Don't kill me yet 462 b

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 see clearly

Be grateful kind and love life dearly

God please

Don't kill me

Yet

COn traditions 462a

Be at home

With your

Contradiction

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

Fearless 462

Fearless

Or just

Stupid

Looking back at all the roads I've tread

I gayly question what was wrong with my head

I would launch a plan without a thought

And almost always wind up distraught

While licking my wounds I'd start something new

And learn some more about what not to do

But once in a while lady fortune stepped in

And I would bring in the hay with a big happy grin

Good luck is when skill and opportunity collide

Dive right in and don't be denied

Fearless

Or just

Stupid

 6/29/18  462

Learning 461c

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

Health 461b cc

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

Future 461a

Am I creating a future

Or just

Shovelling 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

Shovelling consequences

Now 461

Now

Now is the time to pay strict attention

I will do it fully without apprehension

Now is the time that everything happens

I'll peacefully watch and quell all my passions

Now is the time that I can learn new things

And dig the well from which wisdom springs

Now is the time that I can train myself

To be kind, grateful and share my wealth

Now just once I'm going to die

I'll feel peace and love as I say goodbye

Now

Dreams 460c

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 it makes a difference

Live without entering

Fear

Die with unfulfilled

Dreams

Product 460b

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 your 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 end the same

Be kind and loving forget about fame

The product

Is the

Byproduct

Stay cool 460a

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

Wise 460

Only the wise

Comprehend

The totality of

Their ignorance

The more I learn the less I know

It all seems like some stupid show

The fools in DC put our children in debt

They spend wildly with no regret

All of the products that they sell as food

Taste good, feel good but just delude

And when most of us are fat and sick 

Drug companies step in and take a lick

Wisdoms price is steady learning

Until the end keep your studies churning

Only the wise

Comprehend

The totality of

Their ignorance

Do something 459e cc

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 real 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

