QUOTE
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
Irish poet, novelist dramatist
Ourselves
We like to see ourselves as part of something
We bask in inclusion in a group
But individually we have our own values
Step proudly, or see how low you can stoop
We are stronger in the herd, we feel protected
But individually must realize
Are we really dedicated to the good of us all
Or will we cut each other down to size?
We must stand for our values, be silent no more
Even if your friends have locked their doors
Because it's faith in yourself that delivers your soul
To what God promised as your reward
Marian
May 19, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
When Friends Flee
When Friends Flee
Even when it seems your friends are leaving
When you see their backs as they walk away
Faith in God will take you through your grieving
Even when tears flow freely as you pray
When your hands shake and your stomach is in a knot
Over the friends you've no longer got
God will always steadfastly remain
And over time help ease your pain
Marian
May 19, 2011
Even when it seems your friends are leaving
When you see their backs as they walk away
Faith in God will take you through your grieving
Even when tears flow freely as you pray
When your hands shake and your stomach is in a knot
Over the friends you've no longer got
God will always steadfastly remain
And over time help ease your pain
Marian
May 19, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Quest
Confucius said....
"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."
The Quest
We've all heard the term "being lost in a book"
But I find it in my heat to disagree
Each page is a journey with the map well plotted
A path of enlightenment we all shall need
Each chapter is a hamlet, each book is a country
Each reading is an organized quest
We can backpack lightheartedly and soak in the nature
Or find the knowledge to pass life's true tests
We can read of our ancestors and know their beginnings
Then follow their lives through the end
That is what makes us whole in our skin
And the willingness to savor what's around every bend
When we pack up our time and send it vacationing
Through the billions of pages at hand
We spent our time well and have gained moments to be cherished
From the snow capped mountains to deserts of sand
Marian
April 26, 2011
"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance."
The Quest
We've all heard the term "being lost in a book"
But I find it in my heat to disagree
Each page is a journey with the map well plotted
A path of enlightenment we all shall need
Each chapter is a hamlet, each book is a country
Each reading is an organized quest
We can backpack lightheartedly and soak in the nature
Or find the knowledge to pass life's true tests
We can read of our ancestors and know their beginnings
Then follow their lives through the end
That is what makes us whole in our skin
And the willingness to savor what's around every bend
When we pack up our time and send it vacationing
Through the billions of pages at hand
We spent our time well and have gained moments to be cherished
From the snow capped mountains to deserts of sand
Marian
April 26, 2011
The Proud Warrior
quote by David Gemmell that says it well...
"A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge; he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, OF PURPOSE, of heart and soul."
Proud Warrior
I found that I am made of more
Than passive flesh and bone
My heart aches for righteousness
Not just getting by alone
I find it in my blood
To right the things so wrong
I think I know my purpose
It's a warrior, true and strong
I train myself in body
That physically I can take it
I teach myself the knowledge
To conquer not just make it
Although I'm not a soldier
In what form we're used to seeing
I am warrior in the sense that I
Protect our right to being
Marian
April 23, 2011
"A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge; he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, OF PURPOSE, of heart and soul."
Proud Warrior
I found that I am made of more
Than passive flesh and bone
My heart aches for righteousness
Not just getting by alone
I find it in my blood
To right the things so wrong
I think I know my purpose
It's a warrior, true and strong
I train myself in body
That physically I can take it
I teach myself the knowledge
To conquer not just make it
Although I'm not a soldier
In what form we're used to seeing
I am warrior in the sense that I
Protect our right to being
Marian
April 23, 2011
No Regrets
Eric Fromm...
"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air; is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."
No Regrets
I have in times of my life been down
Pain and disappointment prevailed
I stood on too many shores in ife
To wave goodbye to my ships that had sailed
Physical pain I endured, but I beat it
Mental health was sometimes a chore
I found agony and had to defeat it
Found my courage to settle life's score
Who is to say all the pain that was suffered
Was worth all the love in my life?
