My Dice Ain’t My Paradigm

They say don’t sweat the small stuff…

but I don’t sweat the large, because

Billy already got all the big pieces.

We all took a chance with this life,

didn’t we? Even if you got down some

place and stayed there forever.

Someone was stuck on the highway,

or, in the ditch. Your neighbors needed 

you to help bring in their crop, finish their

barn.

We want stability because we know life

isn’t…that’s why the high rollers go that way.

If you treat life as a game, you will win or lose.

If you see life as a mystery, the only koan to go

on is your own uncertainty.