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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
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South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-06-01 06:49 AM


Get high on life.
Don't be besotted about what's around you.
Secret to happiness
is no secret anymore.
Hey! Are you carrying a burden?
Your shoulder bruised
from pushing that bolder
trying to get . . .
where exactly?
Took me many years to understand
if you're fighting
that fight just because
you’re supposed to,
quit it.
Look around.
Open you eyes a little wider.
Take in life and find that
road
your road, the one that will make you happy.
Get loaded on it,
what causes you to smile each day
as you walk that road of yours
because it is your road,
no one else's.
Doing what you like to do
is not work
it isn't a chore.
Doing what you like is happiness.
Wear your smiling face everyday
it's contagious.
Makes you and those you meet
feel good.
Please,
don't be sacrificial victim
of the days of your lives.
No!
Get high on life,
intoxicating life.
Find your niche
that make you
who you are
whatever, whoever that may be,
integrity,
words of a tome you are writing,
secretly.
It's really all about you.
Those who love and care for you
will champion your cause.
If not they need to step out of the way.
It's all about you.


~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (06-01-2011 07:54 AM).]

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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2011-06-01 06:55 AM


Jerry, what a great pep talk! Words I need to be reminded of...THANK YOU!!!
Lori

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2011-06-01 07:53 AM


I needed to be reminded of them also, Lori. Thanks for your thoughts.

~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~

Martie
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3 posted 2011-06-01 12:23 PM


Positive, uplifting message here, Jerry.  
Margherita
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4 posted 2011-06-01 12:56 PM


quote:
Doing what you like is happiness.
Wear your smiling face everyday
it's contagious.
Makes you and those you meet
feel good.



That's indeed the secret of feeling good. This is a wonderful vade mecum.

Greatly enjoyed, dear Jerry.

Love,
Margherita

Word Weaver
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since 2011-03-06
Posts 437
California, USA
5 posted 2011-06-01 01:04 PM


I love this Jerry. It was a grand day the day I found "my" road. I wish the same for everyone.
Hugs,
Marcia


JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
6 posted 2011-06-01 01:06 PM


Ah, Martie, I stick enough of the darker stuff on here, I just thought I'd surprise everyone with something happy and positive. Thank you for reading and commenting.

Margherita, it certainly is a vade mecum at that if only people (myself included) would learn to live their life such as I have described. Thanks for being here.

~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
7 posted 2011-06-01 01:13 PM


Thank you, Marcia, it took me a very long time, but I got there. Thanks for the read and comment.

~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~

Duck1946
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since 2011-05-16
Posts 84
Nebraska
8 posted 2011-06-03 12:23 PM


Delightful poem!
Follow your dreams!

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
9 posted 2011-06-03 12:40 PM


Absolutely, Duck, go for it.

~ Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock ~

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