THE FIRST - HOW I USED TO BE

THE SECOND - HOW I TRY TO BE NOW!

AND OTHER BITS & PIECES

 

Below are two pieces of verse. The first was my father's, and I used to try to live by the morals it contains, though in a non-religious way. The second is how I have tried to harden my feelings (without much success!).

 

OTHERS

Lord help me to live from day to day

In such a self forgetful way

That even when I kneel to pray

My prayers shall be for -OTHERS

 

Help me in all the work I do

To ever be sincere and true

In addition, know that all I'd do for you

Must need be done for - OTHERS

 

Let "Self" be crucified And slain

And buried deep: and all in vain

May efforts be to rise again

Unless to live for - OTHERS

 

And when my work on earth is done

And my work in heaven's begun

May I forget the crown I've won

While thinking still of: OTHERS

 

Others, Lord yes, others,

Let this my motto be

Help me to live for Others

That I may live like THEE

THE THOUGHTS OF KI

 

WHEN MY PHYSICAL BONDS ARE LOOSED

OUR SPIRITUAL BONDS

ARE STRENGTHENED

 

I WILL NEVER AGAIN

BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE

ELSE'S HAPPINESS

 

I DO NOT HAVE TO DO

ANYTHING THAT I

DO NOT WANT TO

 

MY TIME BELONGS TO ME

AND TO

NOBODY ELSE

 

NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY

MY PEACE FROM

ME

 

I WISH TO HEAR THE MUSIC

SO I WILL NOT PLAY IN THE ORCHESTRA

 

LONELINESS IS A CONDITION

OF THE MIND

NOT A STATE OF THE BODY

 

THE ESSENCE OF HELL IS HOPE

HEAVEN IS WHERE HOPE IS NO MORE

 

HELL IS CARING FOR SOMBODY

HEAVEN IS HAVING NO-ONE TO CARE FOR

 

IN THE BEGINNING

WAS THE WORD

AND THE WORD WAS

COPYRIGHT 1995 KI VINCA

About six weeks after Lesley, my daughter, died I woke up and told Jackie, my second wife, that I had had a poem come into my head. She thought I had gone mad due to the grief.

At Lesley's funeral, Chloe, her mother, had a single rose put on the coffin. As the coffin was carried into the crematorium, we all saw that the rose was shrivelled as though it had already been through the furnace.

Before the crematorium service Chloe had a service at the Co-op funeral parlour conducted by Chloe's vicar, the reverend Mean. I did not like him. As he said, "We say goodbye to Lesley." I saw her. She curtsied to me and smiled. I laughed. They thought that I had gone potty!

Here is the poem: -

Just one single rose was placed, then died,

Killed by the anger, anger, anger

And frustration inside.

"You whore! You whore!"

Was what I heard,

When all that I wanted

Was a comforting word.

Some nights later I had the same experience:-

To the rhythm of a galloping horse

 

The she wolf is coming at round about three.

She seeks out the hatred that's aimed against me.

The look from her eyes, sears through the brain,

Your peace will not come,

Ne'er again ne'er again.

 

Lesley's initials were L.U.P.A Latin for she wolf!

 

When my father died, he left little other than memories. A piece of his moral prose is this :-

King Akhtoi 1st king of the 9th dynasty of Egypt 2271 BC

A letter to his son.

Be diplomatic in speech; speech is more powerful than any armament, none being able to circumvent a clever speaker.

Respect a life of energy, for self- complacency will make a wretched man of you; yet a fool is he who is greedy of what others possess.

Take care that you do not punish wrongfully.

Slay not any man that is about you, for God in whose care he is, commends him to you.

 Do not make a distinction between the son of a noble and one of humble birth. But take a man to you because of his merits.

Indolence would ruin heaven itself.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

This is how I tried to conduct myself professionally

 

YOU can buy a man's time,

YOU can buy a man's physical presence at a given place,

YOU can buy a measured number of skilled muscular actions, per hour, per day,

BUT, you cannot buy a man's LOYALTY,

YOU cannot buy a man's INITIATIVE,

YOU cannot buy a man's ENTHUSIASM,

YOU cannot buy DEVOTION of heart, mind or soul,

THESE THINGS YOU HAVE TO EARN.

 

QUOTES FROM MY SON'S SITE. IF ONLY HE REALLY UNDERSTOOD!

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans - John Lennon

You are who you pretend to be - Kurt Vonnegut

Two pints of larger and a packet of crisps please - Drunken Yobbo in the Kings Arms

Religion is a crutch for the simple minded - Ace Ventura, Governor of Minnesota

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion. - L. Ron Hubbard, Sci-Fi writer, who later founded The church of Scientology

What has been the fruits of Christianity?,...Superstition, bigotry and persecution - James Madison, 4th President of the U.S.

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