I recently updated a poem originally written in 2009. I wrote it in fifteen minutes sitting in a conference room while waiting for a job interview. It now aligns with my physicalist/absurdist belief. We only control ourselves. This is all there is. Live now while you may, not like a rehearsal for paradise. This is […]
Author: haphapner
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Ghostwater
This story was originally published in White Enso Volume 7 Ghostwater had crept up from the river during the night packing itself thick between every rock and tree. Screams, my sister’s, had roused me from a fitful sleep, setting me to wander, torch in hand through the moonless night. The ghostwater mocked the light – […]
On Faeries & Magic
faery warriors slain, faery queens drained of life cannot save. outlandish though it seem, it was all but a dream. live i must for when it’s done – it’s done. # i will not lie down with brutish stone whispering in ominous tones yet incapable of tearing away the creeping vine that seeks to render […]
On Successful Long-term Relationships
Lower your expectations. Increase your level of acceptance. – Hap
Advice from My Father
Be honest. Do what you believe to be right. Don’t worry about what others think. – Lowell “Dixie” Hapner [He actually would say “Don’t care what other people think.” But don’t worry probably conveys his intention better … or not. He could be pretty crass.]
Our Essence
At the end, all that you will have is your integrity. If you give up your integrity, you have lost all that you are. – Hap
On Mirrors
Behave so that the person staring at you from the mirror will like you. That’s personal integrity. – Hap
On the Past
do not focus on the dead. you cannot fix your relationship with the dead. you cannot change the past, only avoid repeating the same mistakes. the dead are gone; cherish their memory; honor their existence. live w/o regret, paralysis, or binding-resentment. live free. when you fail, get up. shake the dust from yourself & do […]
How I Live
do the next right thing | don’t worry about what others think – Hap if you screw up, do the next right thing. [and you will screw up] you determine what your right thing is … no one else.
On Life
apart from self-expression, this existence is all meaningless. we evolved. there is no grand plan, no hidden purpose or secret. this is it. we get these few moments on the stage, no rehearsal, no second act. that is why I encourage everyone to express their true selves. – Hap