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A RIPPLE TO PONDER" (rewrite)
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A RIPPLE TO PONDER" (rewrite) |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
A RIPPLE TO PONDER Copyright 2001 by: Mark V. Sheldon Even a placid lake can drown you with its deep body of information you lack if you don't bother to learn how to swim through it or if you take it at face value and assume its cloudy darkness is shallower than your transparent mind or presume your ability to tread water is enough to keep you afloat without a shun-device... The climate may shock you at first but the numbing blankets you with disappearing feelings as cold reality sinks in exposing your gooseflesh vulnerability a big fish out of school still captured by the net and you're faced with a quick decision: Do I sink? Or do I swim? "If you don't ask: you don't get." -Steve Miller |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
wow, this is such a great read  loved it! |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
Ah to sink means the unknown has won control again...to swim means your eyes are open and reality can be handled with knowledge. BRAVO!!! I love the direction this poem had me thinking in. Magnificent. **hugs**  Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
The trick is not to panic. Enjoyed |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Thank you, SEA -- glad you enjoyed! Right on, Startime! Looks like you can enjoy the water. Thanks for the enthusiatstic response. Richard, the trick may also be to realize one's limitations and work with them... Glad you stopped by. -MVS "Your focus determines your reality." --Qui-Gon from The Phantom Menace |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Some days I sink Some days I swim But every day I get right back in and try again and each time I go deeper within |
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MyEnchanted_Melody Senior Member
since 2001-05-30
Posts 1106across the land of dreams. In your heart, I'd always be. |
Ah....the ripple effect!... I've enjoyed your thought-provoking take on it, again....and I'd probabaly enjoy it again and again with all the ripple it creats.... Thank you my friend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Streen Member
since 2001-11-28
Posts 169 |
Shakespeare summed it up with the phrase, "To be or not to be." Excellent poem. |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
~Wading is fine. We all get above our head from time to time. I guess I'm lucky to be here. ~Thanks for the ponder Mark. Sincerely, Regina It's all in the mind |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Then, Kacy, you've taken the real plunge. It's one thing to tread water; it's another to swim forward. Thanks for the visit. My Melody, ripples can be sensational and are always welcome.  Streen: it's hard to argue with core wisdom... but the fun lies in the interpretations and standing behind them. Thank you for the read and reply. Regina, wading beats waiting... (and we're lucky to have you here ). Thanks for the active read & reply.-MVS "Your focus determines your reality." --Qui-Gon from The Phantom Menace |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Strong words on life here Mark.... very well done...... |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Good to read you again, Connie! Thanks for the visit. -MVS "Your focus determines your reality." --Qui-Gon from The Phantom Menace |
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