Someday 528

Someday

When I have

More time

Someday when I have more time

I'll write some songs and epic rhyme

The days go by at a steady pace

But as I age they seem to race

I delude myself I'll have more time later

When it slows down & my powers are greater

For years I've planed to put up an eaves-trough

Definitely next spring I'll stop putting it off

I still think that later is a solid place 

Where there's still a chance to win the race

Someday

When I have

More time

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Now 547 a

No future

No past

Only now

I plan the future and mull the past

The truth of things is nothing last

Long ago I had a vision

That I'm learning to live without derision

The past is done it was sometimes fun

And the future is always just begun

Take refuge in the forever present

Stay grateful kind and always pleasant

Now all the things I choose to do

Put forces in motion for future review

No future

No pass

Only now

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Ahead 527

Get

Ahead of

Your head

All kinds of thoughts going every direction

Swirling around without any inspection

One way I found to take the helm 

Is to direct my thoughts to just one realm

Meditation and visualization are said to enhance

The way we learn, evolve and advance

90% of the time I read somewhere

Our conscious minds are unaware

Don't let all that head noise get you down

It's only a short time we're gonna be around

Get

Ahead of

Your head

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Excellence 526

Pursue excellence

Ignore fame

From the high ground of my 80th year

I can see how little there is to fear

It seems that the project of biggest concern

Is figuring out what's important to learn

For me it's been the knowledge and skill

Of how to respond with love and goodwill

And not be closed to others opinions

I'll let kindness and love be my dominions

All we have is a little time running out

Use it wisely and wisdoms seeds will sprout

Pursue excellence

Ignore fame

Rick Hanson

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DNA 525

We are disposable

Carriers of

DNA

Nature's plan is simple and clear

Survive and breed then disappear

That glow of life from the primordial slime

Has traveled unbroken until our time

For a billion years it has evolved & changed

And now our whole world we rearrange

Airplanes, tanks, guns and bombs

Tool booth, hospitals and high school proms

In 100 years they'll be a whole new cast

But till the sun burns out DNA will last

We are disposable

Carriers of

DNA

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Training 524

Most activity
Can be used

As training

There are many reasons we take action

Most of which are just distraction

But

There's always something new to learn

Pay attention at every turn

Still

The greatest skill we can acquire

To create the mind states that we desire

Never

Wine, complain or speak ill of anyone 

Lie, cheat or steal it cannot be undone

Always

Seek out the good in what happens next

Never let yourself get vexed

Most activity
Can be used

As training

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Education 523

If you think

Education 

Is expensive try

Ignorance

When I was young I knew it all

Then came along my first big fall

Of course I could not except the blame

It was not my fault I lost the game

My first choice was always recreation 

I never thought much about education

After a while I realize it's what I knew

That will  usually determine what I do

So now I study every day

And in most things find my way

If you think

Education 

Is expensive try

Ignorance

Derek Bok

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Karmic predicament 522

I am a

Unfolding karmic

Predicament

For reasons that are all unknown

I came to earth and had a home

With two loving folks without much training

That weren't able to do much explaining

Then God,good fortune or just dumb luck

Got me reading and somewhat unstuck

Decades past and I kept up my training

In every way I kept on gaining

So now at eighty I see clearly that

If you eat too much you're gonna get fat

I am a

Unfolding karmic

Predicament

Ram Dass 

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Understanding 521

Understand the

Invisible

Our world is full of man's creations

And all sorts of crazy nations

Battleships,airplanes and poison gas

Trillions in weapons we amass

All this stuff starts in one place

It's our thinking that creates this disgrace

Everything we make was once a thought

And almost all comes from what we are taught

Break the mold think up something new

Our world's future is up to you

Understanding the

Invisible

L Guest

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Do it 520

Write it down

Then

Do it

If it's not on the list it doesn't exist

Write it down or it will be like a mist

Every morning I review yesterday's list

And write one today with whatever I missed

It's a very old habit that help me subsist

Form this habit and really persist

Or run in circles and always be pissed

Lord Habit rules us at every twist

So write it down it's an enormous assist

Write it down

Then

Do it

Charlie Wiley

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Learn 519

1. Teach 
2. What you want to
3. Really learn
4. 
   
5. A lot of what I have learned is gone
6. But if I repeat it all day long
7. There is a chance that I may remember
8. Like blowing on a glowing ember
9. And if I'm teaching about how to live
10. Good health fitness and how to give
11. Kindness, compassion and making friends
12. Being truthful and happy until it all ends
13. It will remind me every day to walk my talk
14. And not just stand around and gawk
15. 
    
