Shades of grey

Nietzsche is wrong! 

I have lied in my life. I don't like this fact, but I'm being honest. Not big lies, small ones. This doesn't make me a lier or dishonest, or untrustworthy. It makes me flawed and weak. 

I know people close to home, who I know well, who have lied, who I trust and believe in, who I forgive and they forgive me.

Lying is more than "saying" this is an apple when it's an orange, or even hiding your feelings out of masculine shame, which I'm guilty of. 

Disloyalty is a lie, thinking you are pure when you are not Holy is a lie, snooping on your friends is a lie, doing things behind their back is a lie, being friends with liers, bullies, narcissists and fake people is a lie, not stating your honest inner thoughts is a lie, not saying the truth is a lie, not believing in the Truth is a lie. 

If I'm guilty of lying I'm saying this apple is an orange, but that's where it ends, inside I'm honest and truthful with myself and others. I'm trustworthy, I'm not a snake or a wolf in sheep's clothing.

There are many shades of grey. Not everything is black and white. 

Bounce back!

I rise when I fall,

A tenacious Tiger playing ball,

No matter how I play, I never play weak, 

Strong is my name, I play at the peak!

Humble not arrogant,

Diminutive, but great,

Modest in triumph,

Punctual not late!

Success is a good soul,

Success is strength,

Success is getting up from a crippling low! 

I climb after I collapse,

My light proceeds inner darkness,

After hurt I grow,

After pain I glow,

Resurrection follows death 

And redemption after sin!

No matter if I lose, I always win!

Call it what you want... call it fate, call it karma, call it God's Will, 

Those who attempt to kill

will inevitably feel,

a crushing blow so powerful they will be unable to recover! 

Inevitably they will suffer,

That's my faith, that's my belief! Till the wreath, is placed on my head and I am safe and at rest, in my bed.

Unrelenting I patiently wait,

Memory long and sharp as a blade,

My presence is calm,

in the background, but I never fade!

Tirelessly friendly,

I never relent,

After difficult times I pick myself up and frequent,

The back of that horse and ride the course of life! 

The waves carry me time after time,

Energy courses down my spine,

I'm lightening intercepting from a cloud,

I remove the mask, remove the shroud,

Fakers and takers swept away,

Friends held onto dearly,

Never go astray,

Now clear and like a child,

I remember with joyful cheer,

I rise with power,

I play ball with no fear,

I rise with power,

An innocent game,

I rise with power,

The child I was will remain!

The underdog

They batter and bruise me,

They see me and choose me,

Fore I am Good,

I do what I should,

Vulnerable and real,

They know and I appeal,

To them I'm great, so they want to break, me, the sheep,

I rest when I sleep,

Never give up,

Rise,

Never fall,

Fore I have a call, to do what's right, 

I don't bite, brag or boast,

I win by being meek,

I'm not weak!

Never let evil win! 

They spin and twist, accuse and abuse,

They smear and lear,

But, I will fight with my  knowledge as it is power,

With the beauty of a flower,

I begin with courage, 

And end in victory,

Never quit,

My wit is quicker, 

I'm a picker, I'm choosy,

They bruise me, again,

I learn and never go back,

As I do not lack, in life if you have what you need, 

You have been freed,

You have the leed,

No need to plead, to those fakers and taunters!

They hope I fall,

They hope I break,

But I pray and forgive,

Continue to rise and live,

They are crushed inside, utterly obliterated, 

These obstacles I ride,

Like the prodigal, 

I return to open arms,

Methodical in my madness,

I love the underdog,

I love God,

They love power, control and manipulation,

I've not got time for that cowardice!

They're the bottom of an abyss,

I rise and never fall,

Make a challenge and you will lose,

Turn to the booze,

I turn to my faith,

There's something bigger out there,

You're feeble games,

Are your downfall,

Fore I have the bravery,

Allow your mental slavery,

You lack the minerals, like criminals!

