Um nicht mehr dumm zu sein, Muss man die eigene Dummheit erkennen; Denn dumm werden wir immer sein. Aber in dem, daß wir uns zu ihr bekennen, Lernen wir, sie in Weisheit umzubenennen. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WHERE THE HEART BELONGS
Someone who doesn’t take you with both hands, willingly and eagerly and totally, that person is not your home, nor you theirs. No matter how much it hurts, tear yourself away from them and move on.
Wounds heal with time.
We live in two worlds simultaneously. The one world is politics and society, is work and recreation, is projects and ambitions and all kinds of responsibilities, is ideologies, and is even family too sometimes. This is the one world, in which we chase achievements.
But there is another world in which we also live. It is deeper, is more subtle, more intense, quieter, and often very invisible. It is the loves that come and go; the tears and longings that burn our hearts; the seldom laughter of genuine joy; the raw friendships; the secret passionate love affairs; the intimately guarded happy home; the given trust and the broken trust; it is the real us deep inside.
We live in these two worlds simultaneously. And then time passes, and we die. And our obituary is full of what we did in the one world. While all our memories from the other world depart with us quietly in our hearts. And in the hearts of those who shared it with us.
Wounds will heal with time. But, while you’re on that journey, don’t go to where your heart does not belong. Seek your happiness in being true to yourself, always.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
WORDS WORTH LITTLE
What are words worth On this lonely earth? Actions seem more honest But they also lie the best. You don’t know what to believe - Even silence too can deceive. Only what you intuitively perceive Will in the end be your reprieve. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LIEBE MACHT DICHTER
Alkohol macht dicht Liebe macht Dichter Dichtung bringt Licht heller als irdische Lichter. Ist Dein Innenleben ein Gericht, teils komplex, teils schlicht? Dichten ist Schlichter. Lies einfach ein Gedicht, der geheime Licht-Trichter. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
FIGHT FOR IT
You have to fight to be free - True freedom, inner freedom - Fight your fears and anxiety, The chains of your inner fiefdom; Fight your propensity and proclivity For weakening pleasure ; Fight your despondency And fight your insecurity With courageous Hope in equal measure. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF YOU
When you do the right thing, you’re doing it for yourself. Always remember that. And let that be your motivation, your reward and your joy. Because you have to live with yourself always, and there is nothing worse than living with someone you don’t respect, someone you don’t trust, someone you don’t like and someone who is not in sync with you. And that person is yourself.
You are your own home, your own paradise or hell, and your own purgatory too in whom you have to recognise, discipline, purify and transform yourself. You are all you have. Handle yourself with care and with thought, with integrity. Any lesson you would like to teach your children one day, or wish you taught your children once upon a time, teach that lesson to yourself today. Lessons of character. Regard yourself as your first and last and only true child. If that child dies, you die.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
LIEBE DICHTET
Mein Herz hört nicht auf zu bluten - und das fühlt sich so schön an - und meinen Kopf mit Gedanken zu fluten; oh Liebe, was o was hab ich Dir angetan? Du suchst mich wuchtig und gewaltig heim, zerreißt und zerfleischst mein Herz leise… erstickst jede versuchte Flucht im Keim, behältst mich als Dichter auf dieser Weise. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
PARTY TIME
Close the chapter and move on - Life is a party. Put your dancing shoes on And just groove on Be the life of your own party. Many invited guests will fail to show up Don’t worry, the show will still go on Many uninvited guests will crash the party And light the show up Your life is your party and it’s never done Dance on, move on, groove on. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
NEU WIE ALT
Du bist neu wie die alte Sonne die täglich neu ist und neu macht Du bist neu wie kindliche Wonne die wie alte Seele in jungem Körper lacht Du bist jung im Kopf und alt im Geist Ich kenn Dich und kenn Dich nicht irgendwie Du bist jung doch Deine Reife beweist In jedem kindlichem Herz wohnt ein Genie. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WHAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT?
The concept of “importance”, the way it exists for us, does not exist to God. What is important to God is the purity, health and harmony of His Creation, and the proper development of all its inhabitants in accordance with His Will.
A soul who, in our opinion, was very “important” in one earthlife can incarnate as a complete “nobody” – again judged by our concept – in the next. Obscurity and fame are both irrelevant to God, just as material wealth and material poverty play no role in determining our true value in God’s Creation. What we consider to be “good health” and “ill health” are but temporary conditions of our physical shells. Of more importance to the Divine Will is the condition of our spirit.
Paradise is a place of good spirits, and this is what is still lacking on earth. That is why “Thy Kingdom come” remains still just a prayer and not yet a reality, because His Will is yet to be done by us on earth as It is in Heaven. This is why we do not yet have Paradise here on earth too.
Nothing else is important. Not political power or military might; not wealth, fame or status; and not many other things and people to which we attach importance. The only thing that matters is the kind of soul you are, not just deep inside your heart, but also in your manifest action. Irrespective of whether you be the most unknown and obscure person in some invisible place somewhere, or whether you be the most visible and powerful person on earth.
It sounds strange, and it is hard to grasp, but the truth is that on that plane where eternal life plays itself out, the only thing that matters is character – true spiritual character. The good man and the good woman – the truly good people – are the ones who become the kings and queens. A completely different scenario from what obtains on Earth, on this temporary theatre where our physical life takes place.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
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