Most people live lives of quiet desperation.

I’m quoting Henry David Thoreau here for the lovers of philosophy and thought.

In this light, many questions arise, and I question myself if I am one of those living their lives in quiet desperation.

Are you?

Do you?

Dear seafarer adrift in your inner sea,

Do not let your infancy fade and vanish with the years, for then there will be an emptiness in you, you won't have an answer or remedy for.

Keep your infancy alive.

I can't forget you, my love.

But it's not because I loved you so much

I can't forget you because I never finished

Loving you completely, in body and soul.

Because I never finished the temple I started building for you

Here in my heart

Dear student of life,

With love and care, I bring this compendium of ancient wisdom to you:

Remember: You are a slave to your words, and the master of your silence.

This sentence has been attributed to various leaders and philosophers throughout the centuries in diverse formats. Notwithstanding the above, the meaning of this sentence persists through the times and is as actual nowadays as when someone first learned about it.

You were brought into Life

What could you do about it?

Nothing.

You are brought into Death

What can you do about it?

Nothing.

Dear seafarer adrift in your inner sea,

Here is what I propose:

Stop living to the rhythm of man

Start living to the rhythm of Earth.

A New Day

A poem by Sal Godoij

Like precious liquid

Spilled from a delicate glass vessel

Suddenly smashed broken

The day

Flood the roofs of the houses, and the city streets

The alleyways, the balconies, the sidewalks

And every window

To become a better person with you and others, is a lifelong journey. Many qualities, knowledge, and skills must be developed since childhood and throughout your life. Some may come to you naturally. Others, you must acquire through the different seasons of your life.

 My mother discovered me in her calendar

My father discovered me in my mother's eyes

Lord, guide the boy to be what he can be, my mother prayed

The boy will be what he wants to be, my father said.

What is real in the human world?

To me, what is real in the human world is doubt. Not truth or lies, but doubt.

So, walking on Descartes's path, I came up with this challenge, and I invite you to debate it:

"The essential is neither truth nor lies. The essential is doubt."

The first AI we became familiar with was introduced to us through a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm when we were children.

The fairy tale is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," and the AI is: The Mirror on the Wall.

I came to visit you at the chapel, and you were there.

I imagined you were there, it's what I mean.

I moved through the whispers, the condolences, the handshakes

And reached the altar, and there you were

Does morality subsist in fear?

Look inside you.

Seek God inside you.

Do not be afraid.

Her Eyes Blinded My Senses

A poem by Sal Godoij

Her eyes blinded my senses

And I dismissed the fact she wasn't mine

It all happened so suddenly

Should I justify myself?

It was love at first sight.

Oh, such an imperfect love

Dear seafarer adrift in your inner sea,

Love technology, use it, learn, and expand on it

And this is good

But do not grow too attached to it

Faster than words

Moves the pain

Like the tides in the sea

Social Media is like an open microphone in the middle of a great rock concert with a large crowd cheering, screaming, protesting, chanting, hooting, insulting, singing along, booing….

Today, give someone a compliment

Make it a habit every day

And the sky will open to you

As it opens after a rainy day.

Beginnings are good. Don't be afraid to start or restart. No matter what, what lies ahead is a new road. An empty road. Henceforward, throughout all your walk through the path of life, keep the good beginnings alive, grow them, grow in them, grow with them.

Before you reach God with your prayers, first reflect upon your behaviour, your thoughts, on what you have done.