A Better World

Dec 24

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A BETTER WORLD

What would make the world
A better place right now?

Simply that there might be
For each and every individual

A moment of internal peace and understanding
That was not fleeting but endured

And endured and endured and became
For each and every individual

An internal world of eternal peace and understanding
In which to dwell and share

Then we would wish to work tirelessly
To transform the way we think, speak and act

Till each and every individual lives
In an external world also

Of eternal peace and understanding
That is a thousand miles from here

But as we already know quite well
A journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step

About Ben Naga

The Spirit that graces me with its passing has no name and stems not from thoughts and words, though it gathers them up as it flows, but from feeling.

Posted on December 24, 2011, in Poetry, Writing and tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.

  1. adeeyoyo | December 25, 2011 at 4:59 am

    Oh, Ben, this is SO inspired! I know just what you speak of. I have been conscious, for the first time in my memory, over the last few days of a total feeling of contentment, a realisation that my will is nothing, it is God’s will that is everything, and I feel completely relaxed and at ease! I wish the rest of the world would come to know this feeling…

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  2. Addie | December 25, 2011 at 5:29 am

    Ditto. Happy Holidays! I wish you a very happy, healthy, fun-loving and harmonious Christmas and New Year. Cheers to such poetic brilliance!

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  4. Ben Naga | December 25, 2011 at 9:43 am

    The same to you and Ronnie.

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  5. California Kid | December 25, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    I couldn’t agree with you more Ben. Well said!

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  6. Ben Naga | December 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    “All Together Now”

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  7. Angela | December 25, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    Beautiful piece of hope, no matter the miles or the steps.

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  8. Ben Naga | December 26, 2011 at 12:58 am

    It was Addie of “BETWIXT AND BETWEEN” (http://justbeingthoughtful.wordpress.com) who asked the question.

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  9. Vampire Weather | December 26, 2011 at 4:10 am

    If you are not a teacher, at least in some capacity, in “real life” I will be extremely surprised. I see a gift in you for teaching and provoking thought. Well done, my friend

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  10. Ben Naga | December 26, 2011 at 10:34 am

    It seems to be something I find it almost impossible to avoid, for better or worse. I just hope to do it without being annoyingly didactic.

    From my other blog:

    THE MAGICAL ACT

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