I recently heard someone describe the Buddhist concept of enlightenment as “lightening up.” I have long been a fan of the Buddhist practice of “nonseriousness.” This has helped me in my perpetual vacillation between being the most serious person in the room and being incapable of being serious. On good days, I vote for “lightening up” when faced with an overly serious impulse to take people down. This poem more succinctly lays out such judgment.
Judgment Call
When dark daze
Come to a head
Weather lightening up
Or lightning down
It’s your call
