I hope every grumpy old men are as playful as these two... As it's getting hotter in HK, I miss the blizzard that almost killed me in Minneapolis...
Why old men like to lament
About today's young people?
Is it because of envy and regret
That they couldn't fully enjoy
Their youth when it was with them?
A healed mind would advise
But it would not judge.
Complaints are just the sign
That one's mind wants healing.
Then what grumpy old men
Really want is to heal the past
That is filled with so many
Things left undone...
A grumpy grandad has very likely
Created another grumpy dad.
Such a dad is likely help his son
Become another grumpy grandad
A few generations later.
A broken heart can be hereditary.
But I want to leave a clean heart
To the generations to come.
So I want to heal my mind
Because I want my son to
Become an heir to a pleasant world.
So Holy Spirit,
Cleanse my soul
And help me heal my mind!
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This is perhaps the greatest poem ever written about Grumpy Old Men. I like your attitude about life: you find beauty in places many people do not. You have a great gift in that. You're not a garbage collector; you are a recycler.
Dear Dave,
Thank you for visiting my blogspace and put a link to it on yours!
Actually, I am a grandson of a lay Zen monk. (But I was baptized when I was in high school.) I think finding beauty in unusual places is the spirit of Zen and I practice it. I believe it is an important part of every religion…
Well, the movie Grumpy Old Men came to my mind after finishing writing this poem. But I loved these two grumpy men. They were the very first actors who made me cry when they left our world… And I love the scenery in the movie, too. I lived in Minneapolis for a year more than a decade ago…
Thank you again!
Pete
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