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How Do We Measure Success?
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How Do We Measure Success? |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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N orth Carolina Girl Senior Member
since 2001-12-04
Posts 962NC,USA |
Lyra, All I have to do is look at my family and friends like you.I would rather be rich in my heart than in my pocketbook.WONDERFUL POEM!  TAKE CARE!Love, Juanita |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
I'm thinking having both is certainly a possibility. Very timely write for me, Lyra. Love your insight, as always! Sig strike in process...grab a sign and let's walk around in circles. |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
A lot of my success comes in the pleasure I have in reading and writing and being among my Passionate friends... |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Lyra, this is wonderful and I especially love the picture cartoons. A concept my husband and I have tried very hard to teach our children. And it seems to be one that many of our country's corporate heads didn't learn. Pity!!! Hugs, Marti "Even if life is full of thorns, I still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose worth all the pain." |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
 What a wonderful write Lyra! And...I would say you know you are successful when you get your own icon!! YIPPEE!! I love it! ~Hugs, Nancy~ |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
To me...success is not measured by what you have but what is in your heart...And your heart carries a treasure we all have been very fortunate to have shared a part of.. Thank You Lyra.... |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Lyra, this is a wonderful poem. Doing what you love to do and loving what you do is indeed the greatest success. |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
  (smiles) Oh Lyra, this is wonderful, sweet friend, I am so proud of you and your new cute icon, you should be so proud of yourself, YAY!!! (kiss on cheek) When I grow up I want to spend a lifetyime living what makes me happy, even if I end up living in a house that doesn't look that pretty! I want to spend my life making myself happy and not becoming avarice! (big huggssssss) nThis is delightful, sweet friend, you go Lyra, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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ShadowRider Senior Member
since 2001-07-14
Posts 1038USA |
a measure of happiness is the depth and wealth of a smile and a helping hand Well put well said felt and writ. So shall it be written so shall it be so. (goobin', as usual, on a Friday night. Hi ya ol' munkster! I've missed ya and your wit, wisdom and wryness.) ~poverty hugs~ jeff |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
It can't be said any better than you just did. It is something we all have heard and probably know.....but how many of us refuse to listen to it until it is too late. Wonderful thoughts from an obvious beautiful heart. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
What a very successful poem you've written! Nan(Pilgrim variety) |
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Neeraja Senior Member
since 2002-06-22
Posts 812The Netherlands |
True wisdom in this poem!!! Wise words Lyra!!! Enjoyed the presentation as well!!! Neeraja |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
How true this is...and I love your new images...both in the upper left corner, and the smaller one also in the upper left corner...great way to start my day, seeing you pop up like that! |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I love your final stanza, Lady Chipmunk... HappiNess does truly come from within... Well said, m'friend..  |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Lyra, Agree with mark and yourself on this one. if you do what you love and love what you do the keys of success will be handed to you |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lyra For a chipmunk you sure are wise. Loved this! |
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sodpossom Senior Member
since 2001-06-15
Posts 723N.C |
Lyra I loved this one.In my life I measure my success by how many tons of trash I haul.lol [This message has been edited by sodpossom (07-27-2002 06:16 PM).] |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Lyra - a wonderful poem with much wisdom and wonderful thoughts - just loved it!!! I love your icon!!! Paul |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Loved this write..... ~~ Connie ~~ |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Madame - I agree, for a chipmunk you are most wise. I would measure success by the peace within... BC |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Juanita, thanks so much for replying... If there were ever to be a perfect example of this poem, its you and your family. I think that most people who met ya'll would certainly be envious. Ya'll are the richest people I've ever known b'cause there is so much love in your hearts and its so obvious to everyone who meets your family. ~ chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Duncan...thanks so much for your reply. I think it might be possible to have both, but probably not too easy because monetary wealth often (but not always) involves some degree of greed.  ~ selfish chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Lady in White... I happen to agree with you 100% which is actually what the inspiration for this poem was. ~ poetic hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Marti...thanks so much, and we have also tried to teach that to our children. Victor has finally learned the lesson.....the hard way. He has decided to give up law, and become a physics professor. He is all set up to get his M.A. from Michigan State, starting in December....they even have a teaching fellowship reserved for him. He then plans to get a Ph.D. in physics. He makes a LOT of money as a real estate lawyer in NYC, but is feeling burned out and he also hates NYC. When I was first diagnosed, I asked him if he wanted to come back home and practice law here, and he thought about it and decided that he would like to come back home...but he wasn't sure about pracicing law anymore. He is planning to keep his license active though...just in case he changes his mind. But he has always wanted to make lots of money and has finally learned that there are more important things in life... Fortunately, he's young enough to start fresh. ~ chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Nancy... I'm glad you like my new icon, but just because its a chipmunk doesn't mean that I have exclusive rights to it... I didn't see my name written on it anywhere, so I guess if anyone else wants to use the chipmunk icon, they are invited to.  ~ spinning chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thank you so much for your very kind words, Barry... but I have to tell ya.... Whats in my heart right now...is acorns... I'm a hungry chipmunk.  ~ laughing hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sue... It is good advice isn't it! I wish I would follow it, myself.....but I'm gonna try.  ~ hugs from a chipmunk dudeLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks for your very kind words, Noah... and I have no doubt that you will follow the right path and that you will be very successful. ~ warm chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks for the cute little verse, Jeff... I've been here...but you haven't...so I've missed you too. ~ hugs from the heart of a chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Mark...for your reply and also for that very kind compliment.  ~ grinning chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
And what a successful reply, Nan... I'm glad you are still a pilgrim variety, but I hope that you have no plans to eat chipmunks at thanksgiving.  ~ hugs from a chipmunk caught in the headlightsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Neeraja... I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. ~ lots of chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Karilea... I will keep on popping up, as long as you read my work... You, my dear friend....make me want to pop! ~ popping chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Nan... Now I know where my keys to success went... I think you took them with you this morning on that long train ride to Vancouver... Please check and make sure that you have them because I sure miss them... I guess I'll have another set of success keys made, then I won't have to worry. Have a great trip and stay safe. ~ hugs from your friend the chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sy...but I can't seem to find my keys to success lately. ~ scatterbrained chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Martie... but all chipmunks are wise. We have to be because we are small, and there are a lot of predators out there in the woods. But I guess this chipmunk is wise enough to know how to write poetry and also to type. ~ chipmunk thanking you hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Stevie... But I know that you are rich in your family's love, not in the amount of trash you haul each day. ~ trash hauling hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Paul...for enjoying my poem and my new icon.  ~ spinning chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for stopping by, Connie... This chipmunk appreciates your reply. ~ happy chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Bill...I agree, the amount of peace within...is an excellent measure. And I will tell you as a caution...please beware... ALL chipmunks are wise. When you're this small in a big world...you have to be.  ~ wise chipmunk hugsLyra |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Lyra, I believe as parents we try so hard to give our children morals and values and when they go out on their own we can only hope what we taught them has sunk in. For some, it takes longer to learn what's really important in life. I am so glad Victor is leaving NYC and returning to Michigan. It will be so good for you to have him closer to you. Hugs, Marti "Even if life is full of thorns, I still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose worth all the pain." |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Marti... I am so happy that he is moving back to Michigan...even though he won't be in Kalamazoo, he will be only an hour and a half away, instead of being almost halfway across the country; and with my future uncertain right now...that is very comforting. ~ lots of chipmunk hugsLyra |
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mycafe Senior Member
since 2002-05-23
Posts 584 |
You seem to have the best answer, Lyra...as written in your last stanza. Wise thoughts you've shared! marie Keep counting your blessings [This message has been edited by mycafe (07-28-2002 09:25 PM).] |
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SimplyGold Senior Member
since 2002-07-10
Posts 1453 |
So true |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Marie and Electra.... thanks so much for your kind words... I guess that when you get as old as I am, you finally get some wisdom. ~ wise old hugsLyra |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
if you do what you love and love what you do the keys of success will be handed to you Don't I wish! *S* I'd be handed my pink slip! LOL Reading your great advice I learn with misgiving I'm not having a life... I'm making a living! For I love what I do When shadowing Toe But I need to pay rent Or I'll be told to go! And this poetry board Is sure a great way To spend every hour But poems don't pay! By the world's standards I'm not a success But I know the things That bring happiness And so I sell my soul To the job every day Then cherish my friends... They're my heart's payday. *S* I enjoyed this, Madame... even if I couldn't resist a bratty reply. *S* |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Suthern... I love your little poem. It looks like poetry is your real work, but your job is just something you do to support the poetry which is your real work. ~ hugs of successLyra |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
words to live by |
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