their temple. The student was excited about their visit to the village, as leaving the temple was a rare treat and he longed for this quiet time walking with his Teacher. He was a devoted student and … Continue reading →
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with art, beauty, blank page, by the people, change, common good, emotion, growth, individual, Life lessons, personal growth, perspective, philosophy, society, Tao, Tao Te Ching, taoism, taoist, teachings
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 6, 2023 · 13 Comments
I wonder if you have changed,
If what we went through…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breaking up, change, distance, ex-lovers, lost, love, perception, personal development, personal growth, poem, Poetry, regrets, relationships, time, wonder
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2023 · 10 Comments
Do not ask me what I have seen,
For I have seen it all…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with beliefs, change, definition, Don't ask, hate, hearing, humanity, life, Life lessons, love, people, poem, Poetry, seeing, society
Posted by Brad Osborne on December 3, 2022 · 11 Comments
My mind plays tricks on me,
The kind without a laugh,
Spirits haunting memory,
As I walk my solemn path…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 17, 2022 · 9 Comments
But one will, by destiny, be led,
To the notebook that bears their name…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 5, 2022 · 4 Comments
If morning heralded by rising moon,
And sun made the midnight noon,
If thorns bloomed from petaled stem,
And angels as evil as mortal men…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 10, 2022 · 17 Comments
How is it the color of one’s skin,
Somehow defines what is held within…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with acceptance, all lives matter, bais, bigotry, black lives matter, change, fear, hypochritical, life, poem, poems, Poetry, race, racism, society
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 24, 2022 · 19 Comments
If given some say by would be fate,
Change things in my life, a second chance,
An opportunity to skew my current state,
And in some small way my life enhance.
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with acceptance, being human, change, experience, future, life, past, poem, Poetry, self, self love, strict form poetry
Posted by Brad Osborne on August 18, 2022 · 17 Comments
There are smallish moments,
When our lives seem to exhale…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 14, 2022 · 14 Comments
I wonder if you have changed,
If what we went through…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with breaking up, change, distance, ex-lovers, lost, love, perception, personal development, personal growth, poem, Poetry, regrets, relationships, time, wonder
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