Life is like a hand
For so many people it resembles a fist
Tightly clenched
Eager to take but only able to punch
Life is like a hand
More and more of humankind
Start to release
To release the cramped, damned fist
The hand slowly opens
And the goodness of each and every finger
Becomes visible
The thumb is the thickest of them all
And stands for kindness
It is the thumb that allows all of us
To hold something
Kindness will hold the world together
The rule of thumb
Kindness, holding us all in unity
The other fingers unfold
The index finger pointing at wisdom
Not blurred philosophy
But true wisdom of loving selfless altruism
Life is like a hand
The middle finger
The highway to truth, a simple everlasting hunger
A search and a finding
Truth being bit by bit uncovered.
Life is like a hand
The ring finger unity
The small finger humility
And in the middle of the open hand
The palm, making a lake
A lake of beauty peace and happiness
Surrounded by the trees of kindness
Wisdom, truth, unity and humility.
Oh, my friends
Open your hands
Relax your fists
Turn your wrists
Oh my friends,
Please open your hands.
Turn them from deserts in oases
Turn them from waste land to lofty forests
From stones of bitterness and greed
To seeds of kindness and love
To a soft and caring heart
Oh my friends open your hands.
Look at our hands in wonder
Open our hands
Let the kindness, wisdom and truth
Flow through our arms
Straight into your heart, mind and soul
Let the unity and humility
Inspire you, touch you make you love
Soon that wonderful lake of the palms
Will flow through our veins
Reaching each and every cell
Peace and happiness, beauty, harmony
And sweet satisfaction
Will reign our life
Life is like a hand.
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