I read the review (not Lawlor's original work) and two agreeing thoughts come to mind:

The succinct
"Speak the truth in love"
of the New Testament

and

choosing to follow the eternal while living in the temporal.
#ichoosetheriptide

Regal Magnolia,
look down to dandelion,
see her roaring spread

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#wildwalkprompt
#magnolia
#nature
#havenspark
#folkpoetry
#dandelion
#ichoosetheriptide

#ichoosetheriptide

We are trained for the industry.

Yet, there are other ways.

#ichoosetheriptide

Jury, judge, murky smudge
Usuary, bribery, political pudge
Teasing animus, seething justice
Truth lies limber
fallen
timber

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#MadMarch
#just
#acrostic
#poetry
#havenspark
#folkpoetry
#dc
#justice
#bothsides
#ichoosetheriptide

If released from Trump,
would they speak with candor?
Or would we get more and/or?

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#candor
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#Trump
#Republicans
#Democrats
#ichoosetheriptide

Yes! 😍

#wuwei
#followthewater
#ichoosetheriptide

Being careful to
choose our last wisely.

Yet...if we choose poorly...
mercifully, leather can be reshaped.

#ichoosetheriptide

Calvin's tulip,
I just don't see
Free since rib
I clearer be

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#wildwalkprompt
#tulip
#nature
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#Calvin
#ichoosetheriptide

DEBASE

Deflating our
Equal
Baseline
Asks
Sewers to
Entertain us

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#freeverseFebruary
#debase
#acrostic
#poetry
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#ichoosetheriptide

“Fill the space!” marketeer cries.

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#7syllablesentence
#space
#havenspark
#Minimalism
#maximalism
#justrightism
#ichoosetheriptide

And vice versa

#ichoosetheriptide 💜

I Choose the Riptide When Shore Isn't the Goal

To be swept to sea, I yearn.

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#7syllablesentence
#yearn
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#ichoosetheriptide

Why we should embrace ‘nepantla’ – the in-betweenness of life | Psyche Ideas In an age of strong political commitments, a Nahuatl word encapsulates the freedom to let go of what has become oppressive

A word that encapsulates
#ichoosetheriptide. 💜

#right #left
#red #blue
#napantla #lavender
#freedom

pull of the loblolly
down through the muck
our spoon too small
the bowl too big

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#loblolly
#havenspark
#poetry
#fallenworld
#ichoosetheriptide

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#dailyhaikuprompt
#violet #lamplight
#poetry #haiku
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#red #blue
#ichoosetheriptide

PIECEMEAL

Political
Information
Enclosed:

Cloaking
Evil
Men and women
Evokes
A new
Look at voting options

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#freeverseFebruary
#piecemeal
#acrostic
#poetry
#havenspark
#politics
#election
#Republican
#Democrat
#ichoosetheriptide

Rifts reveal depth of beliefs.

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#7syllablesentence
#rift
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#ichoosetheriptide

And they bristle when it is suggested they look at primary sources.

I was told:

"I don't have time for that!"

It's time to choose:
God or GOP.

#ichoosetheriptide

Watch this press conference (less than 3 minutes).

Spoiler: The Dep Att Gen of the USA doesn't know the meaning of the term abuse of women.

youtu.be/VbRXMTWaV9Y?...

Write the Dept of Justice.

www.justice.gov/contact-us

#watch
#write
#justice
#abuse
#Epstein
#ToddBlanche
#ichoosetheriptide

Agreed.

#ichoosetheriptide

#ichoosetheriptide 😉

ICE:

GET the very bad guys.
Don't BE the very bad guys.

PROTESTORS:

Let them GET the very bad guys.
Don't BE the very bad guys.

#ice
#protests
#justice
#ichoosetheriptide

charcoal weight presses
the soul, nerve, civility,
but *do not light it*
they want fury for excuse,
let us find another way

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#dailyhaikuprompt
#charcoal
#poetry #haiku
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#civility
#ichoosetheriptide

I'm starting to think what they call the mainstream are sidestreams being dramatic.

#ichoosetheriptide

SCORCH

Searing
Communication
Over
Reckless
Critical
Heuristics

(turn up the heat, yes.
but scorch? 🤔)

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#AcrosticJanuary
#scorch
#blueskypoets
#havenspark
#communication
#dontgiveup your #integrity
#ichoosetheriptide

Le sigh. Some of us have.

I used to be in a circle of the mid-right, but I left. Or they left me, so I left.

I tried circles of the left, but the hate I left is in some circles on the left, too.

So I stepped out of the circles.

#ichoosetheriptide
#issuesbased

The problems do run deep on both sides of the political sea. 🟥🟦

That's why #ichoosetheriptide. 🤍

devil-in-eyes rage
energy circuit
rage-in-fear response
break the cycle

𓂃 ོ𓂃

#dailyhaikuprompt
#rage #fear #cycle
#poetry #haiku
#blueskypoets
#visualpoetry
#havenspark
#BeyondXistence
#mentalhealth
#ichoosetheriptide

Just read Combating Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan.

Excellent book, especially in this era where people battle for our brain (and don't always play fair).

How to recognize cult thinking, how to help, and what not to do.

#book
#cults
#ichoosetheriptide
#BeyondXistence
#mentalhealth