Just Be

To be or not to be

That is the question

“Hamlet”

– William Shakespeare



A simple suggestion


Just Be



Which is harder

Than it sounds

As by definition

Be is not a noun

That I learned

A long time ago

Was a person

Place or thing

Be, being a verb

Is an action word

Present tense: am

Past tense: was

Present participle: being

So how can one “be”

Without be-ing

Something else

Even if declared

* “I gotta be me,”

What is that but

A collection of

Indoctrinations

Of my surroundings

That is not being “be”

Rather, a molding

Of an invisible mold

Out of my control



Am I the oxygen

I just breathed

The food I just ate

The thoughts I think


Hmmmm

“Be

2a : to have an objective existence

: have reality or actuality” – M-W.com


How can that be

In the realm of solipsism

Which would suggest egotistically

That I am, was, and “be” all that is

Is there any balance between

Stoicism and nihilism

Yet, if I were to “be” an

Existentialist, then I would be that

Which would not be, to be

It would be something else


“Be” kind of seems like being

In a restful state, which would be good

Even peaceful, perhaps

Yet, would still entail being

Aware of one’s beingness

A coagulation of atoms

Acting independently

Though in concert with all

The other atoms making up

The perception of consciousness

Manifesting all at once

Every moment as a sentient being

Interacting at times with

Other sentient beings

Going through the same

Miraculous process while

Riding on a sphere

Spinning and rotating

Through the cosmos

At breakneck speeds

Infinitely forever



Who knew it would be so hard to

Just be


When we are all……


“Living In The Present Tense 
When You Lose The Past 
And The Future Makes No Sense 
You’re Living In The Present Tense 

Crawling Out, Secure And Confident 
Imbued With Innocence 
Ready For The Whirl 
Suddenly The View Was More Intense 
Living In A Different Kind Of World 

You’re Living 
Living In The Present Tense 
There’s Nothing To Blame 
No Victim Of Consequence 
You’re Living In The Present Tense 

Something You Said 
It Made Me 
Step Outside ..the Moment 
Eyes Pan Right And Left 
Around My World 

Open Yourself 

Up To The Possibility 
Aware of Some Reality 
Outside Your World 

In A Silent Universe 
The Moment Can Be So Real 
You Almost Can’t Stand It 

In A Distant Universe 
Distracted From Ourselves 
You Can’t Help But Wonder 

In A Crowded Universe 
When The Talking Turns To Noise 
You Almost Start Laughing 

You’re Living 
Living In The Present Tense 
When You Lose The Past 
And The Future Makes No Sense 
You’re Living In The Present Tense 
Nothing To Blame 
No Victim Of Consequence 
You’re Living In The Present Tense”

– Geddy Lee

“Present Tense”

*

“I gotta be me, right? I gotta be me.

Why do you have to be you? You’re awful. Why not find someone better than you, and be that person? You knew what I mean?

Just throw a rock, hit someone better than you, and do whatever shit that person does.

You don’t have to be you, ok. There’s no secret you, that the world has to know about. If you want to be a good person, just do good things. You are what you do.

If you steal someone’s wallet, you are a thief..

If you give lots of money to a charity, you are a philanthropist.

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My point is, saying, I gotta be me is not like a hall pass just to be an asshole.”

– Christian Finnegan