Can be 5/23/29

Who I am 

Keeps me

From who I

Can be

Who I am where I live what I think

Who I spend my time with 

What I have done what I think I can do

We are all on the same death march

But before then many things are possible

Who I am

Keeps me

Who I

Can be

5/23/20 day 29,422

Self-righteous 5/14/20

Self-righteous 

Freedom from

Doubt

Without any thinking I launched this great plan

And pretty soon it all went in the garbage can

That was just before I turned 80

 No more will I start anything weighty  

A few times in the past lady luck has come thru

I'd get all puffed up and start something new

No council or thought just time in money

From the high ground of old age it seems really funny

To the young people I say be cautious but bold

It takes more than thought to pile up some gold

Self-righteous  

Freedom from

Doubt

Robert DeRopp

5/14/20 day 29,413

New day 2/1/18

1. Brand new
2. Day
3. Same old way
4. 
   
5. The rut gets smoother and deeper
6. Comfortable easy ways 
7. Of slow-moving days
8. The living death of routine
9. Break something down blow something up
10. Climb out of the rut
11. Before it becomes a grave
12. Somebody said a rut is a grave
13. With the ends knocked out
14. 
    
15. Brand new
16. Day
17. Same old way
18. 2/1/18 day 28,569 

Consider 5/9/20

Consider 

Act

Observe

Nothing is all gain

One can never know at the beginning

Where all the obstacles lie

As the plan takes shape and materializes

The flaws and misjudgments are exposed

Here is the opportunity

Learn what is needed to prevail

Or take your lessons

With gratitude and goodwill

And make another plan

Consider

Act

Observe

Nothing is all gain

unknown

5/9/20 day 29,408

Roll on 5/7/20

I'll roll on  

Till I'm rolled

Over

I wake up feeling like death warmed over

2 cups of coffee and I'm dancing on Clover

29,406 days have taking their toll

But still I have a really big goal

To help others see the value of learning

And how to develop a lifelong yearning

If freedom exists it comes from our knowledge

Not just the kind that they're teaching in college

Ponder and read hang out with good friends

I'll keep on studying learning until it all ends

I'll roll on  

Till I'm rolled

Over

5/7/20 day 29,406

Test everything 5/4/20

Have faith in nothing 

Believe nothing

Test everything

Die smiling

I was so sure how it would all come out

You'd think my experience would cause me to doubt

From now on I will remember that I just don't know

I'll study and take counsel before any new show

Uncertainty is the thing for me to remember

To stop anger and fear while they're still an ember

Study and learn but always be doubting

I'll go slow and careful as the new plan is sprouting

Have faith in nothing 

Believe nothing

Test everything

Die smiling

Robert DeRopp

5/4/20

Day 29,403

Acceptance may 1 2020

 Live with

Willing acceptance

Of what ever nature

Allots us

The is ,is always what it is

A flat tire or a cold beer fizz

There's many things that I cannot change

 But I can my thinking rearrange

To gleefully except what comes up next

And never allow myself to get vexed 

My judgment creates the way I feel

I keep on making stupid head stuff real 

There still may be time to change my ways

To clear my mind of this self-made haze

Live with 

Willing acceptance

Of what ever nature

Allots us

Marcus Aurelius

May 1 2020 day29,400