Express gratitude
Sincere appreciation—
Send handwritten note
Night’s quiet moments
Preparing for tomorrow—
Embrace our blessings
Life’s endless highway
Patience and perseverance—
Journey of waiting
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
Robert Greene (born 1959) is an American author. He has written six international bestsellers based around the topics of strategy and power.
Life crushed and shattered
Love’s undelivered intent—
Youthful innocence
Where walked once before
Narrative regains traction—
Now making new tracks
Confidence growing
Moments shared with life’s mentors—
Lessons never end
Nation’s outstretched hand
Shaping distant land
Trade benefits both
Bringing steady growth
Prosperity’s health
Welcoming new wealth
Benevolence molds
Filling now with cold
This mighty power
Seeing its plans sour
Citizens lack voice
Having little choice
Uproar fuels action
Bringing reaction
Hostile clouds amass
Reaching dark impasse
Big brother nation
Facing frustration
Rebels gather ‘round
Fading common ground
More Redcoats arrive
Gathering beehive
Independence shouts
Calling freedom out
Colonists stand firm
Battling to affirm
Mother country’s heart
Tearing self apart
British might stands down
Watching its meltdown
America stands
Molding freedom’s hands
Throughout history, many nations have attempted to mold and shape other lands into their own image. Terms such as imperialism, colonization, and nation building sometimes come to mind. It is worth noting that the British attempted to establish a foothold on the American continent starting in 1607. By the mid-1770s, their plans for a continuing American empire were crumbling. Few, if any other nations, have learned from this lesson in history . . . America included.
Taking bolder steps
Overcoming challenges—
Life’s daily exam
Deal with the present
Cope with today’s agenda—
Tomorrow can wait
Best partner and friend
Feeling fulfilled and nourished—
Look in the mirror
If the narrative of the Scriptures teaches us anything, from the serpent in the Garden to the carpenter in Nazareth, it teaches us that things are rarely what they seem, that we shouldn’t be fooled by appearances.
From Proverbs 21:2: “All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.”
Life’s journey fills with mistakes
Wisdom’s guardrails prevent headaches
Working together as a team
Life’s active, productive sunbeam
Be available to others
Treat everyone as brothers
Come prepared for each assignment
Results in flawless alignment
Apologize for day’s misdeeds
Forgiveness sowing fertile seeds
Keep secrets to self, follow scripts
Remember now, loose lips sink ships
Checking answers, rechecking twice
Turn over each stone, good advice
Patiently molding shapeless clay
Details finished, now walk away
Stay together, through thick ‘n thin
Tight as a fist, faithful linchpin
Taking charge, bold skipper steering
Encouraging words now cheering
Sometimes, life’s outcomes say we’re wrong
Solving mistakes, newest hit song
This poem’s wisdom was gleamed from Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the American television drama, “NCIS.” Throughout the nearly endless episodes, Mark Harmon’s character shares his timely wisdom from “Gibbs’ Rules.”
Around life’s corner
Failure’s waiting train
Our very fiber
Split open with pain
Chasing newest dreams
Success sometimes waits
Failure comes knocking
What will be life’s fate?
Unavoidable
Failure hitting hard
Inevitable
Drawing life’s harsh card
Fear of failure breathes
Spreading, holds us back
Life fogging over
Success now off track
Vulnerable vibes
Feeling passed over
Alone in darkness
Where’s life’s sweet clover?
Lessons from failure
Past trials teach us
Embrace them and learn
Ride fortitude’s bus
With renewed purpose
Learn while improving
Plus motivation
Success now moving
From the words of American writer, Meg Dowell: “Failure will teach you to be vulnerable. Failure will show you what it means to chase a dream. More importantly, your past failures will change the way you value your successes.”
Character
Built slowly
Over one’s lifetime
Integrity becomes a habit
Precious
Life
Trekking uphill
Reaching its summit
Fulfilling journey never ends
Perseverance
Discipline
Sometimes lacking
Daily excuses strike
Replace with fresh renewal
Determination
The German-inspired poetry style of Elfchen (or Elevenie) contains five lines of poetic verse, usually without the use of rhyming verses. A total of 11 words are used with a sequence of one, two, three, and four words before ending with a single word in the final verse.
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Watching a curious child
Witnessing sparkles of joy
Blessing us with innocence
Seeing how life will deploy
Finding daily adventure
Lighting up another room
Reaching out with innocence
Moving with a speedy vroom
Revealing wonders of life
Surviving each bump and bruise
Shining through with innocence
Napping now, let’s take a snooze
Playing through daily lessons
Sharing love with extra zest
Teaching us with innocence
Enjoying life with each quest
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