Haiku from “Self-Reliance” … (and from Me)

I LIKE THE FIFTIES
I MEAN THE EIGHTEEN-FIFTIES
EMERSON, THOREAU

WITH CONSISTENCY
GREAT SOULS HAVE NOTHING TO DO
SHADOWS ON THE WALL

I MUST BE MYSELF
I CAN’T BREAK MYSELF FOR YOU
LOVE JUST WHO I AM

REGRETS ARE FALSE PRAYERS
SELF-RELIANCE OVERCOMES
INFIRMITY’S WILL

TO BELIEVE YOUR THOUGHT
IS A THOUGHT TRUE TO ALL MEN,
THAT IS GENIUS

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JOY IS A PROCESS
OF ACCEPTING WHO WE ARE
GOD’S PERFECT CHILDREN

TOUCH IT WITH YOUR MIND
BE AWARE OF SENSATIONS,
OR NO SENSATIONS

“THE WALKING MAN WALKS,
THE TALKING MAN TALKS,”
I SIT AND LISTEN

SOME WERE NEVER BORN
NO MOTHER’S LOVE WILL THEY KNOW
GOD WELCOMES THEM HOME