Gratitude Changes The World
GRATITUDE CHANGES THE WORLD
What is selflessness?
You simply must go beyond the self,
To work for the greater good,
For this is the common wealth,
That is an uncommon
dialogue.
The world is embroiled in distraction,
iPhones, computers, apps, movies, markets and mayhem,
As the schism that divides,
Is the mask that hides,
loneliness.
Many have lost the essential wisdom,
As they are disconnected from the true self as wealth,
There is no time for reflection only selection,
Yet natural selection cannot select for materialism
for this is an imperialism,
Without borders.
We have policies and plans,
But do we understand the theory in chaos?
The self perpetuating unquestioned pattern making that replicates,
But never placates the basic template of greed,
For this is the seed of prefabricated need,
That requires an endless oil well,
Extracting from a finite universal sphere,
Driven by the engines of fear.
So what to do?
Be the change you wish to see,
The truth will set you free,
Step outside of convention,
Start to contemplate new inventions
without pretention,
Learn from Einstein’s contention:
‘No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We need to learn to see the world anew’
For love is the glue, the shape changer and the change agent,
That will set this world free,
To see yourself in another,
For what we do to another we do to the self,
For competition divides,
Cooperation unifies,
Compassion overrides,
As we forgive and let go of what no longer serves us before the climate changes,
For we are running on empty platitudes and self-serving attitudes,
Rather than the humility of gratitude,
For selfless service is the attitude,
That will change the world,
And for this world,
I am changing
myself.