Posted by Brad Osborne on March 6, 2023 · 11 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 11, 2023 · 12 Comments
I can’t be the man you need,
Because you don’t need a man…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2023 · 15 Comments
A million gaping mouths,
Clamoring to be fed,
Many worthy causes,
Pulling a single thread…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on December 18, 2022 · 17 Comments
The greatest philosophy,
Is to care for one another,
Possessive by apostrophe,
I, the keeper of my brother…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 5, 2022 · 17 Comments
Let me be a welcomed sign,
On the path so hard to find…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 28, 2022 · 17 Comments
There is nothing more honorable,
Then being of service to another…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 15, 2022 · 19 Comments
What if no one would ever know,
What evil would eager tempt,
What good would go undone…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 11, 2022 · 13 Comments
Worth is not found in what we hold,
Not seen in our vaults of silver and gold…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with charity, death, giving, letting go, life, Life lessons, love, poem, Poetry, power, soul, spirit, strength, value, worth
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 6, 2022 · 20 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with boat, fishing, generations, gift, giving, hard work, koan, learning, life, Life lessons, mantra, parable, taoism, taoist koan, tradition
Posted by Brad Osborne on March 17, 2022 · 26 Comments
I can’t be the man you need,
Because you don’t need a man…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with being, Can't be, cost, damsel, fears, giving, heart, lost, love, loving, man, need, poem, Poetry, relationships