The Seekers
By: Dhanpaul Narine
There are four kinds that seek
Each with its own station and path
The first does nothing
And are resigned to whatever happens
Schools for them are factories
Where learning is done by rote
The second hopes for a free lunch
For luck to pass by and change things
They blame others for their circumstance
And are loud, opinionated, aggressive and overbearing
They are shut out from the path of knowledge
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The third pushes the door slightly
But are afraid to enter
They are tentative, hesitant, and unquestioning
These seekers know there is a rainbow
But are happy to become the shadows of others
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Then they’re those that conceptualize and visualize
Question, discover, share and analyze
They cross boundaries and learn new things
The universities of their minds are boundless
And their intellect is an uncluttered constellation
Where droplets are kissed by the morning dew
Now the question is: what manner of seeker are you?
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This is excellent – Thanks for sharing it!
what manner of seeker are you?
I suspect we all want to think the best of ourselves so we go for the last. I am a skeptic by nature. The above assumes humans have a constant personality or nature. Does a single 21 years old see life the same way when he is in his forties with two kids and a wife.
Or look at another situation. A person might be genetically endowed to be one way but enviromental factors force him to adapt to a different and unsuitable life style. A young fellow from Berbice had a gift for writing. His father refused to spend a penny for college unless he study something more “financially rewarding”. The fellow studied geology but was so disgusted with his life that he ends up as a used car salesman. How does he fit in the above..
Wonder which category would Gigi fit in.