Status quo 377

Planning and dreaming

And then

The status quo rained

Again

Thousands of mornings have come and gone

I've been up for hours and it's not even dawn

Reading and writing catching up on email

The same as most mornings in every detail

The wood stove is glowing my coffee is hot

I plan all these books and never do squat

But today will be different

It will be really magnificent

I will write and write way into the night

It will flow like a river that goes out of sight

Planning and dreaming

And then

The status quo rained

Again

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Get through 376 cc

There is never anything

"To get through"

It's just more practice

A building block in my

Growing repertoire of

Skillful responses

The greatest gift that time has given

Is to be grateful and never driven

Sometimes life's road gets really steep

A chance to learn and grow a heap

Or get depressed and just complain

But that only brings on more of the same

No one lives a perfect life

There will always be some kind of strife

Freedom lies in my reaction

So I'll find the good and give it traction

There is never anything

"To get through"

It's just more practice

A building block in my

Growing repertoire of

Skillful responses

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To be 375

 To be

Rather then

To have

The things that I have can be taken away

But my skills are mine until the last day

Things are great they make life easy

If that's all you want it's kind of sleazy

World peace, family and friends

Will bring delight until it all ends

Be kind and generous dance and sing

We can make our life a joyous fling

Study,learn and build your knowledge

Make your life a perpetual college

To be

Rather then

To have

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Scurry 374

Dream and scheme

or

Scurry and worry

I can always choose the road I take

It may be just one more mistake

But dreaming is a lot more fun

It keeps depression on the run

It helps us see all the possibilities

We learn and grow our capabilities

Worry sucks the joy from life

It causes trouble and lots of strife

So dream great dreams & laying your plans

Don't worry, complain or sit on your hands

Dream and scheme

or

Scurry and worry

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Chance 373

Another

Chance

The fire is hot the room still cold

What adventures will this they hold

One view is there's not a whole lot new

Or just one chance our vision to pursue

All our habits and routines

Give us room to build our dreams

Like a blacktop surface on a road

They provide footing as we bare our load

Every morning starts life anew

What happens next is up to you

Another

Chance

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Get more 372

Do less

Get more

Busy busy all the time

Never anytime to rhyme

This day ahead will be going forever

Choose carefully what you endeavour

Good decisions change things fast

Days fly by but outcomes last

Where in 5 years would you like to be

Rich and famous, thin and free

Set your sales and stay the course

And time will kill you without remorse

Do less

Get more

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I can 371

If you say

I can or

If you say I can't

You're right

Great ideas are everywhere

They come and go without fanfare

It's rare when one will get some traction

When all it takes is to get in action

Dreams plans and schemes are very nice

But just a few will pay the price

To say "I can"and forge ahead

And make a mark before they're dead

So when you speak of what you'll do

It's only you who can follow through

If you say

I can or

If you say I can't

You're right

H Ford

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Old 370

Getting old

Ain't no place for

Sissies

Sore joints and itchy eyes

Poor vision and sagging thighs

Getting old is some great trip

Even if I break a hip

Entropy is what I'm doing

But it's wisdom that I'm been brewing

The best of life is saves for last

I left all the miseries in the past

Now it's clear be of good cheer

I may not last another year

Getting old

Ain't no place for

Sissies

Betty Davis

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Impartial 369

Impartial

Observation

Why do we do the things that we do

I often laugh when I sit in review

And think of how weekly my plans I purser

But

We can learn at any age

If in study we engage

Wisdom may become our wage

But

All we ever have is now

To father time we all must bow

Give up all hope and push our plow

Impartial

Observation

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Saver 368

Saver the

Existing inconvenience

Conditions

The path to freedom is steep and rough

But that makes us resilient and tough

Hard becomes easy when we do it enough

Or

Wine and complain tell all of your trouble

Tell them how life is nothing that struggle

And how all your dreams burst like a bubble

Or

Study and practice create some great skill

Set your course so it's always up hill

Always remember you're building your will

Saver the

Existing inconvenience

Conditions

