Although your hands may appear clean,
look again, and recall back to what you did.
Remember the principles you have learned,
and the values you have cherished.
8.26.2025
Wash
Tag: thoughts
Better
You can get better.
As the water seep through the cracks,
immerse yourself in areas of improvements.
When you are patient,
you will start to see the way.
8.26.2025
Best
Did you try your best?
It’s alright if things didn’t go alright.
Give it your best shot always.
You will know when you have reached there.
8.25.2025
Speak
The words out of your mouth
may fall upon others like icicles,
but an ill-timed silence
may cast a shadow in their hearts.
Learn when to speak out,
and when to share your presence.
8.24.2025
Earlier
Let’s get up early!
Although it is painful,
it’ll be worthwhile in the end!
Believe in your gut feeling.
Keep your head up,
and keep going.
8.23.2025
Joy
Stay alerted
when the lull of another normal day
settles down upon your mind.
Remember your days are numbered,
and count what actually matters.
8.22.2025
Rest
For your soul,
take a rest.
The calm of your mind
will buffer the storm.
One step at a time,
move forward.
8.21.2025
Jug
Where do you contain yourself?
Notice the flow of the air,
the clarity of your vision,
and the range of your freedom.
Remember the law of Koi fish,
and keep on swimming.
8.20.2025
Dishes
Laminar flow of water breaks on an oval ceramic dish.
With a press on top of the dish soap bottle, the dish is lathered in transparent, bubbly soap.
Scrapes of food fall off the dish by rubbing with a sponge.
As the laminar flow of clear water washes away
the transparent bubbles, the crumbs of food, and smears of oily sauce,
a nakedly clean dish surfaces, dripping with drops of water.
8.19.2025
Hope
The walls are high,
and the fog is thick.
I have a pencil in my hand,
and the world asks a question.
The candle is burning,
and the dark night is falling.
Do not stray from the question.
Face it head on.
8.18.2025
Ralph with Coffee 
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