Carpe Diem Haiku – wisdom

Today the Carpe Diem prompt is wisdom. I choose to illustrate with a painting of Lao Tze, riding on his water buffalo. The haiku below are different citation by him rewritten as haiku. Great fun to write actually.

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change your goal
or you may wander
straight ahead
~~
manage the easy
so you may anticipate
what’s difficult
~~
a wise man
will never talk loud
but with silence
~~
great leaders
are forgotten for their deeds
but inspire others
~~
a wise man
will be wealthier
by giving


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February 18, 2013

38 responses to “Carpe Diem Haiku – wisdom

  1. I am attracted to the first one most of all. That suggestion that the straight path is less interesting, perhaps….

  2. wow amazing set of nuggets of wisdom.. every time i read one of these i’m like “who writes these things??” hehe hard to match. these are indeed so wise

  3. I believe this is the ultimate in a series of images starting with seeing a hoofprint – the moral being that we already have the knowledge and do not need to look. Your haiku #1 is nearest to this though all very clever

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