16. Teach
17. What you want to
18. Really learn
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Detached518

Detached

Observation

Just another

Day

Big plans, high hopes the days go by fast

I have come to realize there's nothing last

I'll sit joyfully & watch the days come and go

Breathe deep, relax and get into the flow

To stay fit and healthy takes more than hope

Exercise, eat well and learn how to cope

The victories in life are when we stay calm

Even if someone sets off a bomb

The past and the future only live in our head

So live in the present there's nothing to dread

Detached

Observation

Just another

Day

10/17/18 #518

Compassionate 517

Be compassionate

To all beings

I am just one more of the walking dead

With many questions in my head

Now I know I'll never know

How I wound up in this crazy show

I was sure I knew how things come out

But now I'm not sure what will sprout

Ignorance is a lifelong condition

I won't let it get in the way of my mission

And that's to keep moving toward the light

Of kindness, gratitude and all that's right

Be compassionate

To all beings

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Sad affair 516

A sad affair

Two days now the gray cats gone

I call and call and feel forlorn

Twice before she's not come home

We called & called but she chose to roam

I still have hope she's young and strong

That she will come home where she belongs

It's four months now since she has gone

 Every morning just at dawn

I open the door and call her name

So far the answer is always the same

And now another season has passed

I guess I've seen her for the last

She was pretty, graceful and always aloof

Pleasant, funny and sometimes a goof

One more pal has bit the dust

It's a sad affair but I will adjust

A sad affair

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Stupid 515

Too stupid

To be

Afraid

Fear will keep you out of action

Stuck in some kind of pointless distraction

But stupid is great if it gets you in motion

Buy a dingy and sail across the ocean

If it doesn't kill you it will teach you a lot

Stay with it and soon you'll be driving a yacht

After a wile stupid becomes bold

If you're lucky it will happen before you get old

So get in motion take a big chance

Life is an adventure we can always enhance

Too stupid

To be

Afraid

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Life

Life
A brief glimpse

Of the unknown 

Through
 the cloudy lens

Of ignorance

When I was young I was sure I knew

That I would do what I wanted to

Not one thought of the price required

I worked real hard and stayed inspired

On this still dark morning it's really clear

That hard work will only interfere

Great things grow from good decisions

Knowledge,teamwork & the right conditions

Be happy, kind and do your best

Very soon you'll be laid to rest

Life

A brief glimpse

Of the unknown 

Through the cloudy lens

Of ignorance

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Cigarette 513

One cigarette is

Too many

1000 is not enough

I was 12 when I first started smoking

It took lots of effort to keep from choking

Mom and Pop puffed away all day 

That's why I chose to disobey

They said do what we say

Not what we do

But all my friends were smoking too

It was 40 years before I withdrew

My parents were right

Don't partake of this blight

One cigarette is

Too many

1000 is not enough

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Doom 512

Doom is

Inevitable

Gloom is

Optional

I used to think I had lots of time

To think up at least one great rhyme

It always seem so far away

Next year I'm 80 it could be any day

Plumbing, electric, indoor heat

TV, Internet. plenty to eat

I choose each instant how I react

Joy and good humor are not abstract

They are creations of my discerning

I will spread goodwill and keep on learning

Doom is

Inevitable

Gloom is

Optional

Seth Godin

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Do it 511a

I don't want to

I don't feel like it

I'll do it anyway

If all I did was what I like

I'd eat ice cream and ride a bike

Most of what I enjoy today

Is here because I jumped right in the fray

Exercise if you'd be fit

Read and study increase your wit

Too much coffee not enough sleep

Thoughtless acts pile up in a heap

Real balance is a tricky act

Everything we do has an impact

I don't want to

I don't feel like it

I'll do it anyway