You lack the vitamins, the substance, so you turn to substance abuse,

I turn the other cheek,

I'm not weak!

The consequence of evil life,

Is you are hollow, shallow, lifeless,

These words are real,

Not emptiness,

Bless the souls of those who have humility,

The underdog rises to the challenge,

With tranquility, reality and integrity,

Not sly and underhand, two faced back stabbing,

No killing here,

I'm clear,

I seek, I find, I knock,

The door is open,

I'm loved,

By the Truth,

The winner,

The life giver!

I won't be waiting around to watch you fall,

I just KNOW,

Pride always falls,

The Humble have the balls, call it what you will,

Then take your ecstasy,

I'll partake in Holy Communion,

My reunion is Heaven,

Yours is hell,

You'll hear that bell chime,

Fore your life is a crime,

A crime of humanity,

My life is clarity,

Not a moment, like an alcoholic, but it's entirety,

I take a step back,

I will never lack,

Never turn to crack,

My friends have my back!

The sun shines on the underdog,

The water is calm,

My boat sails towards the horizon of Love!

The obstacles gone,

Clarity and strength reign,

No more pain,

Only gain!

A reward

The spirit of peace and humility is the greatest and here lies true power. The power of the powerless. The greatest is the least. To be truly kind, generous and warm hearted breaks all evil, slander, accusation, treacherousness, hardness and hatred. An apology without change is empty. A sincere and loving person considers a person's feelings. Kindness of heart is a reward in itself.

Meek and Mild

The thing is with a TRULY empathetic person, they can be seen by some as vulnerable. With such a big heart, honesty, trust and love at the forefront of their mind and lives, they are sometimes taken advantage of, being seen as an easy target!

The TRUTH is this so called vulnerable person, has in their weaponry a great thing called extreme humility, which if one tries to break them, over power them or control them, one will be filled and overwhelmed, and crushed with a thing called the immense power of LOVE over hatred!

Be aware of the meek person, but not weary. See the modest, the truly kind as they are, as they are not weak, they are surrounded and filled with a strength from above, and ANYBODY, I repeat anybody who tries to overstep humility with arrogance, be it hidden or unhidden will be annihilated by the powers that be! 

It may take some time, but with the timing of PERFECTION, they will get their absolute deserved life! As the cruel and the abusive always feel the cruelty and abuse themselves in the end! 

"Beware, wolves in sheep's clothing!"

You have to suffer, in order to learn!!! 

In the name of The Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ + 

The Luminous Eyes 👀

Having seen so much,

yet they are not bitter

by gold and silver, or plush velvet and ruby encrusted pillows. 

Not obeying laws of decadence and lavish spoils of war, spoils of royalty, these things do not phase or turn them in the wrong direction. 

Grounded by virtue they hold  only love. 

The brightness in the sunshine, the sky above the mountains, 

the twinkle in the stars is seen inside. 

The rest in peace, 

the breathe of hope, 

the fire of determination, 

lighting up my soul

like a lantern glow 

and untouched sacred water. 

They cry when you cry and smile when you smile,

They show it all.

Vivid and transparent, 

hiding nothing. 

A deep river of goodness flows within, embracing life with it's toils and struggles, with not a moan or a waver in courage, faithful to the last blink. 

They see into and through you, 

They know you, 

Joining with your gaze, meeting you, in a safe haven that never fades. 

