Avoiding The Road To Madness Poem by Paula Glynn

Don't ever watch that nasty horror film again
Never read gruesome horror stories
Unless they have a happy ending
Where characters become nice and befriending.

Don't ever join a strange and twisted false cult
Where it is always your actions: always your fault
That you are somehow one of the damned
That you are somehow doomed and cursed.

Never worship the red ox horned devil:
He will betray you like the scorpion he is and lead you
Down the path to untreatable madness
Where you'll feel your deep sorrow and sadness.

See the good in people and the world
See love shine as the blue and green earth does turn
Believe that our Mother Earth knows
Believe that love is never hidden: it shows.

Know that love isn't like a drug and is never lost
And that a kind hug doesn't cost
Love is priceless: it cannot be bought
No matter what you may have been taught.

Keep your friends by your side: and you'll never be alone
Realize your family is with you spiritually wherever you roam
Along your travels connect with every person you meet
Live your life turning strangers into friends as you meet and greet.

Respect the greater power that shapes our lives
Respect forces beyond your control without bitterness
Believe in the good in life: have some sweetness
Where true love is never a sign of weakness.

Get all this right and you'll never go mad
You'll never yearn for what you don't have
And you'll never suffer envy for what you don't have
And you will be happy never to turn rotten fruit bad.