Just breathe...

The other night, I woke up to a thought: Money is not evil, nor is money the root of evil. Without people's worship of money, it would be worthless. It's just paper.

Often, ones place more value in the thought instead of the action of acquiring "things". If only I had this, I could get this, and then I would be ______. A cycle that doesn't end because one is always chasing the next "thing". First the thought of how to obtain it, then the action of getting it (with or without consequence). 

We fight one and others for "things". We kill one and others for "things". We worship those we perceive as having "things" we may not. Longing for the intangibles, we forget about how, who and what we are, were or will be withOUT those "things". 

In birth, we are given but one thing ... breath of life. In death, it is taken away.

Living would be so simple, if there were less focus on acquiring "things" we do not need.

Why do we destroy each other for "things" when the ONE and only thing that matters is living?

The Questions? Why

Why does the wind blow
Churning the tempest in the sea?
A seedling nestles safe in the warmth of the dirt
Peacefully.
A grain of sand travels to the bottom of the ocean
Finding a harbor in the shell of an oyster.
Who told the oyster to keep that sand
Magically transforming it into a pearl so magnificent?
While we sit on a rickety bench in a park so calm,
Who told that leaf to fall down?
How is it known that a clown could do something so simple
As change the frown on a baby's face to a smile with a delightful dimple?
For some, the clown may be a fright, but where did we get the light in the night?
The eye can look for miles on end to see
Majestic mountain tops or endless road
How did the pupil know that it was to do so?
The answers assuredly can be scientifically explained away
But who told those differently to see it another way?
So many answers can add to the define
However none can explain what is simply divine.

(c) 2013 Sharbi3