Facts 484c

Facts 

Are not

Knowledge

All facts are free and right in hand

Easy access on voice command

Facts are strands on the loom of knowledge

It may help a little if you go to college

Study and concentration are the threads

That weave understanding into our heads

See the humor and keep on learning

It may be wisdom that you earning

Facts

Are not

Knowledge

8/31/18 484c 

Respond 484b

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Life is easy life is hard

We usually come away unmarred

The greatest skill there is to learn

To except what comes without concern

It's a skill to practice every day

Start this instant don't delay

It's not what happens it's how we frame it

We can grow and change or just submit

There's always something to be thankful for

So seeking out and complain no more

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Joe Goldstein

8/30/18 484b

Vision 484a

Past lessons

Present condition

Future vision

My past is long my future short

What's a great lesson can I extort

Study and train how to manage my mind

Be grateful, loving and never unkind

It's not what happens but how we react

That far and away has the greatest impact

Having a vision will help set a clear course

But staying peaceful is our greatest resource

So pursue your vision with patience and zest

Our little drama is just a great cosmic jest

Past lessons

Present condition

Future vision

8/29/18 484a

Convention 484

The liberating

Constraints

Of convention

There is a agreement to drive on the right

To always stop when you see a red light

People that rob and steal are very rare

You can do what you want with your  own hair

My mother said don't throw things in others

Treat everyone like their sisters and brothers

But there's a dark side to what most people do

They excepted news without thinking it through

 Set your own path and always be grateful

Be kind and gentle never act hateful

The liberating

Constraints

Of convention

8/28/18 484

Final 483b

Most failure

Isn't fatal

Success is never

Final

Success is great I've had a few

But it's in the failures that I really grew

What is success but a definition

Ambition, position, exhibition, recognition

Set your goals with thought and care

Life is a very short affair

Skills and knowledge are all we own

Everything else can be overthrown

All we're doing is passing thru

Be kind and gentle and enjoy the view

Most failure

Isn't fatal

Success is never

Final

8/27/18 483b

Fools 483a

It's the fools

That make the

Rules

Look at history what a mess

In spite of that there's been progress

Now one man can kill a million

Most of them will be civilian

In many ways these are the best of times

I get to drink coffee & write stupid rhymes

Every year they pass thousands new laws 

Only a few have any good cause

Stay away from the fools

And make your own rules

It's the fools

That make the

Rules

8/26/18 483a

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4OYXgWQqY

Anywhere 483

The road from

Here

Leads anywhere

28,785 days have passed since I started

Almost all were completely charted

Today will probably be the same

No one else but me to blame 

Any day I can choose to change

I can my whole life rearrange

I'll go down the driveway and take a right

Catch a ride or walk all night

Build a raft and float down the river

Or once again sit here and consider

The road from

Here

Leads anywhere

8/25/18 483

Plant 482

Don't judge this day

By the harvest

But by the seeds

You plant

Work and sweat as you plant each row

You never know how things will grow

It may not rain or there will be an early snow

Earthquake,fire or maybe a flood

Your seasons work may turn to mud

 The best laid plans sometimes go awry

No matter how much you think and try

But if you don't sow you will never reap

No matter how long and hard you weep

 Don't judge this day

By the harvest

But by the seeds

You plant

BL Stevenson

8/24/18 482

Security 481a

The insecurity

Of

Security

I used to think there was a place to stand

Somewhere off in the future land

Everything would be safe and nifty

If I could just stay calm and thrifty

Money's great but it doesn't stop the clock

The same with all that blue chip stock

Most of my future has become past

Now it's clear that there's nothing that last

So wake with joy and live with zest

There is no hope so just do your best

The insecurity

Of

Security

8/23/18 481a

Learn 481

You can't learn

What you 

Thank you already

Know

Decades pasted and I have  become less certain

That I had an idea what was behind the curtain

I begin to question what I thought was true

As technology uncovered so much that is new

It became clear more than ever before

That I can't be sure what's behind the next door

We will never know what we don't know

That insight adds much juice to the to show

So live in peace and have a grand vision in mind

And always be grateful,happy and kind

You can't learn 

What you 

Thank you already

Know

Epictetus 

8/22/18 481

solution 480

Not enough time

To do it right

Always enough time

To do it over

Rush,rush,rush get it done

Always fixing things on the run

Then 50 years pasted

Now it's easy for me to see

Exactly what was wrong with me

The half ass solution

Never time for real resolution 

Fix it quick it may last forever

Or just 15 minutes "whatever"

