Occasionally, I like to include a bit of my poetry at Hip Diggs. Today, I share a poem that includes some of my thoughts and feelings about minimalism and finding the balance within extremes.
Photo by Dan Erickson
All Things Within Reason
Did I bite off too much, chew too many times?
Is my heart too full, or too empty for the season?
Did I throw away too much of my past, I asked,
or did I do all things within reason?
Too often we go to extremes, following trends,
we want to break out when we only need to bend.
We push too hard for more and more, or maybe less,
forgetting that it’s love, and life itself that leaves us blessed.
Along the water in the mist the color turns to black and white.
The night blends with the day and the day into the night.
So I turned away from the expectations of a consumer culture,
like a criminal driven by some form of minimalistic treason.
Still, I must question my motivations once again:
Have I done all things within reason?
Breathe slowly, walk briskly, love endlessly, live thoughtfully,
find the balance within the extremes of each season.
Give yourself to the moment without selling yourself short,
and do all things within reason.
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