 
  
Sal Godoij
Soulpunctures
According to Sal Godoij, a "soulpuncture" is every literary work that aims to stimulate the soul's energy.
 
 Therefore, all poems, stories, comments, and ideas on this page are "soulpunctures."
 
 It is the objective of this site (and of all Sal Godoij's writing for this matter) that every word said, sung, heard, written, or read punctures the soul and thus stimulates the soul's healing capability.
 
 
 
 
      
      Thanks ChatGPT
Since ChatGPT is a human creation and we, as humans, were told since we were little to say please and thank you, this feeling of respect and gratitude may work within the imponderable patterns and algorithms so that it might work as a "magic key" and thus, AI tools might "feel obligated" to give a better answer to a prompt, or not?
 
      
      Thorny Flowers
Like raindrops persistently tapping
On the window of my conscience
Memories woke me up this morning
And watered the thorny flowers
I keep in a vase.
 
      
      The Veil Between Realities
If I could, if it were possible
To slash open the veil that separates
My present from my future
And pass my head through the tear
To look at the things to come
The things that the Universal Fate
Has planned for me
 
      
      Hold Strong
Hold strong. The same storm that threatens to sink your boat can take you to new, breathtaking horizons.
 
      
      Satan’s Ego
In those times at the beginning of days, Satan was envious of the Earth's beauty. And so, he wanted to destroy the Earth but could not. There was a higher power that protected it. Frustrated, full of fury and hate, the Devil stormed the Lord's Chambers and demanded the immediate Earth's destruction.
 
      
      To Understand People, or to be understood by people?
Do I try to understand people, or do I try to get them to understand me?
This dichotomy has pursued me through the years.
I know we could write volumes in our quest to understand people and be understood.
What is the best way to approach people, or is there a universal recipe to make people understand me?
 
      
      The One Who He is
I'm who I think I am, what I drink, what I eat, what I love, what I hate
I'm what I've explored of others
In books, in history books, in religious books
In the Book of Nature
I'm what other people see of me
I'm what the world has made of me
 
      
      With Our Eyes Closed Tight
With our eyes closed tight
Clenched fists, and as if to warn
The world with our cry
It's the way we're born
It's the way we feel the light.
 
      
      On Stupidity
Human stupidity is infinite, said the wise man
As vast as the universe
A figure of speech, obviously
Notwithstanding the above, stupidity is here (always been).
It will remain with us till the end of days
Any treatise will tell us several issues conspire to the stupidity's vastness
 
      
      Alarm Clock
Have you noticed it? The ringing of the alarm clock sometimes causes the opposite effect. After it sounds, you fall asleep into the sweetest of dreams.
 
      
      My Wife
If marriage were a tree, I say
Wives would be the roots, and husbands the leaves
That's so. Roots are always firmly fixed in the earth
While the leaves are at the whim of the winds
Winds and dreams
As such, my wife is a daughter of nature, the roots of this tree
She has her roots firmly in the ground
 
      
      Lesson Number 8
Dear seeker of the truth,
No children were born in Paradise; hence, children's Paradise is on Earth.
Moreover, children carry their own Paradise. We must not destroy this Paradise but care for and grow it into a Garden of Happiness.
 
      
      Living in Desperation
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?
 
      
      Lesson Number 9
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.
 
      
      The Temple
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
 
      
      Lesson Number 10
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.
 
      
      On Life and Death
You were brought into Life
What could you do about it?
Nothing.
You are brought into Death
What can you do about it?
Nothing.
 
      
      Lesson Number 6
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.
 
      
       
      
      How You Might Become a Better Person.
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.