Enough with the Positivity and Negativity

One guru pushes anger while another pushes bliss.

Someone drags you into the past while someone else hurls you into the future.

A message here, a scolding there.

Hero worship over there, tearing people down over here.

Follow this or that life manuscript to pad follower counts.

Mocking, insincerity, and loving something or someone for a moment.

Building a movement with overconfidence or apprehension.

Destruction of friendships in one neighborhood, social climbing in the next.

Mind control disguised as love, and throwing stones while not hiding judgement at all.

Smiles from friends fooling you and yelling from friends caring too much.

Preaching spirituality yet turning the planet into a political football.

Gospels of porcelain brains and stilted longings for hyped decades of old.

One sage drives you to a never-ending party.

Another sage drives you to depression.

Hatreds hide under shifting grins and gleaming eyes.

Cravings for rewards wear the costumes of camaraderie.

Pretender optimists complain about complainers.

Wide-eyed pessimists cheerlead the rise of a world in their image.

Unrequited expectations become weakened standards or impossible ones.

Mutual honor becomes a bridge too far or a highway too short.

One story excludes timeless messages while another force-feeds them.

Classical seesaw of ideologies that sit on the same fulcrum.

Enough of the cheerleading for positivity and negativity.

And while we’re at it, let’s seek the real meaning of balance…