Life has meaning

Beauty don't mean shit without hope and love. A world without meaning isn't beautiful. A world without hope and love is pointless. Through my darkest hours I cling on to hope and love, and they see me through. The wonder of stars in the sky twinkles and the Earth's rotation in the vast universe don't mean shit without meaning. Without meaning there is only empty facade and bleakness. A vast vaccum of unending shit. If you believe in the big bang then you believe in nothingness and anything and everything is allowed. There is no moral compass, no anchor, no crux in the matter, or the matter of fact. Its a matter of life and death, though experience shapes our opinion, without a fulcrum of morality that is higher than our own, there can be no end goal, and goals and ambitions are pointless. Life without meaning is death. For if a suicidal person, sees no point in living as they are a burden to everyone in their life and they are not worthy of life, they are not seeing the bigger picture, they are in complete darkness, meaning in their life has gone, focus on the self has led them to hate themselves, their loved ones feelings no longer matter, but only their feelings of being a burden to their loved ones in their life. When one takes away the burden in life and lays it on meanings shoulders, then meaning will save you, point will save you, hope will save you, love will save you. The burden is light on meanings shoulders, the burden leaves completely when you take it off yourself and put it on a strong foundation. Yes, we get angry, people do, with good reason though, this anger leads to action, not darkness, but a sense of what is right and what is wrong, and it is displayed outwardly. Then this anger goes, and is not clung onto, as anger that is held onto turns to depression, and if not expressed and released quickly leads to gloom and doom follows. Forgiveness is a release too, whereas vengeance is built up anger. Peace and tranquility are good, but having peace on its own does not release anything, expression and action as is life, must occur in order to acquire peace. Peace can't acquire itself, as inner rage still exists in a facade of peace. Peace without hope and love is only a quietness, but with torment still unending inside. Anger must be expressed, must be spoken, must be revealed, must be exposed in order to heal. Supressing it with peace don't work, expressing it with vengeance don't work, expressing it with forgiveness and letting go works. Anger is productive, but only when released productively. Supressed anger kills. There is meaning in life, look yourself in the face, in the eyes, and he's looking back at you, the eyes with light in them, are living and alive. The eyes that are still and black are dead. Life goes on inside those windows. Fore the heart beats until we die, but the heart that is life goes on, for the point in life is not outward beauty, but inner powers, that give hope and love. These remain forever, and life goes on forever. Some say these words hope and love, are mere abstract concepts, I say these words are the meaning of life, and are life. Some say we as people give meaning to life, I say yes we do, without meaning hope is gone, death reigns and corruption lives. One just has to look around and see it, fore corruption increases, it's plain to see. Corruption of the inner being comes from self centredness. These so called abstract concepts hope and love break the shield, the armour, the cocoon of self centredness, extend the arms and open the eyes. The eyes that see the light, see life as it is, from the true perspective, and it is everything else that means nothing. If I haven't convinced you that there is light at the end of the tunnel, then Christ help you. 

The Greatest Is...

The greatest is the least, 

What is a master without his slaves? 

What is a general without his army? 

What is the teacher without his students? 

What is the leader without his followers? 

What is the ego without an identity? 

The winner holds his head low and humble to win! 

The true champion is gracious and modest! 

The meek and lowly of heart are immense in character, 

With strong, stainless and steely guts! 

Power comes from goodness! It comes from kindness in intent and action, 

It comes from robustness of courage, 

It comes from humility and not from glory... 

Helping your fellow man pays! 

Empathy and understanding is a gift! Knowledge of  your true self is an Iron fist of strength! 

Become your good thoughts, 

Dream sincere and joyous moments, 

Wish for goodness to come from the corrupt, 

Put hope in the resting palm of your hand, 

Go forth with vibrance and ingenuity, 

Not with physical force, 

But with the force of will power! 

Take the good from life out of the grasp of darkness! 

Take it with iron will, 

Take it and transform it, into something memorable, something longlasting, 

Something that changes life, 

Something that crushes the dark and opens doors! 

Doors opened with flashes of lightening, intercepting and infiltrating, and annihilating the core of corruption of character! 

Use goodness for goodness sake! 

Listen and never forget! 

Listen with your heart! 

Listen and shine! 

Listen and rise! 

The miniscule war is momentous! 

Fore the war of the heart is the greatest war to overcome!

Let go! release pain and release anger!

The release is the expression of the inner person!

Win the war,

Win the medal of honesty, 

Begin with humility, 

Know yourself! 

