Education

Education

All the world

is pretty much the same everywhere.

There are cities full of people

and countryside outside of town

both farmed and wild.

All the world over,

we work daily,

come home and tend to our families.

There are people we talk to,

people we love, and many people

we see but do not know.

Don't trust the sitcoms,

talkshows, and news to teach you.

Don't depend on Facebook, Twitter

and YouTube...keep it real, my friend

Remember, your real education

begins when you leave college

and turn off your TV and smartphone.

All the world is around you all the time.

Nature is a teacher

who will not steer you wrong.

Let the world

and your neighborhood

be your school in life...

Learn from your intuition.

Let your soul teach you wisdom.

Look for kindness around you

---sometimes it's subtle and hidden

by the false bravado and daily banter

of peoples pride.

We all live under one sky.

We all breath

the same kind of oxygen

and drink the same kind of water.

We all want to love and be loved

we all want happiness and to feel useful

we all feel fear and anxiety

from time to time.

The great lies of our time are three---

That national borders

make us different from one another.

That there is more

that is wrong in the world

than there is that is right.

And that our civilization has removed

us all so far from nature

that we cannot learn from it.

Dewey Dirks