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Bobomo
Junior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 35

0 posted 2006-09-20 04:35 PM

It does not do to dwell on Dreams
Forgetting to live while thinking up schemes

No mater the twinkle it brought to your eye
You have to move forward or shrivel and die

The hardest thing to do in your life
Is give up that hope and cherish your strife

The man who has everything he could desire
Has no need to grow or cause to aspire

Problems, adversity do not dig a hole
They offer a looking glass into the soul

So greet your problems and give them a grin
The chance for some growth is about to begin

For this your time, your one true test
To rip of your mask and become your best

[This message has been edited by Bobomo (09-21-2006 04:09 PM).]

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2006-09-20 09:42 PM

I liked that you put this in dark...
Good to read you again.
TD

UseTheIllusion
Member

since 2006-02-06

Posts 223
In a state of limbo

2 posted 2006-09-20 09:46 PM

What can I say for this except wow. There is so much truth in this, especially the idea that one can learn from ones ordeal, and not dwelling on dreams. Being guilty of the latter, I cannot help but wonder how to live in a more appropriate fasion; that is to say, how does one find the mean between living in the past and living for the future?

burntsiena
Junior Member

since 2006-08-10

Posts 34
Rhode Island

3 posted 2006-09-20 10:57 PM

Tom Peters who writes alot about business was quoted in a book I read as saying "Problems are my friends." I loved this idea and I think you really brought it out here. What you say couldnt be more true!

With the straightforward lesson of the poem going on - I was really surprised by the "rip off your mask" part - which added a whole other slant to the moral being presented.

A nitpicky change I might make is drop the 'your' immediately before strife and immediately before life in the third stanza.

Thanks for this real pick-me-up!

Burnt Siena
"the never ending vacation - how I wish I was one"

Bobomo
Junior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 35

4 posted 2006-09-21 12:09 PM

Thank you for to comments and feedback. I've made a few minor changes.

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