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Dr Peter Lim Jan 26
Nature or nurture?
       I'm 49% of the former
       and 51% of the latter-

     nature is linear and  deterministic
     nurture in learning and experiencing
     forges ahead and is always dynamic
     also  there's no standing-still
     from beginning to ending

     whatever nature has endowed me
      is the raw material I need
      to mould into the desired shape
      that will my life harmoniously fit
      made possible by the maturity of nurture
      both I'll never fail to keep

      the two are twins in symbiosis
      they need each other and never compete
      those who segregate them will suffer setbacks
      and their lives will not be complete
Dr Peter Lim Jan 26
Self-understanding is the greatest freedom.
Dr Peter Lim Jan 26
How can anyone
judge me?
I'm not an external
but an internal identity.
Dr Peter Lim Jan 25
Truth
is that which
no one can mute
Dr Peter Lim Jan 25
How can I hide
from myself?
Can a tree rid itself
of its branches
twigs or leaves?
Can I just disappear
leaving my self behind?

The broken pieces
the vanished hopes
are parts of life
and can't be severed-
they remain within
the fabric that makes
a person what he is-
such he has no choice
but to accept in heart and mind

himself he must hold together
all else set aside and despite
then nothing of him will be segmented
and wholesomeness he will ultimately find.
Dr Peter Lim Jan 25
How can I be like yesterday?
The scene has changed
and I'm ****** into a new unknown
challenging me, clinging to my heels
it's as though myself I've to invent

to cope--the past dissolves, loses its grip
and is lifeless, no longer relevant
I've to assume the guise of a new man-

time has spoken and has split open
now is a new world---its contours
images and the people within
are a sea of fresh encounters-
I'm a newcomer, a total stranger
stranded in an incomprehensible  land

who and what will be on my side
to offer a comforting word or lend
a helping hand ?   Here I lonely stand
in a trajectory the language of which
I don't understand!
Dr Peter Lim Jan 24
This is not yet
       harvesting time
       patience you need
       for that which is to come-

      love you can't ever rush
      the seasons do know when to show
      the rose-bud tonight is in slumber
      upon daylight it will cheerfully blow
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