New Year. New Blog?

Hello Everyone,

Due to a few issues on this site, I was forced to create a new blog. Don't worry, this page will not be deleted. There are 259 posts on this blog and I am not going to copy them onto my new page.

I'm lazy.

However, if you are looking for new posts, there will not be any more posts here. This is my final post on this page.

For all of my new content, please check out the page ... Drum roll bitte (Threw that in for my German fan base ) ....


http://humanityinpoetry17.blogspot.de/


 I basically added the number 17 to the end of the title. The site also looks much different than this one. I would encourage you to check it out.

Thank you all for your support.

I am truly grateful for everyone who takes a few seconds out of their day to see things from my perspective. Thank you. Vielen Dank.

- Live with Intent.

- Smile. Wonder. Appreciate. Give. SWAG.

- New Year. Same Swag.

- K.S. Fort 

Prologue : Cry Standing

From Blog: http://kibbsheartindia.blogspot.de/

Friday, 4 April 2014

Parenthood : Cry Standing

"And I swear on everything, when I leave this Earth, it’s going to be on both feet. Never knees in the dirt."

- Lil Wayne

In life, there are three emotions that I avoid feeling.

The first is anger. One friend defined it as "temporary insanity". I like to be in total control of myself and I've had to discipline myself to either walk away from frustrating situations, and when I'm unable to walk away, I remain silent.

Secondly, I avoid guilt. It's pointless. I live life unapologetically because I live intentionally. I don't feel guilty for making mistakes because failures are an opportunity to learn. At times, I may feel ashamed for violating my own standards (i.e. responding rudely on a stressful day) but I find it easy to forgive myself and do better next time.

Lastly, there's pity. Allow me to be completely honest here; Pity is a wasteful emotion. No one benefits. At least with guilt you have the opportunity to reevaluate the situation and do better next time. With pity you simply waste the time needed to improve the situation.

Let me be clear, I am empathetic. I will sympathize WITH you, but I will not feel sorry FOR you. Though I believe in always investing positive emotions, I have no funds to offer to charities seeking pity.

Let me tell you a quick story...

I bring my 1st standard (grade) class outdoors every day. Thanks to John Dewey's " The School and Society", which is a must read for anyone interested in education, I created educational games that involve running, adding, subtracting and multiplying shapes, and putting together letters to form words. These games are played on the cement courtyard. At times, the children fall down.

The first thing I do when I run to a fallen child is stand him/her up. There's no shame in crying but just make sure you cry on your feet. After they've fallen, I do not sink to their level, comfort them, and allow them to wallow in their misfortune.

I stand them up. Cry standing. I am compassionate, but I make sure students take the first step - Standing. Standing shows me they are not seeking pity, rather, looking for a solution to the problem. The solution in this case is a smile, sometimes I spin them around, high fives work miracles, and they also like to sit in the teachers chair. I think they believe it to be a throne. I just see it as a big, plastic chair.

But I digress...

Cry standing. I want every child to be safe at school, but if school is a microcosm of society, we must allow them to fall. And stand on their own whenever they're able to. I provide support but I am not a crutch.

There's no way to get around it, you will get hurt in life. But at least stand after you've fallen. I once heard a quote that stated, "I'm not so concerned that you fall, but that you rise". Cry standing.

Though I am not a parent, I certainly feel like one after teaching this year. I taught large classes, various age groups, and have spent the whole day around children. Literally. The. Entire. Day. After school, I tutored at the orphanage. I've just turned 23 years old and I'm the father of 25 children. Maury couldn't write a better script than this.

In the future, when I have my little Jayalakshmi’s and Kibbsparticus' - Wait, I think "Kibbsparticus" plural is "Kibbspartici" - I will teach them the lessons I've taught my children here; Grow in courage, passion, and discipline every day, have a love for learning, live authentically, and cry standing. Always cry standing.

- End .

 From :

"Sober Reality : Cry Standing"

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Chase the Rainbow

Chase the Rainbow

I will chase the rainbow

Grab the pot of gold

That will yank me

From my sullen misery

Pull me from the

Suffocating office

Break through these four walls

Down a life of peace and bliss

Where by having nothing I am all

I will chase the rainbow

I’ll drown the screams of critics

In the ocean of my dreams

I will climb the rocky mountains

With bloody, callous hands and scream

Not be silenced by a muted society

Who fears to see every part of me

I will chase the rainbow

Run past those who’ve died inside

I’ll recognize what I’ve had to hide

I’ll ignore the scientist

Towards my destined reign

Ignore him warn,

“It’s just sun shining through rain”

I will chase the rainbow

For those who ran

Through parched plantations

Dirt, sweat and spit sliding from their faces

Who ran with one foot

Who broke through chains

Who believed the free will carry their name

I will chase the rainbow

And whether or not

I grasp the gold

At least when I am

Gray and old

I can honestly

Speak to my child

Gaze out a few feet

From our window

Smile and think,

“Not much more to go”,

Look to my child

Before I go,

To a world beyond

A world unknown,

And say,

“I’ve gone as far

As I could go

With every step

Know I love you so.

My times come near,

I’m sure you know.

Now, it’s time

You chase the rainbow”.

- K.S. Fort

 From :

"Sober Reality : Cry Standing"

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***Don't Hold On Too Tightly

Don’t Hold On Too Tightly

Don’t hold on too tightly

I can never put anybody

In front of me

Never has anyone stood above me

And I understand that’s the sacrifice

In vulnerability

Don’t fall in love with me

Or you’ll be so confused when

As easily as I can make you come

I can always go

To fall too deeply for anybody

Is impossible because

There’s some parts of me

That I’ll never show

Don’t hold on too tightly

I’ve broken the tightest grasps before

Left the closest friends

And the deepest loves

The strongest bonds

Lonely at the door

Do not get too close

Don’t believe I’m what you need most

Cause I can instantly be a ghost

Don’t ask for too much

Because when it’s too much

I scramble to throw the cargo overboard

So the plane stays up

And you may be a sacrificed piece

In order to keep my peace

And in order to cease

The tension between us

It’s better if I say “peace”

Just pretend I am deceased

Don’t hold on too tightly

Or you’ll never be at ease

 - K.S. Fort 

 

From :


"Sober Reality : Cry Standing"

 

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