Now I'm old and take my time

And came up with this stupid rhyme

Not enough time

To do it right

Always enough time

To do it over

8/21/18 480

Unique 479

The best is yet

To come

All I do is get up and piss

Too bad my life has come to this

I once had a great strong bladder

I could drink all night it didn't matter

Now I'm old and have started to leak

I used to think I was so unique

Soon I'll probably wear a diaper

Hope I'll never need a wiper

Life is great more fun than ever

Time to start a new endeavour

The best is yet

To come

8/20/18 479

Use 478a

The brain is not

Designed

For so much

Use

Computers, smart phones, Internet

Newscast, podcast, national debt

Concerts, movies, sports events

Hackers, protesters, malcontents

We are creatures designed to survive

And procreate to keep the race alive

It's no wonder we have all these ills 

The most used drugs are crazy pills

Be kind and peaceful think and sit

Turn off the screens and don't transmit

The brain is not

Designed

For so much

Use

8/19/18 478a

Learning 478

Develop a yarning 

For

Life long learning

When we are young we think we know

All about this wild and crazy show

But as we study we come to see

That learning is just a matter of degree

We will never know what we don't know

No matter how much we study and grow

Facts are plentiful but wisdom is rare

Try to be kind,grateful and fair

Learn something new every day that you live

And after a while you'll have much to give

Develop a yarning 

For

Life long learning

8/18/18 478

Bold? 477d

There's a fine line

Between

Stupid and bold

Whatever it takes to get you started

To sail off into waters uncharted

Sometimes the line switches back and forth

You start out south and wind up north

Stupid is good if it gets you in motion

Even if it's just one more commotion

Skills and knowledge are all that we own

Wealth and possessions are way overblown

Don't be concerned what others may say

Bold or stupid get started today

There's a fine line

Between

Stupid and bold

8/17/18  477d

Now 477c

A bee on a 

Flower

A leaf on a

River

All we ever have is now

To sister fate we always bow

But still there's much that we can do

Most is routine but sometimes new

Smell the coffee watch the sunrise

This day may hold a great surprise

Some seed of wisdom in disguise

Take up some challenge work real hard

No one gets through this life unscarred

So watch the show with disregard

A bee on a

Flower

A leaf on a

River

8/16/18 477c

Fath 477b

Have unshakable faith

In the yet

Unseen

Every thing that we are taught

Started out as someone's thought

Electricity, plumbing,central heat

Television and movies what a treat

All the luxuries that we take for granted

Were once a thought seed someone planted

So dream big dreams and make a plan

Have unshakable faith and know you can

Every week there is something new

Change the future it's up to you 

Have unshakable faith

In the yet

Unseen

Jen Sincero

8/15/18 477b

Luck 477a

I'll never give up

Before I die

I may have a streak of Luck

The wizard of Menlo Park

Tom Edison

He thought of a way to bring light to the night

It took 1,000s of tries before it was right

He found many things that would glow for a while

But nothing that would last for more than a trial

His vision was clear he would have his way

There was something that would turn nite into day

Legend has it it was more than 10,000 he tried

He never gave up he would not be denied

Some say what incredible creativity

I say it looks a lot more like tenacity

I'll never give up

Before I die

I may have a streak of Luck

8/14/18 477a

Tom Edison

Create 477

Create an experience

Don't have one

Design a life

That's free from strife

And all you'll get it 

Are possibilities unmet

Jump right in get in the shit

Use your head and stretch your wit

Learn a new skill

Keep headed uphill

And before you know it 

You'll be rich and fit

Create an experience

Don't have one

8/13/18  477

Possibilities 476a

Squirming

And wreathing

Through the possibilities

Look around and pay attention

Dump all the stupid apprehension

Most all our troubles are point of view

Stepped way back and look a new

Where most see trouble and just complain

Few see opportunity and make great gain

Find the good in every situation

Focus on it with determination

So much of life's attitude

Smile and laugh with gratitude

Squirming

And wreathing

Through the possibilities

8/12/18 476a

Now 476

There's no 

Sometime it's

This Time or never

There's no future only now

To lady fortune we almost bow

The best laid plans of mice and men

Often wind up in history's dust bin

So be here now and smell the flowers

Run and dance in the springtime showers

Now is when it all takes place

Don't turn it into some kind of race

Be happy, present stay aware

And always do it with lots of flair

There's no

Sometime it's

This Time or never

8/11/18 476

Order 475i

Seeking order in 

Disorder-land

The world is messy and always changing

Our best move is to keep  rearranging

