Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Be a working man and be proud Build something good, do it now Don’t be loud, let your work show Your product’s worth and quality control Without exaggeration or waste of word Put energy, love and care into your craft Smile all the while, give it your best in all you do – now get…

The cards you are dealt at the very start Who your parents are plays a big part Am I going to be simple or going to be smart Will I be autistic, depressed, anxiety-ridden Tall, good-looking, short, strange or middling, Fate sets the table and makes the dice roll Much of what happens beyond our…

As Sunday winds down And darkness descends The weekend wraps up And the free time ends What tomorrow will bring Besides emails and phone calls We’ll see soon enough, thing is, it will go fast, after all That’s the nature of time As you get older and busier Time for hitting the sack Let it…

Another Friday night in my life downtown, Good work week all done, time to wind down, The city at night below shimmers and glows, The Beatles’ Let it Be plays on the stereo, My cellphone beside me is silent so far, I’ve washed the dishes and vacuumed the floor I could go to bed but…

The man’s mind meanders one morning. He thinks, as time ticks, my life’s hourglass is getting pretty small on the top half and, although I don’t believe in God, Jesus or Allah, There must be something, some meaning to this. The man’s soul sits silently behind the mind and softly whispers what the man needs…

Be clear with yourself, first of all, Clean the clutter in your mind Sit down with pen and paper, be still Let the thoughts come, and you’ll find Smart and sharp insights will fill your soul’s cup of joy and align with the direction your inner man wants to go, and then you can design…

Life begins – a new soul or a soul’s return In a new shell for a short spell Vivid colour, senses splashed and dazzled Sounds abound, images formed and framed Myriad memories compiled and filed Social forces press in and push on the sensitive psyche Peer pressure pulls the pupil from parental power Be cool,…

Be you, not cool As a rule, be true To your soul You can’t control How people see you So do not pattern Your life after another And do not bother with a fad or fashion And do not party When you don’t want to You don’t need to drink To make people think That…