Haiku/Senryu 二十四

neighborly relations

    actively listen 👂;

keep lips 👄 in check ✍🏼 

giri, saddle of obligation 

    social psychological burden;

dept hardest to bear ✍🏼 

persuasive influences

    six paths to social dynamics;

positive persuasive character traits ✍🏼 

character traits

     reciprocity liking social proof;

authority scarcity commitment unity ✍🏼 

giri 

    burden hardest to bear;

beware free gifts (favors)✍🏼 

great tai chi 

     slow and rhythmic;

do chi gong exercises ✍🏼 

adrenaline 

    goto action drug;

a bitch to control though ✍🏼 

heaviness 

    like a weight;

we fall when it shifts a bit ✍🏼 

knives 🔪 are tools 🛠 

    knives are weapons;

(shifts depend on legal system ✍🏼 )

be aware 😒 how and when used ✍🏼 

movies 🎥 

    psychological break;

if you build it he will come ✍🏼 

skydiving 🪂 

    freedom twixt heaven and earth;

look out for that tree 🌳 ✍🏼 

PRINCIPLES OF INFLUENCE:

reciprocity 

    old give and take;

ensure its mutual in nature ✍🏼 

liking

    a friendly friend;

be a neighborly neighbor ✍🏼 

social acceptance

    strong urge to be;

like others act we must ✍🏼 

authority

    experts or us;

be wary of claims by experts and bosses ✍🏼 

scarcity

    ruled by perception of the few;

scarce say you beware ✍🏼 

unity

    sense of belonging;

survivability tribe at best ✍🏼 

morning sunrise 🌅 

    warm snuggles 🥰;

great summer morning start ✍🏼 

the flag 🇺🇸

    deep symbolic meaning;

representative of heritage of all ✍🏼 

American 🇺🇸 flag

    born at nations birth;

celebrates price paid for democracy ✍🏼 

muddy waters

    obscures reality;

clear the mind clears the water ✍🏼 

faces 

    blank featureless;

see beyond the featureless ✍🏼 

best intentions 

    even the worst;

trigger effects normal to life ✍🏼 

working alone

    it works;

until it doesn’t ✍🏼 

anger is dangerous 

    freeze 🥶 the anger;

release the human mind ✍🏼 

blind spots

    compartmental mechanism;

see in the blind spots ✍🏼 

millionaire 

    made that mile marker;

then the IRS made its collection ✍🏼 

sun ☀️ sets 

    bright before darkness;

waiting for the stars ✨ 

Christopher 

    robins in the wood 🪵;

making the world a happy place ✍🏼 

transitioning 

    work to retirement;

easy pleasy freedom yeah ✍🏼 

karate 🥋 kata

     ancients teachings;

one kata three years ✍🏼 

obsessive rules 

    no leeway;

leaving no room for growth ✍🏼 

triggers

    pull it and click-run;

symbolizes cognitive reactions ✍🏼 

commenting

    speaker beware;

using verbal judo 🥋 ✍🏼 

blamer mode

    beware when commenting;

suddenly under verbal attack ✍🏼 

verbal fense 

    the art of deescalation;

using ones words to avoid violence ✍🏼 

that monster 👺 

    keeping it at bay;

takes a lot of cognitive work ✍🏼 

hate

    a lot to carry;

learn to deal with it ✍🏼 

word power

    when speaking;

use care in word choice ✍🏼 

language behavior

    what others say;

if you let it, it will hurt 😢 ✍🏼