/819/25 Life is a Challenge Respond without Complaint or regret cc8/30/19

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Life is easy life is hard

We usually come away unmarred

The greatest skill there is to learn

To except what comes without concern

It's a skill to practice every day

Start this instant don't delay

It's not what happens it's how we frame it

We can grow and change or just submit

There's always something to be thankful for

So seeking out and complain no more

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Joe Goldstein

7/17/25 You can't learn What You think you already Know cc 7/23/25

You can't learn 

What

You think you already

Know

I went to school and learned lots of stuff

For quite a while I thought it was enough

Then threw good fortune or just dumb luck

All my plans wound up in the muck

I was sure I knew what I should do

The universe showed me that it was untrue 

Now I know that I do not know

I think things thru and go real slow 

Remember you never know what you don't know

So be happy, grateful and enjoy the show

You can't learn 

What

You think you already

Know

Epictetus 

6/19/25 Flawed plans Contain Great lessons cc 2/14/18

Flawed plans

Contain

Great lessons

You can study things to death

And still screw up

Some learning is easy and inexpensive 

Other times painful and costly

And as the creator of meany 

Flawed plans 

I can say with certainty

Pain is easier to remember

So I always look for what insights

Are buried in the rubble of my

Broken dreams

All is well

Flawed plans

Contain

Great lessons

6/12/25 Peacefully – Patiently Except the next Training session

Peacefully – Patiently

Except the next

Training session

Do it without any whining and complaining

This universal unfolding is staged for my training

All my reactions put forces in motion

I'll seek out the good and start a commotion

We can learn and change at every turn

 Or put on a face and act really concerned

Study and learn create a great plan

Be grateful and kind work as hard as you can

No matter how bad it seems to be right now

Take a deep breath & keep pushing your plow

Peacefully – Patiently

Except the next

Training session

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6/7/25 Real insight Is as elusive as it is rare cc2/12/18

Real insight

Is as elusive as it is

Rare

All the things we see and hear

Are little help in thinking clear

Sex-assault an airplane crash

Some Wall St jerk got lots of cash

Sports events that's stirs the masses

Towns that Isis left in ashes

Movie stars with private jets

Suicide for many vets

Study the classics view some art

Ponder the mystery before you depart

Real insight

Is as elusive as it is

Rare

6/7/25 day 31,263

5/27/25 I'll Pause and Think about what I'm Thinking about. cc 9/27/18

I'll Pause and

Think about what I'm

Thinking about

I think and think the whole day through

But rarely question what's untrue

Like background noise at a busy station

It plays all day without observation

Once in a while I may pay attention 

And then there might  be some comprehension

There's lots of talk about meditation

As the pathway to quick liberation

From all of this noise and random chatter

I'll choose the few things that really matter

I'll Pause and

Think about what I'm

Thinking about

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5/18/25 Always ready Never prepared cc 7/9/18

Always ready 

Never prepared

Jump right in and stir up the shit

I never stopped to use my wit

There's always time to fix it later

Even if the cost is greater

A half ass repair may last forever

Or just a minute maybe never

I'll learn some skills and pay attention

Live my life without convention

Always ready

Never prepared