Take council. 447a

Take council

With a madman

Just because he's crazy

Doesn't mean he's stupid

I listened long and hard

And here's what I concluded

Be grateful,listen and be kind

Eat good food and drink red wine

Time is short and life is good 

There's not much else to be understood

Take council

With a madman

4/1/18 #447a

Can be 446c

Don't let who you think

You are

Stand in the way of who

You can be

The title of the book she read

Was things to learn before your dead

Then 20 years had come and went

And off to college her kids she sent

Again the pages she did turn

What's the meaning what's to learn

Joy, compassion, kindness, love

Peace and patience from above

Don't let who you think

You are

Stand in the way of who

You can be

3/30/18  446c

Nobody 446b cc

I'm nobody all 

Packed up to

Go nowhere

I make such a big deal

About all that I feel

Then time sweeps it away

Like a snowstorm in May

So be of good cheer

The end is quite near

I'm nobody all

Packed up to

Go nowhere

"Have" too 446

I really don't 

"Have"

To do this

Breathe, drink, eat, evacuate,

Maintain body temperature and sleep

If I choose to continue living

I "have" to fulfill these imperatives

But just about everything else is a

Choice

I am free to make all kinds of crazy choices

But I can't escape the consequences

I really don't

"Have"

To do this

3/27/18 #446

Purpose 445f

Live with purpose 

Die

Without regrets

Life is a very fragile experience

It's so easy to forget

That it may end today

So what do I do next

Support myself and my family

Be curious and keep learning

Cultivate gratitude, kindness

And goodwill for all beings

Stay fit and healthy

Live with purpose

Die

Without regrets

3/26/18 445f

Busy 445e

Where will 

Today's activities

Take me

Busy busy in tizzy

All it does is make me dizzy

Settle down and think about it

See how all the pieces fit

A few good moves will change a lot

And yield results that are really hot

Where will

Today's activities

Take me

3/25/18 445e

Sleep 445d

The oak sleeps 

In the acorn

Who I am and what I'm doing

Is like a river that flows out of

My past decisions and omissions

The opportunity of today is to

Put new forces in motion that will

That will make tomorrow's world

Just a little bit better

Or maybe a lot better

The oak sleeps

In the acorn

Napoleon Hill

3/23/18. 445d