Poem: Financial Adviser

Go west, Go west, Invest! Good advice ‘er it sounds nice But sitting in the office of Edward Jones I begin to feel an awful chill in my

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Poem: Who says you must?

Brick by brick Stick by stick You have built your life You’ve got a house, a job A baby, a wife The original shelter Is now helter skelter The

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Poem: The Boss of Me

Complaints of my life Were a dime a dozen My job and my family The prices and the economy Always got the best of me Someone was ruining my

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When You Want to Change a Loved One / PsychCentral article

Yep! It’s a strange and wondrous thing to learn that you can only change yourself directly. Then, and only then, maybe someone else will change. But that’s not

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Poem: The Power is Out Again

The power is out again The phone is down again No internet No water today The mosquitos are thick this time of year I am remembering those days

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Poem: Always me

The problem is always me But so is the solution — About the poem: This very basic truth escaped me for over four decades. And once accepted, transformed

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Poem: Steep Spires

The steep spires The stained glass The carved statues The old books The unhappy people Posed questions They couldn’t answer When all along The answers I sought Were in

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Poem: A Little Wrong

  An easy answer But is it the right answer? Can’t ignore the truth Can’t stomach it Knowing It’s a little wrong – About the poem: I’ve found

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A Failure to Communicate? Caution!

“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke (1967) Good communication is so easy it’s hard to even pinpoint exactly what makes it

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