A thought/reflection... that's all.

A little off beat from the focus of this blog, but for some reason I felt compelled to post this one. The contents of this post should really be in the 'About the Author' section, but it's only a fragment so...

Today is my birthday. Nothing exceptional happened. I did some study, some exercise and went to work. I work in a wine bar and restaurant called Liquorish in the relatively affluent Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. While I was in the middle of polishing the extensive range of glassware we use every night, I wrote the following...

I live in a horrible world.

We all do

full of deceit.

It's the worst you know, deceit.

It's based on trust

on mutual understanding.

Like a love where one flame dims to an unrequited glow.

I am                alone,

not entirely

But d i  s   t    a     n      c       e        d.

I live a life governed by self-discipline and punctuated by moments of indulgence

and then,

Guilt

My interactions entertain me.

Some more than others.

But it is my thoughts that sustain me.

To counter the deceit,

I am privileged to see beauty in the ordinary.

I think beautiful thoughts, and hold on to them with every sensory faculty my mind can muster.

It wasn't always this way

A smile induces another

a moment

upon which, faith in the potency of optimism becomes unquestionable.