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BE

E. Johannes Soltermann

“Tired and Happy”,

I used to answer

when asked, “How in the

world are you?”

Yes, tired I am.

having worked all day,

all week,

all year,

all life.

Gakko –

this word pops to mind.

It supposedly means

“World of Being.”

Have you ever experienced

the rain while the sun

shines?

Watched the bright crystals

drop fresh from the sky?

spilling all over the deep-

green plantain-leaves,

washing away every dust,

every doubt?

Being –

what a humming sound.

It transcends all the

hardships

that humans resist.

Go into the mindframe

of Being Here.

All crutches

will fall by the wayside.

Once we have chosen

to love ourselves –

what else

is there ever discovered?

Gakko.

The living is now.

Breathe.

Love.

Be.