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Spirit Guide

by Chris Sorrenti


Build your fire
so that others will see it

Be understood for the person
you truly are

Laugh whenever possible
at the seriousness of life

Don’t let your soul be marooned
in the wasteland of mortality

© 1986

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08/02/2004

Posted on 08/02/2004
Copyright © 2024 Chris Sorrenti

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Maureen Glaude on 08/02/04 at 06:25 PM

A favorite of yours, of mine, amazing. In a concise poem it covers so much.

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 08/05/04 at 04:10 AM

This is your NAGUAL speaking, YOUR INNER GUIDE.Let your body sense it rather than your mind.

Posted by Jean Mollett on 08/06/04 at 06:02 AM

Hi Chris, Good one, Chris. Yes, life is way too short to be soo serious all the time.

Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 08/17/04 at 11:21 AM

So concise and universally true - marks of the classic aphorism. All of them good advice (I especially like the third one - I may even post it over my desk...) excellent! d:-)

Posted by Amanda L Marron on 08/31/04 at 12:19 AM

this is more than a poem, its like rules to live by

Posted by Amanda L Marron on 09/04/04 at 10:50 AM

though i already commented, i gotta tell ya.....

CONGRATS ON POTD!!!!

Posted by David R Spellman on 09/04/04 at 10:57 AM

Words of wisdom to truly live by - a guide for us all to follow. Great job and congrats on POTD!

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 09/05/04 at 04:14 AM

Well done Chris, congratulations on poem of the day....Charlie

Posted by A. Paige White on 12/28/06 at 06:55 PM

This was such a delight! It came right on the heels of reading one of your deeply moving poems- interrupted with a co-worker's red faced and giggly question followed by the explanation of "I was just offered the job of a 'fluffer' making 15-20k a week". I am so ignorant. "Laugh whenever possible
at the seriousness of life"
You are so right! Fluffer job descriptions do me in for sure and your poem was the punctuation! Thanx a million!

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 03/24/09 at 01:04 PM

You said quite alot in so few words. Thanks for this piece- it's "words to live by!"

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