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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

As an Existentialist I’m Always Out of Control

All sense of control is an illusion
except for the control you feel in
letting go of your need for control by
handing it over to God
or to other people
or, most often,
the latter veiled as the former

Autres oeuvres par Chris Gaither...
Self-Reflection

I’ll never forget when a guy standing in his front yard confronted me about looking into parked car windows mistaking me for a car thief
I Dream of Jeans: In My Recurring Dreams It’s Always Casual Friday and I’m the Only One Not Wearing Jeans

The difference between dreams and… Waking life is a recurring dream That fulfills your most urgent wis… For another chance So, if you’ve been given another c…
There Is Desire and There Is the Object of Desire and Never the Twain Shall Meet, but I’m Sure Glad I Met You

Before I met you the happiest I’d ever been was when everything I’d ever wante… was on lay-away because I didn’t have to make any…
Haiku

When I listen to the blues I can’t stop thinking of advice I’d give
Knight Rider– A Haiku

Originally it was about Michael Bike and called Bike Rider
Spaceship Earth Will Autocorrect in T-minus 60 Seconds

It turns out they were right when they removed the self-destruc… explaining You won’t be needing this anymore now that you have autocorrect
I See a Manatee

The realist doesn’t look at clouds… that describes the escapist The realist looks at clouds and se… from her childhood
When Everyone is Listening and No One is Talking

If I’ve said it once they’ve liked it a thousand times
God Loves You More Than You Love Yourself, so Try Loving God More Than Yourself

God’s loyalty is only matched By His Demands The most demanding of which is equ… And by His rewards The most rewarding of which remain…
In the World to Come There Will Be No Use for Noise-cancelling Headphones

I was always trying to find The signal in the noise Until I found God And discovered that It’s all signal
Haiku

The last stage of wes– tern civilization was groupthink without groups
The End of Liberalism

But if Francis Fukuyama is wrong I don’t want to be right
Connect the Dots or Connect the Bots, the Choice Is Ours

Freedom looks like Total autonomy When really, it’s The deepest connection
The PESMism of Post-Enlightenment Secular Materialism Reaches Its Inevitable Dead End as Hope Springs Eternal

As we grasp for total control And everything spins out of contro… God reminds us of all that is beyo… Which is everything But for what we believe
That’s Entertainment!

What do you call it when people are so bored that they start playing with fire and soon enough find themselves fighting fire with fire



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