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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Worry... Sits on my shoulder like a vulture, ready to pick my bones, should I let my guard down. Worry... Useless bird of prey, just sitting there in the back of my mind... waiting. Worry... You can leave now. I know you for what you are... A waste of precious time. Ida Werrett |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Oh Ida... I have so much trouble with this one. (the topic, not your poem) I don't think I can tell the difference between needless worry and foresight!!!    oy This could be karen's personal psalm, yanno. Nod. Love you for this--and so much more. *hugs* |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Hi Karen, Believe me I know what you mean. You know how in the old days how they used to sing loudly to drive away the evil spirits? Well, I'm singing. Ida |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
Worrying is an inbound talent of its own Ida, very few can differentiate the real ones and the needless. I just laugh off most of the needed ones too sometimes. Ignorance is bliss. Don’t let it take charge, its definitely a taste of time to worry. Don’t worry, be happy.  "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Ida, enjoyed the vulture metaphor. Humming a well-known tune after reading Prasad's fine reply. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I love this! *S* That bird doesn't "shoo" off easily, does it? *S* I love the responses, too... even if Prasad did get that song stuck in my head. LOL |
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Raindance Member
since 2009-02-07
Posts 120West Coast |
Tell that vulture to buzz off! |
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WTBAKELAR
since 2008-09-09
Posts 1089Utah, USA |
Hey, Ida, Don-a-worry-bout-it, ja-no? Nice. Tracey. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Ida, This is a cute, and wise little poem. You know what Bones and I say about worry-- "There ain't no money in it, so don't do it." Love Bobby |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
Yes, worry is indeed a waste of time. It doesn't change a thing, does it? I do quite a bit of worrying, myself. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Good post Ida. We sometimes find we were worrying too much about something that never happened and not enough about the things that did. Too late so it did not matter either way. We have to curb that impluse. latearrival |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
My dear, dear Ida Belle, if you don't have a book already published ~ then get crackin'! I know that I would be at the head of the line to buy it!  Every blessed mot that you ever write ~ hits home, with me!!! Every blessed one!  Linda |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
my soul, is this telling, or what...excellent write...loved it all |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Worry... You can leave now. I know you for what you are... A waste of precious time. I am very pleased to see you have the right idea in the last stanza. Life is far to short to worry, and I'm sure that women worry far more than men. I look at it this way, whatever the problem is, if you can fix it, then there's no need to worry but if you can't fix it, then worrying about it won't help, so why worry. Cheer up dear lady my thoughts are with you. Love. Lindsay |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Marchmadness - oh worry, why do you sit on my shoulder, begone you, begone... BC |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Thank you all for your comments. Ida |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
When things all fall into place, there will be nothing worry about ~ Love this Ida  ARCTIC WIND |
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Osprey Member
since 2009-04-12
Posts 249 |
We're never done telling others not to worry, but not much good at taking our own advice. Enjoyed your poem and I'm glad you've got that old vulture under control. For 'a waste of precious time' it surely is. |
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critical mass Member
since 2009-03-25
Posts 275Michigan |
So true Worrying gave me a heart attack at 37 and ruined my first career. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: PERFECT, dear Ida! Just watched an interview yesterday evening with our Nobel prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini, who celebrated in perfect health her 100th birthday ... among other things she said that "worry and fear" were totally absent in her life. It's a learning process, I guess! Love, Margherita |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Echoing Karen. Good advice in those last lines, Ida. Owl |
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unboundpoetess Member
since 2008-05-24
Posts 477 |
I just had this conversation with my husband today. I think worry for me is a control issue. Enjoyed this. Heather |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Ida, I hope that the worrying is over. You draw me right in to your poems. I love that about your writing. Alison |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
You sum it up wonderfully in your last lines. It is hard not to feed that useless bird as you put it and one that I think most if not all of us can relate to. Enjoyed much. |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Ida - If you put up a bar to transfer sheep from one fencing to another, the first sheep will jump the bar. The second sheep will jump the bar. The third will also and so on and so on. Here's the irony. If you remove the bar, the following sheep will jump the bar even though it's not there. We do the same thing and jump bars that don't exist. We just call them "worry". Very nice work Ida. Enjoyed much. Namyh |
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