If you choose silence, then be silent
\nWhen you speak, do so until you are finished
\nDo not silence yourself to say something
\nAnd do not speak to be silent<\/p>\n
If you accept, then express it bluntly
\nDo not mask it
\nIf you refuse then be clear about it
\nfor an ambiguous refusal
\nis but a weak acceptance<\/p>\n
Do not accept half a solution
\nDo not believe half truths
\nDo not dream half a dream
\nDo not fantasize about half hopes<\/p>\n
Half a drink will not quench your thirst
\nHalf a meal will not satiate your hunger
\nHalf the way will get you no where
\nHalf an idea will bear you no results<\/p>\n
Your other half is not the one you love
\nIt is you in another time yet in the same space
\nIt is you when you are not<\/p>\n
Half a life is a life you didn’t live,
\nA word you have not said
\nA smile you postponed
\nA love you have not had
\nA friendship you did not know
\nTo reach and not arrive
\nWork and not work
\nAttend only to be absent
\nWhat makes you a stranger to them closest to you
\nand they strangers to you<\/p>\n
The half is a mere moment of inability<\/p>\n
but you are able for you are not half a being
\nYou are a whole that exists
\nto live a life<\/p>\n
not half a life<\/p>\n