Diary: To Hell With All That!!!

To Hell With All That!!!

To hell with all that...
Celebrity!

I'm sick of it!

All that Glad-handing
Back-slapping
Mutual Admiration Society
Silliness!

All that
Honoring
Awarding
And appreciating
Showiness!

All that
Clapping
Shouting
And cheering
Rowdiness!

All that
Proper
Professional
Successful people
Prettiness!

All that
Elitist
Exclusive
In crowd, out crowd
Pridefulness!

All that
Who's in, who's out
Who's hip, who's square
Who's saved, who's not
Groupie-ness!

All that
Great
Greater
And greatest
Crap!

The greatest athlete!
The greatest politician!
The greatest journalist!
The greatest actor!
The greatest rock star!
The greatest spiritual teacher!
The greatest political activist!

The greatest...
This, that, and the other thing!

God!

How do we live with ourselves?
How do we stomach our own self-importance?

How pathetic our little egos!
How childish!

Where is the humility?

Where is the recognition...
That "you're really only very small
and life flows on within you and without you" ?
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I have a friend

She is
The most spiritual
And loving person
I have ever known!

She smokes
Can't keep a tidy home
Forgets to comb her hair
And lives on disability!

She runs from celebrity!
She runs to those in need!
She gives, unconditionally!
She doesn't fit the standard images of success!

But, she is the most successful person I know!
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The planet is dying!

We are killing it!

By our fruits you shall know us...
And the dying is the fruit of our killing!

All of the rest is vanity...

And we've done nothing to be proud of...
And nothing to congratulate each other for!

Celebrity!

I'm sick of it!

And I say...
To hell with all that!

To Hell With All That!!!

Jim Bush