Put things back and pay attention

This will quell most apprehension

Always keep your workspace neat

It will make it look like the jobs complete

We don't know much and never will 

So study daily and develop great skill

Seeking order in

Disorder-land

8/10/18  475i

Today 475h

Today

A one time candlelight

In the

Dark silence of time

Our rooster is crowing and it's not yet dawn

What adventure will this day spawn

Start the coffee, feed the pets

Saver life without regrets

I'll spin a rhyme and make a list

Of all the undone things I have missed

This may be the last so I'll do my best

To stay loving,peaceful and not get depressed

Life gets better every year

As I realized there's not much to fear

Today

A one time candlelight

In the

Dark silence of time

8/9/18 475h

Savor 475g

Gleefully savor the

Absurdity

The Donald tweeted this the Donald said that

He may even get us into some kind of combat

North Korea is shooting off missiles

Lots of women are blowing off whistles 

Twenty trillion in the national debt

The  Donald says there's nothing to sweat

Visit a "food store" and see what we eat

Cans and boxes that are mostly sweet

"Healthcare" means taking lots of pill

Don't bother learning any self-care skills

Gleefully savor the

Absurdity

8/8/18 475g

Larger 475f

                                                   


                                                           The possibilities
                                                            much larger that

Most people

Suspect

How quick things change with daily study

Our world is like the sculptures putty

We can change and shape it with our well

As long as we're willing to pay the bill

Study, think and try real hard

Except your flaws with disregard

The only failure is to not keep trying

To sit around with a lot of sighing

So dream big dreams and forge ahead

It don't mean shit you'll soon be dead

The possibilities

Are much larger than

Most people

Suspect

8/7/18 475f

Dought 475d

Sometimes right

Sometimes wrong

Always in doubt

There are few things that I'm really sure of

Gravity, sunrise and rain from above

But much of what we humans create

Is wide open for us to debate

How to heal the sick and what's good to eat

Are almost completely obsolete

Take some pills and eat canned foods

We are fat, unhealthy and in bad moods

Borrow and borrow get deeper in debt

There's no way to know when it will reset

Sometime right

Sometimes wrong

Always in doubt

Bill Bonner

8/6/18 475d

Causes 475c

We are like children                      

Who shirk from suffering

But love is causes

I know this stuffs not good to eat

But I worked so hard I need a treat

One more glass of wine can't hurt

Then we'll eat that great dessert

I will get more sleep when things slow down

It's a waste of time just laying around

I'll exercise and get strong and fit

Starting tomorrow I will really commit

We do what we want but there's always a price 

Consider the consequences thats my advice

We are like children                      

Who shirk from suffering

But love is causes

Shante Dava

8/5/18 475c

Closer 475b

Every minute it

Doesn't rain it

Gets us that much closer 

To the next rain

Bitcoin is soaring

The economy is roaring

Stocks are at an all-time high

It's easy to forget

The size of the debt

Common sense doesn't seem to apply

In 28 they were yelling

In 29 they were selling 

Reality they could no longer deny

Buy gold and silver

Every minute it

Doesn't rain it

Gets us that much closer 

To the next rain

8/4/18 475b

Jewels 475a

Mine the mind

Extract

A few jewels

From all the rubble

From dawn to dusk we're always thinking

Once in a while we get a small inkling

Take this gem and think it through 

It may give you a different view

One new insight can change your life

Bring calm, peace and stop the strife

So pay attention and stay aware

Make this line your only prayer

Please Lord help me "Be Here Now"

Future and past I will disavow

Mine the mind

Extract

A few jewels

From all the rubble

8/3/18  475a

Mind storms ss

Meaningless

Mind storms

In the heart of

Great possibilities

Always busy thinking thinking

When I should be drinking drinking

Dr. Marcola said 10 glasses a day

If it's hydrated you wish to stay

And then there's all this email stuff

I read and read but it's never enough

I just remembered what I should do

Figure out who to send my new book to

And call friends and family far and near

I'll do it now before I disappear

Meaningless

Mind storms

In the heart of

Great possibilities

8/2/18  475

Action 474a cc

What is the next

Mission critical

Action

Always busy never thinking

My greatest asset always shrinking

Take some time and figure out

What the next step is all about

Forget all else and take the leap

And finish it before you sleep

Sometimes things change really fast

My largest dream may come to pass

And then what

Happiness? Fulfillment? World peace?

Or just old fashion eternal death

 

What is the next

Mission critical

Action

Tim Ferris