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Larry C

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0 posted 2002-03-09 12:18 PM

Let Go
By Larry Chadwick

Just to be a survivor,
Doesn’t guarantee a win.
Sometimes it’s best,
To be the one done in.

For in the work place,
When times are lean,
Being the one let go,
Isn’t always that mean.

So don’t be overwhelmed,
Some things are meant to be.
Things could be worse,
Be glad it’s you and not me.

March 8, 2002

In honor of all my friends let go this week!

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

[This message has been edited by Larry C (03-09-2002 12:39 AM).]

SEA

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with you

1 posted 2002-03-09 12:21 PM

I know folks that could relate to this in a big way...

good way of putting it Larry

doreen peri
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2 posted 2002-03-09 12:25 PM

NO!!!!!

i won't!!

oh alright, i guess i will but only if you promise to let go, too

whoops!! didn't mean to fire ya up!

wait a minute... let me try to figure this out... i'm confused again... what time is it? it's not even 1AM, i should be able to make sense of this

yeah.. ok... i just read it again..... *whew*... this ISN'T about ME after all, is it??? LOL!!!!! hehe

you mean..... this is about WORK? work work work... god i hate that... too bad it's how we all make money but then again i really love it and y'know what?

this little gem of poetree is just that!! a work of art..... it made me LAUGH!!!

thank you!!!

Greeneyes

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3 posted 2002-03-09 12:35 PM

Larry~

there is a survivor in us all....letting go, can be a great way to release stress...nicely put...

Lauren~

Greeneyes~

Step through the
barrier of my mind,
enter my soul,
feel my desire,
let my eyes guide you
into the shadows
of my heart

Larry C

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4 posted 2002-03-09 12:37 PM

Susan,
Thanks. Life gets hard. But it gets better too!

dor,
Had to pick myself up off the floor. But only after I quit laughing. You totally crack me up. And since you seem to crack yourself up that must make us even or alike. I'm not sure. That's a lie. I am sure. I think. Yup, I'm sure...we are quite alike. At least it seems we are. We both tend to ramble. ALOT. Right? Right. I knew you'd agree. You do agree. Right? Right. See I even crack myself up.

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Larry C

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5 posted 2002-03-09 12:38 PM

Lauren,
Thanks...we overlapped on our replies. LOL Good to see you!

doreen peri
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6 posted 2002-03-09 01:31 AM

huh?

ohhh..... yeah...

i agree..

i think.

hell, how would i know? lol

hehe

nice pome btw... did i say that yet?

Marsha

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7 posted 2002-03-09 08:41 AM

Larry darling boy you know I’m going to say this is good, okay it’s much better than good, okay yes darling boy it’s utterly utterly excellent.

You are an absolutely fabulous writer I love the way you’ve constructed this it’s flow is utterly excellent as is the rhyme and pace. YOU are an amazing writer. I LOVE IT and it brought a smile

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace Luke 2:79

Sunshine

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8 posted 2002-03-09 08:54 AM

I come in to read your work just as much for your work as the replies they generally generate...which always leave me grinning into my morning coffee...afternoon coffee...evening coffee...whatever time of day I finally get here...

Let's see...it's good morning Larry!

Enchantress
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9 posted 2002-03-09 09:10 AM

Morning Larry! Great write! I always enjoy the thread almost as much as the poem!

~Hugs, Nancy~

~Sometimes all you really wish for...
is someone to wish for you.~

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10 posted 2002-03-09 09:16 AM

Good morning Larry, HEh heh heh, I agree with all of the above, I enjoy the poems you write so much and then the entire thread is always a hoot..lots of entertainment on your page. lOl..good one. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

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11 posted 2002-03-09 09:25 AM

Trying to remember, don't think I've ever been laid off...but I've walked out on a few. Guess that means I laid them off. Good for me! And good for you for writing this for your friends, Larry!

Larry C

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12 posted 2002-03-09 09:47 AM

dor,
I thought you'd agree. Thanks.

Mushy,
Sweeite...I'm always happy your reading my poems. Thanks.

Here comes the SUN!
It is so fun when it shines so bright in here! Thanks.

Nancy Lee,
Good morning and thanks. Great to see you.
*smiles*

floria,
Thank you so much and Good Morning to you too.

Duncan,
Does that make you a quitter?