The deal of love

The deal with Christ, the deal with my beloved family and true friends! 

The best deal I ever made

The deal from Baptism, I shook His hand, deal done, contract made, transaction settled. Transition from innocent child of Faith to the progression of the adult carrying my Heavenly Cross! The Burdens of life! 

The deal with the spirit of God

The deal with the Father

Wear the protective veil of the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe!

When worn one is indestructible, in this life and in the next, sitting at the hand of the Father! 

My family has my back, as do my friends. God Himself has my back, carrying me on His Mighty Graceful shoulders! 

Ditch the mask of delusion and fakery and facade, by all means, this pretence and utter servitude is extreme weakness! 

Inner strength is what is needed! 

The will of God Himself

Control of everything is in God's hands, not in the hands of evil... 

Humility is the master

Take your stand by force of your spiritual will power!

Inner core strength!

Be yourself and shine with glory of inward and outward golden beams of light of warmth and of tender heart.

Those who attempt to destroy me or my dear friends, will meet God, face to face, all knees will drop, all heads will fall!.. Fore the Truth is coming! The Truth will arrive, the Truth is here! Always and forever!!!

Break the chains by force of inner will power, see the suffocation of darkness infront of you and turn to the easy breathe of Light!!!

Remove the blinkers of blindness, put on the open arms of vision and sight. Insight into the great and the small!

The Everlasting Deal, done!!!

3 poems of simple reference

I ran, 

You fall, 

I rise with courage. 

I know. 

Power in hand, 

Silence. 

I see,

Clear as light. 

I feel Freedom.

The Hero's Journey - a statement of purpose!

I would play chess if I wanted to, but I don't want to, the GAME is already OVER! I prefer real life, not game playing! Controlling, dominating and overpowering is game playing. This doesn't work with me, mind games don't work on me! I'm Greek Cypriot, Orthodox Christian, and I know who I am!!! My name is Andreas! 

I prefer my life, the way it is, THE HERO'S JOURNEY, strength, courage, faith, struggles, overcoming suffering, rising, defeating evil time after time, a renewed life, this is success in life!

Success is humility

Success is truth,

Success is goodness,

Success is strength,

Success is courage,

Success is wisdom,

Success is love... 

I change for the better, not to please others, but for greater good!

In my book I don't fall to my knees for a man! 

No man is my saviour! 

In my book the slave is greater than his master, the greatest is the least, as he is success, he cannot fail.

For what is the master without his slaves? A slave to himself! A slave to his ego alone! A prisoner in his own mind, unable to sleep, unable to function, unable to live! 

Slavery is a crime! 

The biggest criminal is the master! 

He will feel the cold of metal bars around him, the chains, the walls, he'll only have darkness to see!

The will of the greater good always prevails! Darkness is always uncovered by light! 

The Light is God, The Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for ever and ever, Amen +

GAME OVER - a reference

I'm always up early in the morning,

With enthusiasm and zest! 

Determined to do my best, 

Every single day! 

I work hard and put all my effort in all that I pursue! 

NOBODY tells me what to do, say, think or feel, repeat NOBODY! 

I govern my own life! With the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe with me at all times! 

I'm happy with who I am! 

I know who I am! 

I will not change for anyone! 

Those who want to break others, are people who are already broken! Narcissists, bullies, sociopaths...people filled only with weakness! From deep in their weak soul, within their weak mind, which all transfers to their weak body! 

Two words for people who want to impose their mind games on me?! 

GAME OVER!!!

I'm intelligent,  aware,  courageous, sharp, morally GOOD,  emotional, sensitive, kind, warm and open hearted... Mess with me, you get a barrage of what goodness brings straight to your heart!!!

Reject me for being good, friendly and generous?! You lose a good friend in your life!

This little Greek Cypriot guy, yes me, is stronger than what anyone thinks, full of real surprises, genuine gifts from above and a sincere and loving heart!