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Don't kill me 367

God please

Don't kill me

Yet

This voyage that you have sent me on

It is one incredible phenomenon

It only took me 80 years

To give up all my stupid fears

I learned a lot in the last decade

It makes me even more dismayed

Now I know I'll never know

What I don't know but before I go

One thing I can now say clearly

Be grateful kind and love life dearly

God please

Don't kill me

Yet

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Contradictions 366

Be at home

With your

Contradictions

Sometimes in the course of my day

The plans that I laid windup in decay

Most of the time I can see my good fortune

I have been served such a generous portion

Once in a while

Without any style

I wine and complain

From a whole other brain

But this is the hand that I was dealt

So I'll play it with awareness & stealth

Be at home

With your

Contradictions

Robert De Ropp

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Purpose 365

One

Purpose

Many assignments

Brush your teeth and wash your hair

Hurry up there's no time to spare

Pay the bills and shop for food

Cook it up make sure it's chewed

Busy busy our lives we spend

But there's only one thing in the end

To train ourselves to live with gratitude

And reject at once unwholesome attitude

Joy and bliss are our own creation

And that should be our destination

One

Purpose

Many assignments

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Learning 364

Develop a yearning

For

Life long learning

All of human knowledge

Not just what you learned in a college

Doubles in less than a year

IBM says with all our new gear

That it will soon double every 12 hours

That will give us incredible new powers

The curious have never had it so good

There's so much more to be understood

Knowledge is good but skill rules today

It's what you can do not what you say

Develop a yearning

For

Life long learning

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Health 363

Health is wealth

Study and implement

What you learn

Optimum health is a worthy goal

Without it you don't have much control

The most important ingredient is knowledge

The kind that's rarely taught in any college

Get lots of sleep and eat fresh food

Laugh, sing and stay in a good mood

Exercise for strength stamina and flexibility

Always be open to a new possibility

Planning,purpose and many good friends

Will help keep you healthy until it all ends

Health is wealth

Study and implement

What you learn

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Future 362

Am I creating a future

Or just

Shoveling consequences

Almost everything we do

Puts in motion something new

Or maybe that's just more of the same

But there's no one else for us to blame

Think carefully about repeat actions

Most of the time they're just distractions

Much is possible but only a few

Choose wise actions and follow through

Everything that we have today

Is just past decisions on display

Am I creating a future

Or just

Shoveling consequences

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Fear 361

Live without entering

Fear

Die with unfulfilled

Dreams

There's a fine line between stupid and bold

The one leave you out in the cold

The other is when you get the gold

Take some risks get into the fray

Don't put it off for even a day

Most of the time you'll find the right way

So when you get old

You can depart from the fold

With a great story in scrolled

Like that makes a difference

Live without entering

Fear

Die with unfulfilled

Dreams

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Byproduct 360

The product

Is the

Byproduct

The value in whatever we do 

Is the skill and knowledge that we accrue

Work and strive and slave all day

Pay attention or all you'll get is pay

New skills and learning are everywhere

Watch your thoughts and stay aware

Time is short and there's a lot to learn

Don't waste any on pretty concern

All our stories in the same

Be kind and loving forget about fame

The product

Is the

Byproduct

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Stay cool 359 cc

Stay cool

It will all be over

Soon

I used to think that it would last

But now it's mostly in the past

I dreamed and planned and tried to learn

Used up my time without concern

It's the greatest asset we all ignore

At some point soon we will be no more

Time will bring you all you ask

Read and study stay on the task

Be grateful helpful sincerely kind

Anytime now you may be reassigned

Stay cool

It will all be over

Soon

Do something. 358

If you want to

Do something

Then you have to not

Do something else

It's calming to do the easy stuff

But work that brings change is usually tough

It's not so that easy to understand

That unplanned activity is like quicksand

It sucks you in and burns up your time 

If it's greatness you seek then it's a real crime

When next you figure what to do

Think and plan then follow through

We change our world one act at a time

Even if it's only with some stupid rhyme

If you want to

Do something

Then you have to not

Do something else

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