Street Mural on wood viewed in Guanajuato
Stemming the Rage
To seed grace and stability in these tempestuous times,
try not to retaliate in your tweets and rhymes.
Simply state the truth as you continue to perceive it.
If you do not stir angst you’re less likely to receive it.
Choose not to participate when small minds rant and bray.
Just find a saner audience you’re likelier to sway.
This isn’t always easy. Ghandi led the way,
and he moved the British at the end of day.
Whether Trump or Kim Jong-un, Hitler or Pol Pot
could be swayed by passive resistance? Perhaps, or perhaps not.
But surely there are other souls—even ones of note
who might be nudged to change their minds and even change their vote.
If you can curb your anger and respond with facts and sanity,
perhaps you’ll find a route to chip away at their inanity.
Please take with a grain of salt this lesson that I preach.
Actually, I must admit, it’s me I’m trying to teach.
Word prompts for today were: grace, stability, tempestuous and retaliate. Here are the links:
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/rdp-monday-grace/
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/09/10/fowc-with-fandango-stability/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/tempestuous/
https://dailyaddictions542855004.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/daily-addictions-2018-week-36/retaliate
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
“Actually, I must admit, it’s me I’m trying to teach.” Yes, I can definitely relate to that line. Great poem.
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Almost always, when I write a preachy poem, it is really something I’m trying to convince myself of.
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Nice thought. Not sure it’s true, but I like it anyway.
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Good advice – for each of us.
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Wonderful advice.
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Would you please put my name on as the creator of the Stemming the Rage piece and direct people to my blogsite. It has someone else listed as the author of the piece.
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