The Benefits of responding with Joy

Folks, keep your humor, don't get offended.

Some people are like grenades,

so full of gunpowder;

they can't quite see it,

though it contaminates them

and fills them with saltpeter where there should be joy;

carbonified dreams and the smell of sulfer;

they see hatefulness around them,

and enemies where friends should be.

And when they blow up,

they claim they were victims,

as their hate destroys all it touches.

We need our friends;

and the quiet places,

should be in our hearts and in our souls;

empty of anger, full of joyfulness,

receiving love, ease, few worries or cares;

preaching the Dharma everwhere.

If you are really peaceful,

your heart reaches out in peacefulness,

and all respond with joy.

Chris

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