It was a joke. Glad you haven't had that experience! And thanks.

Magnus

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13 posted 2002-03-09 10:31 AM

Larry, this is good....and all of the
comments are as much fun to read as your
poetry...thanx...

Mistletoe Angel

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14 posted 2002-03-09 11:45 AM

(giggles in delight) Oh Larry, I couldn't agree with everyone else more, I always am curious what to find in your posts so I always sneak and read the delightful coments you always put, which are just as entertaining as your wonderful poems! (big hugggssssss) You are so much fun to us all, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Larry, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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15 posted 2002-03-09 01:05 PM

Larry - What a great attitude you have. I know I would have crumbled to the floor and started crying like a baby. Then I would have crawled over to my bosses feet and started to kiss them until he took me back at a substantially reduced salary. But I guess we all deal with things differently.lol

Dave

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16 posted 2002-03-09 02:56 PM

ok ok, I finally made it. This is one of those life, sh_ _ happens kind of stories that I love. Enjoyed....and yeah....the picture is on its way, but I have decided since ya keep askin your just gonna have to help pic it out!! will let ya know...

On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free.
~Me~

(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

Kethry
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17 posted 2002-03-09 06:16 PM

Larry,
I'm glad it's you not me...that wrote this poem...that will make ppl laugh through their tears...that can explain to the boos what you were thinking...that will be the one let go.
Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Silver Streak
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18 posted 2002-03-09 06:26 PM

Yeh! When I was a kid I was always getting laid off. Only had one problems with working, bosses. Pooh! And each time I just went out and got a better job. Until one day I fired them all and started my own place. And then I was the boss people hated. And you know what? I even learned to love bosses after I became one. And then three years ago I laid myself off and retired. LOL...

Indeed, being laid off is a good excuse to find someting better. Go for it!

((Larry))
-newell

Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com

Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

Larry C

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19 posted 2002-03-09 06:36 PM

I wasn't laid off!

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Madame Chipmunk
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20 posted 2002-03-09 06:37 PM

So don’t be overwhelmed,
Some things are meant to be.
Things could be worse,
Be glad it’s you and not me.

I love your perverse humor, Larry.
I have a son who is a lawyer at one of the world's biggest law firms. He lives in NYC and makes oodles of money...but oh how he hates his job!
I think I have talked him into quitting and getting a job at a law firm here in Kalamazoo, where the pressure is much lower and the city is much cleaner.
I told him that I needed him to be here now, so I guess I can say that sometimes...illness gives us certain privileges that we otherwise wouldn't have...
like having our kids actually take our advice.
I love your poem, Larry.....there are many things in life which are a lot worse than being laid off from a job.....afterall.....
its just a job

thanks for sharing.

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Larry C

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21 posted 2002-03-10 02:22 AM

Magnus,
The fun just never ends!

Thanks.

Noah,
Stop sneaking around!

Thanks for coming by.

Dave,
The theory of the poem is the lucky got let go. That being a survivor at work isn't always the better outcome. Oh well...I tried.

Donna,
Hey...where is that email? I wanna help choose the pic! And stuff happens...

Thanks.

Keth,
Sorry if this wasn't plain. I am still employed. Kind of sad to survive in a place that is in decline.

Thanks for your concern though.

Larry C

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22 posted 2002-03-10 02:27 AM

newell,
Too much confusion. I still have a job. I was taking the unusual perspective(what's new?) that the lucky ones were let go. But thanks. And I love your story of your career! Very clever way to retire.

Lyra,
You know I love how you think!

How brilliant to take advantage of this opportunity to get your son where he belongs...near his mother! You go girl. And thanks as always.

Nan

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23 posted 2002-03-11 08:02 AM

LOL - Ain' it the truth... There's a positive side of most everything, eh?..

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24 posted 2002-03-11 09:42 AM

Thank you, Larry! I enjoyed reading this one.

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25 posted 2002-03-11 10:11 AM

i like the last line!

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26 posted 2002-03-11 03:21 PM

Like my grandma used to say...."better being laid off than laid on." That's why she never had kids

Larry C

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27 posted 2002-03-11 10:20 PM

Nan,
And that's the truth!

SmartChick,
Thanks a heep!

cottage,
Surprise! And thanks.

Balladeer,
That explains everything.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

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