But in the end I chose not to live my life buffered
From a minute of what I called strife
Each walk on the beach
Each minute on a horse
Each breath that I breathed
Each obstical course
What life had to give
What price I had paid
What it meant to live
In the bed I had made
I found it all worth every bump in the road
And I lived what I thought had been me
I'll never regret each shattered hope
For the life I had the priviledge to see
Marian
April 26, 2011
"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air; is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."
No Regrets
I have in times of my life been down
Pain and disappointment prevailed
I stood on too many shores in ife
To wave goodbye to my ships that had sailed
Physical pain I endured, but I beat it
Mental health was sometimes a chore
I found agony and had to defeat it
Found my courage to settle life's score
Who is to say all the pain that was suffered
Was worth all the love in my life?
But in the end I chose not to live my life buffered
From a minute of what I called strife
Each walk on the beach
Each minute on a horse
Each breath that I breathed
Each obstical course
What life had to give
What price I had paid
What it meant to live
In the bed I had made
I found it all worth every bump in the road
And I lived what I thought had been me
I'll never regret each shattered hope
For the life I had the priviledge to see
Marian
April 26, 2011
Failing Our Future
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at least incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious...or just dead wrong."
Russell Baker
Failing Our Future
Mundane lessons from the uninspired
Educators marking each minute under-fired
Outdated books, or progressive lies
Determining paths in our children's lives
Underfunded schools with children begging to learn
For qualified teachers, new books, they yearn
Listless thugs take up desks and chairs
Dealing their illicit mind bending wares
Harvard graduates tout their degree
For each and everyone to see
How many were paid for by rich parents and such
When idealistic poor students weren't offered as much?
Parents who choose to remain detached
A key around the neck, a locked door latch
Empty houses and video games for hours
No one to tend to these poor lost flowers
Biased information is passed along
No one cares if it's right or wrong
Teachers, parents, administrators
No one questions these imitators
Students passing on failing grades
There are too many teams that must be made
How many can read on graduation day?
How did our system ever get this way?
Lives go on, many children are lost
Society has borne the cost
The most important assets to nurture
Are being forgotten, a scarified future
Marian
April 26, 2011
Russell Baker
Failing Our Future
Mundane lessons from the uninspired
Educators marking each minute under-fired
Outdated books, or progressive lies
Determining paths in our children's lives
Underfunded schools with children begging to learn
For qualified teachers, new books, they yearn
Listless thugs take up desks and chairs
Dealing their illicit mind bending wares
Harvard graduates tout their degree
For each and everyone to see
How many were paid for by rich parents and such
When idealistic poor students weren't offered as much?
Parents who choose to remain detached
A key around the neck, a locked door latch
Empty houses and video games for hours
No one to tend to these poor lost flowers
Biased information is passed along
No one cares if it's right or wrong
Teachers, parents, administrators
No one questions these imitators
Students passing on failing grades
There are too many teams that must be made
How many can read on graduation day?
How did our system ever get this way?
Lives go on, many children are lost
Society has borne the cost
The most important assets to nurture
Are being forgotten, a scarified future
Marian
April 26, 2011
The Simple Man
Robert Ingersoll.....
."It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."
The Simple Man
Give me a farmer, a self made man
Who toiled for years upon his land
He learned what he could from others and books
But most of his knowledge is what he took
He took what he learned from nature
From trial an error, failure and success
He trusted in his God to help him mature
He worked hard to do his best
Common sense saved him more than once
It was the pillar of his survival
It taught him about friendship, and some mistrust
Who to embrace, who to see as his rival
The thought of one without formal education
Brings questions to competency
But judging from simple man's innovations
I'll take common sense as priority
Marian
April 26, 2011
."It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."
The Simple Man
Give me a farmer, a self made man
Who toiled for years upon his land
He learned what he could from others and books
But most of his knowledge is what he took
He took what he learned from nature
From trial an error, failure and success
He trusted in his God to help him mature
He worked hard to do his best
Common sense saved him more than once
It was the pillar of his survival
It taught him about friendship, and some mistrust
Who to embrace, who to see as his rival
The thought of one without formal education
Brings questions to competency
But judging from simple man's innovations
I'll take common sense as priority
Marian
April 26, 2011
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