What is more important, exercising love
or claiming the certainty of its source?
What is more necessary, drinking clean water from a stream
or labeling the origin of its flow?
What is more essential, eating the tree’s fruit
or naming its root?
What bears more meaning, working with the visible
or claiming to know the unseen?
What makes more sense, addressing the obvious
or guessing at the obscure?
What has higher value, being right
or experiencing peace?
What is more imperative, knowing yourself
or reliving your ancestry?
What comes first, sharing the present
or your name displayed for future generations?
What is more urgent, preserving life on the earth
or expanding one’s country?
Without the former how can you know the latter?
Guy Schell © 2025
