MOVING ON

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MOVING ON

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It's all behind you now, isn't it?

Resolved finally by being unresolvable

Done and done

Time to turn away and find peace

In a new place

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AHOY

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AHOY

Don't book a trip on the Titanic

It will not keep your hope afloat

Your hope needs a seaworthy vessel

Not a doomed and unsafe boat

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If you chase the White Whale of desires

Whether for love, profit or revenge

You may very well end up shipwrecked

Need to start from scratch again

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Wait for a fair calm day 

Before you set sail once more

In your new unsinkable attitude

Where you wisely keep sight of the shore

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ON EDGE

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ON EDGE

Is that pink glow the rosy fingers of dawn

Or a warning for sailors

Are those popping sounds holiday firecrackers

Or distant gunfire

Did they say "That's an interesting outfit" as a complement

Or a snide dig at my eccentric taste

New things are happening all the time

But are they improvements?

Time alone will tell, the answers are in the future

Near or far, we will eventually know

Best to remain calm for now, hope for the best

Prepare for the unexpected, and make this day count

Towards your peace and happiness

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HEART OF A LION

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HEART OF A LION

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There is a special kind of fierceness

That blazes up in our human hearts

When we are filled with a mighty cause

A fierce mind set that drives off fear, doubt and indecision

A bonfire of purpose and resolution

That we will not fail, we will succeed

By giving it our best we get through like champs

Figure it out, take the right measures

This kind of single minded focus can work miracles

Determination bolstered by a cause which has ignited our passions

Is very powerful

An almost unstoppable force

Driving fate like a flock of unruly geese

Pushing progress forward with an unfettered will

Backed by a cause we simply cannot ignore

RESOLUTIONS

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RESOLUTIONS

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I resolve to not fear being struck by a meteor

Not to invent worse case scenarios in my mind

To never ever catastrophize a current situation

I will delete memories of conversations that bother me

I forgive all the behaviors and opinions that are diametrically opposed

To what I believe, letting karma do its thing instead

I promise myself I will not pursue a vision of attainment

Into and through the gates of insanity and death

I vow to avoid ruinous situations

Vexatious people, trying to reason with the unreasonable

Calm the chronically agitated or talk sense to fools

I pledge allegiance to myself and my inner circle

The devil can take the hindmost for all I care

We are going into this new year as leaner, cleaner versions

Of ourselves

With all the toxic crud burned off by our spectacular reentry

Into the game of life

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DE-TOUR

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DE-TOUR

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How do we get someone to do what we want them to do?

We can bully them, make them fear us

Threaten what we will do if they don't comply

We can beg, cajole and plead with them

We can reason with them if they have the kind of mind that listens 

To reason, responds to information

We can figure out how to outrank them so our orders

Carry some weight

We can hint, imply, gently suggest, nudge

Hoping they catch on

Motivation with rewards works sometimes

Either material rewards or lavish praise when they do what we want

We can nag nag nag until the nagging wears them down

We can, in a pinch, completely ignore or work around what they do or don't do

This way their choices have no effect on you

You can laser focus on your own behavior, your own well being

Demeanor and goals

Thus creating a completely different route that bypasses them

And their constellation of catastrophes altogether

On this alternate route you can have a nice day, a peaceful day

Your mind free of trying to bend another to your will

You travel down the right path with the right companions 

Where something good might await just around the next bend 

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FILL ER UP

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FILL ER UP

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Everything runs on willingness

Progress screeches to a halt

Without willingness

Check your supply of willingness

If you are running low

Resupply it with gratitude and hope

Which is easily converted to willingness

When faith is added to the mix.

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