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Pleasure 510

The pleasure will

Pass

The consequences will

Last

Put more ice cream on my cake

I worked real hard I need a break

Just one more beer before I go

Will really put me in the flow

How many times have I frowned at the scale

Or looked in the mirror and felt like a whale

It's always easy to start a diet tomorrow

And forget that plan always ends in sorrow

I'll take a stand and pretend I'm a grown up

Instead of acting like a hungry little pup

The pleasure will

Pass

The consequences will

Last

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Persistence 509

Peaceful persistence

Well overcome almost

Any resistance

If for 20 years I studied an hour a day

Today I'd be an expert in meany a way

Save just 10% of all that you earn

And soon you'll have no financial concern

Exercise just a few hours a week

And you will keep your fitness at its peak

Good health is it outcome of many decisions

I'll learn to choose only healthy provisions

Same with staying cool, calm and collected

I'll practice daily until it's perfected

Peaceful persistence

Well overcome almost

Any resistance. 

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Choice 508

We always have

A choice

In our reactions

The Buddha had a message clear

But that ain't the way we talk over here

The message that I have for the masses

Learn to keep your heads out of your asses

It all begins with the simple truth

That should be taught to all of our youth

It's not what happens but how we react

Always choose gratitude this is not an abstract

It will change the way your whole life goes

This is real power not just stupid prose

We always have

A choice

In our reactions

Buddha

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Astonishing 507

What we don't know

Is astonishing

Even more astonishing is

What passes for knowing

So many times I been absolutely sure

And then reality came through the door

I knew exactly how things would transpire

Then the unknowns would arise and conspire

To surprise me "again" with the unexpected

I'd mumble,grumble and feel really dejected

But after a long while I began to discern

What ever happens there's something to learn

Now I know for sure I'll never know

But I can always learn and grow

What we don't know

Is astonishing

Even more astonishing is

What passes for knowing

Unknown

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Plan 506

Overwhelmed

Is a byproduct 

Of not having a

Plan

There so much to do

I'll never get through

The list keeps getting longer

And I am not any stronger

Can I find some way out

There is only one route

I'll create a clear plan

Then do all that I can 

To keep it moving in that direction

 Always ready for the next correction

Overwhelmed

Is a byproduct 

Of not having a

Plan

Nick Stephenson

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Master 505a

Become master

Of common

Things

My mother always said to chew

Even when she served me stew

Almost 80 years have passed

And I still gulp food to the very last

Stand up straight and pay attention

I hear her voice from the next dimension

She said young man listen to me

And mostly I would not agree

Chew and listen stand up straight

I have the power to direct my fate

Become master

Of common

Things

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Yearning 505

Keep yearning

For learning

I can learn from everything that comes along

And make it part of my life's song

Most things can be turned to gain

Even when it come with pain

Life passes fast so I will pay attention

And do it without much apprehension

Whatever happens can be used as training

And I'll follow through with no complaining

I'll always ask where's the good in this

And strive to turn it into bliss

Keep yearning

For learning

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Listen 504

Be still and

Listen to the

Tetanus

I meditate and sit real Still

And practice using  all my will

As I quiet my mind the more I hear

The high-pitched noise that roars in my ear

Most of the time I can ignore it

But when I'm tired it takes grit

To try to stay peaceful and grateful

And remember it's annoying but never fail

Millions suffer much more than some noise

I'll count my blessings and try to live with poise

Be still and

Listen to the

Tetanus

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