{"id":2850,"date":"2017-10-24T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2017-10-24T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:53:05","slug":"poem-awe-the-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/24\/poem-awe-the-less\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Awe The Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up<\/strong>
\nKnot a moment too soon<\/strong>
\nMy values dying on the vine<\/strong>
\nJust realizing<\/strong>
\nIn efface of<\/strong>
\nEvery dollar<\/strong>
\nUnspent<\/strong>
\nAwe the less<\/strong>
\nI had to urn<\/strong>
\nAnd in that mean time<\/strong>
\nAaah, lined my values<\/strong>
\nEvery little thing on the table<\/strong>
\nLike the crack of daze break<\/strong>
\nIn hail<\/strong>
\nOf every thing of late<\/strong>
\nThat interminable rush<\/strong>
\nExpressly beyond reach<\/strong>
\nEclipsing will <\/strong>
\nTo simply be<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Simplicity<\/a>\"clock<\/a>This poem is an ode to less is more, aligning life to our deepest values, and slowing down in helping us get there.\u00a0 Speed kills, substituting urgency for importance.\u00a0 We rush to accomplish never present values, getting nowhere but in record time.\u00a0 Rushing to dreamed futures we outrun life’s manifold presents, that which is fixed in unbroken attention to timeless values and awake to now.<\/p>\n

This day, may we each experience a deep presence to that which is awe ready present.<\/p>\n

\"Bull<\/a>Or…in countering every pretense dropping, cut through the stuff that makes life grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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