When you’re faced with adversity, don’t try to disguise it.
Don’t hide from the truth to give yourself a boost.
It may feel good in the short term, but in the long run it could hurt.
When you move off reality lane,
There’s a chance you will create more problems for yourself.
You won’t be aware when a true solution is there.
And you may add fuel to the fire instead.
Make sure your motives are above board and clear.
Sometimes you trick yourself to justify
Doing what is unjust and unfair, to see what isn’t there.
You jump on board, even when deep down you know
It’s a journey to nowhere.
When you are stressed, your patience is less.
And in your quest for relief, you may give others grief.
Always keep your dignity and values in sight.
As you fight the fight.
You don’t have to go for the throat.
Or leave people out in the cold.
Desperation can lead to a mirage, seeming real.
And a devil’s fire glow, can be mistaken for an angel’s halo.
A lighted runway on a cliff may be safe if it’s a plane you’re in.
By the time you reach the end
You will have the instruments for the needed lift.
But if you’re in a car, it will only take you that far.
And when you’re not prepared to stop
You’ll be in for a hell of a drop.
So be careful which light you choose.
Especially when darkness surrounds you.
When you seek validation for hate.
If you don’t immediately or consistently get it,
There is a chance that hate will wane.
Hate can be fueled by what you seek and expose yourself to.
Solidified when you reject opposing points of view.
Then you become assured to stay the path you’re on.
Whereas, with different information.
The hate may not boil, but likely simmer down.
When you can’t take criticism or feedback.
You put yourself on a track that may lead you to attack.
You wrap yourself in defense.
Just thinking that you need to protect yourself.
You build a wall so great.
You fail to see over or beyond it.
Then you miss when beauty is surrounding you.
Giving and receiving can’t easily flow through.
With so much negative in the air.
It shifts the make-up of our atmosphere.
And what we breathe in, affects the breed that comes out.
Slowly changing what we’re about.
Our outlook tends to change.
As we are transformed by what we see and hear most.
And if we don’t abandon the antagonistic pace,
There will be permanent damage to our Universe.