i don't need a dollar

So much is happening all at once
I don't have a dollar
But son my dreams aren't getting farther
They are advancing as I keep dancing
To the beat of my passion, everyday
I don't need a dollar to be this way
I don't even need a dollar to be
And that's what I pray others will see
I don't own the riches that comes from disguised slave labor,
I own richness from within
That gets polished by my thought,
Love and manifestations of creative engagements
I don't ever want to be mad
By the material things I don't have
I know some days will be sad
But better for me so I can know the sun when it shines
I forever want to see the world
Through these righteous blue eyes.

Sat upon the Earth alone,
there is no life around me.
When energy passes,
it doesn't see me here.
Waiting,
like an invisible person to be seen clear.

From my indian style,
the world is rather small.
The blades of grass are just beneath me,
so close to me,
yet I cannot fathom how they root across the continent.

Who is sitting at the farthest stretch of the same root?
Are they waiting like me?
Or is their colorful soul set free?

The clouds above me
float innocently.
Parading along, singing a song,
I wonder what lovers are looking up
engaged in the same free show.

Soft wind kisses my cheek,
with a chilling effect,
it runs through every body it meets.

Suddenly, I am not alone.

The world has given me natural comfort.
The atmosphere has hugged me,
and the soil recharged me.

Energy from the green is what I need.
The spirit that is recycled amongst humanity,
the soul of Mother Earth
which sings to us our harmonious worth.

As quoted from Leo Buscaglia;

"To use it all up is Love..."

1. Each day I promise myself not to try to solve all of my life problems at once.

2. Starting each day I will try to learn something new about me, about you and about the world we live in - so that I may continue to experience all things as if they have been newly born.

3. Starting each day I shall remember to communicate my joy as well as my despair - so that we can know eachother better.

4. Starting each day I shall remind myself to really listen to you and try to hear your point of view, and discover the least threatning way of giving you mine - remembering that we are both growing and changing in a hundred different ways.

5. And starting each day I shall remind myself that I'm a human being - and shall not demand perfection from you until I myself am perfect. (So you're safe.)

6. Starting each day I shall strive to be more aware of the beautiful things in our world. I know there is ugliness, but there is also beauty and don't let them tell you any differently.

7. Starting each day I will remind myself to reach out and touch you with my words, with my eyes, and with my fingers; because I don't want to miss out on feeling you.

8. And starting each day I will dedicate myself to the process of being a Lover, and then see what happens...

"If you were to define Love, the only word big enough to engulf it all would be Life."

peace.

To be completely honest, it's not in the things we own. Happiness, fulfillment, peace, does not come in form. We've heard this all our lives, and as corny as you may have taken it or as phony as you perceive it to be, it is the ultimate truth. When we meet strangers, often times than not, we hide behind forms to portray who we are - we act happy because of the things we own and the accomplishments we've founded. We seldom share honest joys or real despair; matters of the heart and soul. We rarely reach out and ask for help in the form of touch, love or understanding. It is this ditch of selfishness and disregard that humanity keeps digging deeper and deeper. It is our solidarity that is eventually going to destroy us. We have to find our interconnectedness and tune our spirits. We cannot wish to find peace through outward forms, for peace develops from the inside. Once we accept who we are, honestly and completely; once we believe in our dreams and our strength; once we plan our steps carefully and execute courageously, then peace be to us. Then, and only then, will the power of love shine from our hearts and unto everyone we meet.