6/19/19  459e

Insights 459d

Real insights 

Are as elusive as

They are rare

The other day I had a breakthrough

Very clear and almost brand-new

Lumps and chunks are hard to digest

So chew & chew but don't get obsessed

Something else I again realized

That breathing deep will harmonize

My thoughts & acts with my emotions

And slow and focus all my motions

Learning is easy but wisdom is rare

Question everything & always compare

Real insights

Are as elusive as

They are rare

Unexpected 459c cc

The unexpected

Lurks gleefully

In every instant

The same old thing keeps coming up

Sudden-death or just a broken cup

I stumble around in my last days

In the same old self-deluded hays

Life has never been this good

Because I never understood

It's not what happens that makes the day

But how I react and what I say

So from now on I'll pay attention

And give up all my apprehension

The unexpected

Lurks gleefully

In every instant

Lost 459b cc

Lost in the

Familiar

One more day

Same old way

Winter is here

Springtime is near

Then summer again

I don't know when

It will come to an end

So be of good cheer

Laugh while you're here

You will soon disappear

Lost in the

Familiar

6/16/18  459b

Try 459a

Really try

Today

I don't remember asking to come here

Most of the time I've been a sightseer

But once in a while

I would act with some style

And things would change fast

Don't get excited there's nothing that last

Today is one more chance

My world to enhance

So I will strive with real zest

And give of my best

Really try

Today

Death 459

Aging   

Illness and

Death

Should I celebrate or be bereft

That I'm half blind and getting deaf

A lot of them got dead while young

I got old my songs almost song

But still with all this breaking down

I'm very glad to still be around

The glass of wine I had last nigh

Was quite fulfilling and a real delight

Aging

Illness and

Death

Learning 458

Never

Stop learning

Some things that I would like to learn

Before that day my corpse they burn

Stand up straight and pay attention

Wait in line without apprehension

Think a little before I speak

And stop thinking I'm so unique

When I eat to really chew

Never say anything on untrue

Eat healthy foods and stay really fit

Be kind and gentle until I quit

Never

Stop learning

6/12/18 458

Good fortune 457e

Don't get in

The way of

Your good fortune

Every day there's many a chance

Our present and future for us to enhance

All that we do can be done in a way

That displays & enhances our talents all day

Are we building a future or just making more past

It's all a delusion there's nothing that lasts

But still while we're here

We can live with good cheer

Don't get in

The way of

Your good fortune

6/11/18  457e

Dying brain 457d

Work   

Arounds for

A dying brain

Put things back where they belong

Or search around and feel for-longed 

Always have a pen at hand

Write it down as soon as you can

Eat good food and exercise

Take a sauna and read the wise

Dance,sing and be with others

Treat everyone like sisters or brothers

Work

Arounds for

A dying brain

Outcomes 457c

Intention 

Resolve

Circumstances

Outcomes

I plan and plan and think all day

But then there's just more delay

There's always so much I have to do

So I make excuses & don't follow through

Someday soon I'll take a stand

I'll charge ahead to the promised land

The road is bumpy and unknown

I will face these challenges alone

Then one day my plan will bloom

And then my studies I will resume

Intention

Resolve

Circumstances

Outcomes

Form. 457b

Master your 

Form

When you're young there's plenty time

To write a book or spin a great rhyme

But rhyming in writing is just not enough

You gotta come up with really good stuff

Read and travel write a lot

Once in a while you'l hit the right spot

The same with what ever else you do

Study,read,practice and review

Get so good they can't ignore you

And soon a following will start to accrue

Master your

Form

Birthright 457a

Mind Control 

Is not our

Birthright

Play and cry running and shout

That's what childhoods all about

But soon they teach us lots of stuff

Reading and writing but that's not enough

The greatest lesson we can learn

How to calm our minds when they churn

To except that which we cannot alter

Then change the rest and do not falter

Be kind and loving live in grace

Study learn and keep up the pace

Mind Control

Is not our

Birthright

Robert DeRopp

Opinions 457

Hold strong

Opinions

Loosely

Margarine is good and eggs are bad

Now eggs are great and margarine's forbad

Stay out of the sun or you'll get cancer

Now get in the sun vitamin D is the answer

The world is around the world is flat

Eat lots of carbs and you won't get fat

Let commonsense be your guide

Check all the facts before you decide

There's always so much new to learn

So steady and think until you adjourn

Hold strong

Opinions

Loosely

6/6/18 457

Directives 455f

Predetermined 

Behavioral

Directives 

Survival and procreation

Are hardwired into the population

Quite a lot are kind and generous

Once in a while cruel and venomous

Then there's very few 

That come up with what's new

Carnegie, Edison, Ford and Bill Gates

Changed how everything operates

And then there's the rest of us folks

Just hard-working regular blokes

Predetermined

Behavioral

Directives 

Activity 455e cc

Does this

Activity

Lead me to where

I want to be

No is the answer most of the time

All I do is sit and rhyme

Today I'll make a great bold list

Of all the things that I have missed

And one by one I'll cross them off

Then someday soon I'll sit and scoffed

At all the wasted time I spent

I'll learn from it without lament

Oh what great things I'll achieve

Or is this just one more chance to self deceive

Does this

Activity

Lead me to where

I want to be

7/16/21 day 29,841

Create 455d cc

Create a

Raging

Curiosity

I used to think that I could know

But now I know it was just a show

Read and study think and plan

do it for your whole lifespan span

And when your old you may realize

That few among us are ever wise

The wisest thing that they can bestow

You will never know what you don't know

Create a

Raging

Curiosity

Personal 455c

You're standing too close 

This shit ain't personal

(Universal unfolding)

My shoulder hurts my feet are swollen

I got toe fungus and a iffie colon

North Korea has been shooting missiles

The dog came home with lots of thistles

Life is better than has ever been

Garden greens and eggs from our hen

Electric, heat and indoor plumbing

Coffee, wine and the checks keep coming

I'll stand way back and watch the show

Be kind,gentle and stay in the flow

You're standing too close

This shit ain't personal

(Universal unfolding)

6/1/18  455c