Stranded on a Desert Island: A collection of poems to rescue and enlighten lost souls

By Frank Navratil and Jana Navratilova

Happiness is often seen as elusive or unattainable. Much of our suffering comes from distancing ourselves from the world around us, from living only in the past or future and from failing to see and accept reality as it plays out in the present moment.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Frank Navratil
• Release date: Jan 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9788088022220

Frank Navratil

Dr. Frank Navratil was born of Czech parents in Vancouver, Canada where he completed a degree in physiology and nutrition. In the 1990's he moved to Sydney, Australia where he studied alternative medicine, iridology and clinical nutrition before practicing as a naturopathic doctor, iridologist, and nutritionist. Since 1997, he has lived in Prague, the Czech Republic where he currently runs a natural therapy practice and directs the Return to Health International College of Natural Medicine. Frank has given countless lectures and seminars in Europe, America and Australia on the subject of iridology and nutrition. He has also appeared on several television and radio programs to talk about natural means of diagnosing and dealing with disease. His first book, "For Your Eyes Only" has been translated into several languages. He is the author of a number of article series on iridology and nutrition that have been published in natural medicine and health magazines around the world. He has worked, too, in Ethiopia where he studied the effects of malnutrition and has assisted an Ethiopian Aid agency to fund the development of an Education Center for the prevention of disease there. His practice and research is based on natural holistic methods that allow the body to heal itself. These include iridology, nutrition, vitamin and mineral treatment, Bowen therapy and diet and lifestyle changes.

Book preview

Stranded on a Desert Island

This island that surrounds us

where many ships have landed

They try to lend a helping hand

but we stay lost and stranded

We chase each endless battle

causing pain along the way

The distance between all of us

grows further day by day

Possessed by our addictions

Our head stuck in the sand

We escape the painful truth

losing track of where we stand

We believe we really can 

purchase every dream

Amassing greater wealth 

while losing our esteem

We focus all our strength

We strive to be the best

Enriching our net worth

to be better than the rest

So much time is wasted

So much time is lost

We live as if forever

but we always pay the cost

We remember when we fall

or when our death is near

We only think of changing

when our life is faced with fear

We inflict harm to get ahead

What we sow is what we reap

No one may ever judge us

but the secret will never sleep

Behold the law of karma

and let destiny unfold

Can we learn this lesson

long before we get too old

Who will send that ship

to rescue all our souls

and take us back in time

so we can fill up all the holes

We wander through this life

climbing up and down each hill

but will