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Sparkplug

You have a PM sweetie.
Juni

I cannot find one.

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That was always my favorite poem, infact I have it as the first page in our family album. Each sentence stands out to me and it is was what I hoped to teach my two sons. Not that I accomplished it on every occaision, but I tried to.

r.

juni

You should have it now.

Juni

Sparkplug

Sparkplug,
That was always my favorite poem, infact I have it as the first page in our family album. Each sentence stands out to me and it is was what I hoped to teach my two sons. Not that I accomplished it on every occaision, but I tried to.
r.

Same here. But to all of my kids. (See I got girls) I have a friend who had this read at his funeral. It is pretty special to me also. Juni~ Go it! Thanks hon.

jaguarbass

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;

That line to me talks about the ups and downs of life. You got to keep on going like the energizer rabbitt trough both.

jaguarbass

This verse reminds me of the strength it takes to be a single parent. For 16 years, I just got out of bed every day and did what I had to do. But 2 years ago when I was teaching my daughter to drive, the full realization hit. It's hard enough to have full responsibility for a kid, a full time job, a home, a yard, a car, etc. But then I have to simultaneously hold on to my courage (and sanity) & let the kid go. Watching her race to her 18th birthday is testing the limits of my emotional composure.

Serendipity. I understand what your saying. I went through the empty nest syndrome with my son about 15 years ago. It was a very difficult time for me. Probably more difficult for me than leaving the Watchtower Society. Just keep on trucking and live life one day at a time, things have a way of working out. The drama of life.

Sparkplug

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

I had to think on this a bit. But there is a thing such as too good and also as too wise.

Jaguar. Today after a long talk with my son about owning up to responsibilities for ones own actions I had to sit and think of this poem again.

And on another line of thought:

The first line about keeping your head when all about are loosing theirs and then blaming you. This is a hard thing to do. People who are in the wrong...Dead wrong.... tend to find anything wrong with the person in the right to blame their wrongness on. It makes it double hurtful because the things a wrong person has to do to convince themselves they are right not only is a crock of bull, but it also robs a person who actually is innocent of credit. They have to be a bigger a bigger person and do the right thing and make wise adult choices, of the credit of being in the right often foes to the lamo person. It really sucks how this works. So actually I think of that line a lot. Keep my wits when all about me are loosing theirs. Usually it is followed by a blame game.

Sometimes I just look at people and wonder how on earth do they try the stuff they do. This personally is one of my pet peeves. I try to be painfully honest with myself and already take enough and probably too much on myself for my shortcomings. I have learned to be damned before I am going to take the blame for someone elses stupidity also. So now the trick is just to stay calm as I don't accept extra blame. lol

tijkmo

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Sparkplug

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

tijkmo....What is it hon?

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