PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … November 2nd, 2016

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The Middleland

I was born, begins the tale

Will I win or surely fail?

“Be yourself” was what they said

It left me lonely, cold and dead

Dreaming big was a huge mistake

Tooting my horn–such a fake

Charity begins in the home, you see

The family is everything–all to me

“Don’t trust strangers” was the plan

Made me blind to my fellow man

“Don’t be weird”–people will talk

Stand real tall when you walk

A man is a man, a woman is a mother

Stick with your skin, avoid the other

Black is black and white is right

Don’t take that shit–stand and fight

Believe in God once a week

Say the words but don’t be meek

Cheat if you must but keep the trust

Sin when you’re down but far from town

Smile at them you know real well

Accept the neighbors, send the rest to hell

America is good–right or wrong

Honk and cuss, don’t wait too long

Be slow to try the newer ways

Be normal and proud all your days

Find your hate and press it down

Create a face, your personal frown

Be thankful for what you’ve got

But always know it’s not a lot

Seasons come, seasons go

Plant the corn, watch it grow

Babies born, grandma dies

Promises are made, everyone lies

I was born in the Middleland

Control your life, keep things in hand

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Populie: Be Yourself… March 12, 2014

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It happens all the time on shows like The Voice or American Idol: a contestant is voted off by the audience and awaits the final words of encouragement from the judges.

Inevitably, one of the mentors will pipe up with, “Be yourself.”

You can see the look of confusion on the contestant’s face as he or she thinks, “Isn’t that what I just did? I was myself–and I lost.”

It is popular. “Be yourself” has become the mantra of a generation which thinks the cure for mediocrity is pumping people up.

It is popular, but it is a lie.

POPULIE.

The problem with the concept of “be yourself” is that individuality loses its power when compatibility isn’t achieved. In other words, if we can’t find a way to peacefully co-exist with each other, merely standing firm, establishing our presence, won’t achieve much except further separation in thinking and segregation between people based upon their quirks.

I will be honest with you–if you’re able to find one other person in your life that you can actually be yourself around, without them running away in horror, you have just discovered a miracle.

Truth–fine tune who you are according to what you need to do and where you want to go.

The Good Book offers us three other “be’s” to consider “beneath our bonnet:”

1. Be not afraid.

You guarantee failure if you are frightened and choke when opportunity comes your way. If you have a reasonable amount of ability and learn how to use it well, you will find a reasonable amount of success.

2. Be of good cheer.

The greatest buzz-kill in life is to take things too seriously. A light heart lends itself to a willing spirit, which invites an open mind, giving you a chance to survive when things begin to evolve in front of you.

3. Be perfect.

Maybe that should be “perfect your be.” In other words, find something you do well and continue to practice it until it’s at market quality, and then make sure you keep it up to spec-ready to go.

If you decide to pursue a lifestyle to “be yourself,” you will have a narrow vision for what is acceptable, and you will have a smaller and smaller handful of folks who are willing to put up with your alleged uniqueness.

• It is a populie. 
• It is marijuana to the masses.
• It is the notion that we can remain the same and still get our portion.

What we need to be is whatever is necessary to allow ourselves to be part of the human family…successful without hurting anyone else in the process. 

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