Kevin J Bates Jr's Blog (10)

TIME UPON THE EARTH IS A BLESSING AND AN INCREASE IN AGE INCREASES WISDOM. I GUESS THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO NOT WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR YOUTHFUL STRENGTH FADE AWAY WITH THE PASSING YEARS. BUT WITH AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU CAN GET OLDER AND NOT GET 'OLD'. AND IN ANY CASE, YOU ONLY REALLY HAVE TWO CHOICES IN THAT AREA GROW OLD OR DIE YOUNG Continue

Hate is the idiot’s potion which allows him to hold fast to his ignorance It is simple for the simple to say “I hate,” because hate costs them nothing No involvement No effort No time To know someone costs bits of yourself And to love someone may cost everything I once heard a white man say—I hate all blacks A black man—I hate all whites A woman—I hate all men A man—I hate all women …idiots Fools all Then, the word ‘all’ is beyond a single person One person can never know all of anything L… Continue

Let me sit here 5 more minutes, let me sit here and look I remember the coffin’s weight I almost dropped it It contained my mother’s body I’d never drop it Let me sit here in the still My mother loved the winter here, Quiet 4am… 5, 6 3 more minutes Maybe 2 Maybe less I love to watch the flurries flutter Slowly, softly flutter, fall White silence; Black morning My mother’s pain; black as ice She’s gone and all is now so quiet… As silent as discs of snow falling upon a crypt --Kevin J Bates J… Continue

Such a glorious thing; light The recrudescent splendor that makes all the world passable It is all that glows, all that glistens, all that shines It is light and isn’t it glorious Without the light, we could not see to see Without the light where would we stand in the scape of the earth Such a marvelous, sparkling, dazzling, miraculous thing It is light and it is glorious --Kevin J Bates Jr-- Continue

Over the last little while, I have had some insights into myself. I think back to when I was in high school and how terrible I have always been with women. It seemed like I was always alone; like everyone I know had a girlfriend and none of the girls I liked even knew I was there. More times than none I would say that I was the odd numbered human being; like the planet earth was populated by 6,000,000,001 people and I was that 1. Every girl I liked seemed to be taken so I looked down on myself.… Continue

Crawl on until you Walk strong before you Run fast enough to Fall flat before you Rise up and look to Think of how strong you are --Kevin J Bates Jr-- Continue

I once heard an interesting axiom which says, “Though no man is an island, all the world is an ocean.” Now whether this is the actual axiom or a derivation thereof, I’m not sure. But that takes nothing from the point that this statement makes in either case. Have you ever tried to stand alone? To stand as a single, solitary thing in the midst of the grand scheme with no one and nothing to support you. To stand under your own frail strength and your own finite ability saying in pride, ‘I need not… Continue

It’s one thing to know that you’re growing up, but it’s quite another to actually feel it. Have you ever had that odd feeling of inevitability? That instinctive inkling that time is flowing toward you and that you are about to…. become. I can’t say why, with any form of certainty, but I have been feeling that a great deal as of late. The areas of my life that were in the deep grips of a haze just a few years ago are not as nebulous as they once were. I’m beginning to see myself as I would like t… Continue

Some men choose to vent anger through violence Some men choose to vent passion through sex Some men choose to vent ignorance through hatred Some men choose not to see what comes next Some men live a life without reason Some men live a life without rhyme Some men live a life in blunder Some men live with no worth to their time Some men seek to pour bitterness outward Some men seek to find nothing within Some men seek to birth battle and malace Some men seek to find fault with all men Some men… Continue

The world has no need for another weakling. Another person dragged down by life and trial and circumstance to the point that they simply will not. Will not move, will not stand, will night fight, will not try, will not live and will not be strong. Never mind the fact that there are so many looking at them. Have you ever taken the time to look about you and see how many eyes are on you? How many of those eyes are of people looking to you for strength and as an example? There are always eyes of fa… Continue