# Your stairway

*We're finding our own path in this issue #235 of your weekly poetry shot*

By [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct) · 2025-03-07

coin, bonj, poetry, highku, travel, stairway, guru

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> _Be careful where  
> you step, stairs can  
> take you higher  
> and  bring you down.  
> Only you  
> know which way you wamt to go._

A few years ago, we were vacationing in Bretagne, and one driving along the coast, finding a spot to go to the beach. We came to a rather nice litte port town, and wandered about a bit. Then we spotted stairs, leading down to a small, secluded beach. Sometimes, to reach paradise, you need to go lower. And that's the thing with life: it's good to take well-meant advice to heart, but in the end, it is you who decides what's the best direction for you to grow to. Self-improvement is not about becoming what others tell you is good, it's about becoming a better version of you. And you decide what that looks like.

[Collect](https://paragraph.xyz/@trpplffct/Y01UqCO5MfTMDXJJEgeX)

_The poem above is_ [_a highku_](https://zora.co/collect/base:0x2b294ecec262b02327a8ea8e752739b79b474c15/1?referrer=0xB31Faa5c1D581C70F4b6ed095c944936cBd2a357)_, a form I created inspired by the haiku & the_ [_higher movement_](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/higher) _on Farcaster._

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### Poésie de la vie

We've been having some fun over on Farcaster after [watching a wonderful video](https://warpcast.com/benna/0x337290e7) (I think from tiktok) by [Hugo Hamlet](https://www.instagram.com/hugohamlet/?hl=en). The message: be your own guru and love others from a deep place. A message I connected strongly with. So, I created [a memecoin called $bonj](https://warpcast.com/~/token/bonj) to celebrate that. I can't really find back a shareable version of the video that was shared, but here's a cool song by Hugo Hamlet to enjoy.

[![](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4tnvwBEwCw)

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*Originally published on [trpplffct](https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/your-stairway)*