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Why focus
On the lines of my palm
Take instead
My hand of friendship
What do you say 🙂
************ Copyright @ Eric Alagan, 2014 ************
Beautiful thought.
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Thank you, Indira – I see that we’ve both on Twitter 🙂
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I found it only on yesterday.
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Lovely Haiku!
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Thank you 🙂
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A wonderful thought and very touching, Eric…:)
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Thank you, Lauren – much appreciate this 🙂
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Ah, in the golden age of Grunge music (early to mid 90’s) there was a band called Soundgarden. The had a song, Black Days. A line from it was “hands are for shaking, not tying”
I was involved with a real winner (insert sarcasm here) at the time, and he took me to have our palms read. The reader told me that I would have 4 children with that guy. I told her “hands are for shaking, not lying.” Well, I broke it off with that guy and no, he is not the daddy to my 3(not 4) kids. That is what I thought of here, haha.
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Hello Eva dear,
I think most palm readers are crooks – all one has to do is to read any number of books on the internet and set oneself up as an expert.
But there are truly talented and gifted people who read palms to help avert or minimise catastrophes in one’s life, I reckon.
Glad you recognised that “winner” before it was too late.
Peace,
Eric
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I have heard that certain lines in one’s palms can warn of heart attack or other major ailments.
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Here’s my hand…please take it! Beautiful Eric! 🙂
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Gladly, I take your hand of friendship, Anne 🙂
I see not the lines that separates us
But only your hand of friendship
Peace,
Eric
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It is lovely idea. . . . Happy Sunday, Anne
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Thank you, Anne – yes, start with a smile for a stranger and build from there 🙂
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I once had a palm reading, when I was on the train, going somewhere. It was very accurate, which must be the reason why I still remember today. @}-
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Hello @D
There are gifted people out there as there are crooks. Looks like you were fortunate to encounter a truly gifted palm reader.
Good for you and happy for you.
Peace,
Eric
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Because there are good ones, I don’t just discard psychics, palm readers ao. I listen to the good ones and remember well what they said, because I recognize the truth.
@}- @D
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A great attitude to have, Eric. Relationships are one of the most valuable things (if not the most valuable) things we can make.
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Thank you, David – and I agree that relationships are just that – the most valuable.
I believe when we travel and live among other peoples – as you’re doing in Korea – we get insights that no book or movie can convey.
Cheers,
Eric
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I cannot see the lines on your palm that tells many wonderful stories behind, but I’m so glad that you are sharing them in your words and thoughts – whether thought provoking, hilarious or sad ones. Let’s shake on that !
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Hello Jasey dearest,
Yes, it’s unimportant what colour, creed or social status we belong to – all, so very important for the superficial among us – but only that we can spread friendship and peace.
We’ll shake on that 🙂
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a river there still runs…..tho I’ve forgotten where it goes………might we run before the dying takes a hold………… yes, indeed Eric
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This is so lovely – thank you my dear, for sharing this here for me and my readers.
Yes, indeed, I agree 🙂
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I’m pleasantly surprised, Eric. Not only does the poem arouse some thought within me, it also points to a practice which was once in existence in the culture of my people. Back then, there were people believed to interprete one’s behavior and destiny by reading the lines on the palm of their right hand. If you are considered evil or troublesome, people would steer clear.
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Your comment brought this to the fore, Uzo my friend >>> We are all connected by the lines of our lives.
It’s also common in the culture of my maternal grandfather – the reading of the palm to discern a person’s fortunes. Where difficulties are suspected, all sorts of prayers and talismans are prescribed.
Yes, palm reading is quite prevalent across cultures.
Thank you for your visit and comment,
Eric
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Brilliantly worded, Eric!
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Much appreciate this, ChristyB 🙂
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Perfectly said!
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Thank you, Celestine 🙂
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The hand of peace from across the pond to you Eric.
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Peace is something that remains forever in short supply – and we can all do with more of it.
Peace to you, too, Chris 🙂
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I would gladly reach across oceans and seas to do just that.
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If you see a hand sticking out – that’s mine 🙂
Have a great weekend, Val dear, and all good wishes,
Eric
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That is beautiful. And I am glad we are like minded 🙂
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Hello Madhu dear,
Welcome back – as I’ve not seen you around. Trust all is well 🙂
Good to know that we share the same here.
Peace,
Eric
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this is fantastic, eric )
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Thank you, Beth 🙂
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Nice one for Friday! Have a great weekend Eric.
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Thank you, Susan
Have a great weekend too,
Eric
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You don’t have to read the lines to recognise a friend’s hand. Nice thought Eric.
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Precisely, Jane dear
Take the hand of friendship – for one will never find two sets of lines the same.
All good wishes,
Eric
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Thought-provoking poem! I like how your writing makes me turn over phrases in my mind and look at the face-value of the words as well as alternate interpretations.
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You know, Janna, dear
I’ve two favourites:
– drop a pebble in the brush fringed pond, and see what flutters out
– we all look into the mirror, and see different
What we see fluttering out or gazing back – is right for us.
Peace and blessing
Eric
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haha good one 🙂
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It brought out a laugh – quite unexpected but, hey, laughter is good 🙂
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Excellent Eric, I certainly would extend my hand in friendship. Unfortunately there isn’t enough of this today.
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Sad but true, Dom
We can’t change the world, they say.
How about changing ourselves – for a start.
I always do extend my hand in friendship – sometimes, when I retrieve my hand, my ring is missing.
Peace,
Eric
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What a wonderful thought. So profound!
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Ian,
You for one always seek out the hand of friendship. Perhaps you don’t view yourself so, but you’ve touched many – in positive ways – during your time in Asia.
I wish we could have met while you were in Singapore. But no worries – if I ever come your way —
All good wishes,
Eric
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HI Eric, you have the Haiku down pat – and you always manage to stimulate thought. I know that the hand of friendship is often metaphoric and in this age of high speed internet communications one could also add that friendship floats across oceans as electrons.
Cheerio, friend,
Jane
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That’s right, Jane dear – floating across the oceans in cyberspace.
Yes, it’s definitely metaphoric.
We can also take the literal – no two palm prints are the same, the lines on the right tell relate to journeys completed, the lines on the left relate to probabilities, and so forth. Each to their own – take your pick from the buffet 🙂
All good wishes for the weekend,
Eric
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Hello Eric… Really touching… at the end it is beautiful to see how friends hold hands, isn’t it?… Thanks for sharing and all the very best for you, Aquileana 🙂
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Yes, Aquileana dear,
Friendship is a gift and a beauty to behold.
Peace and blessings,
Eric
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I’ll gladly take it!
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Hello Dan,
That’s the idea – but many would rather focus on our differences.
Here’s mine 🙂
All good wishes,
Eric
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