tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76712395276198005282024-03-05T02:45:18.306-08:00Cassiesroomcassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-36967031241193775012020-03-04T15:14:00.001-08:002020-03-04T15:14:08.022-08:00Happy New Year<b>My days are now more precious</b><br />
<b>More treasures I do see</b><br />
<b>More birds sing at my window</b><br />
<b>New melodies today me.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>There’s a sweeter breeze caressing</b><br />
<b>My face as it wafts on by</b><br />
<b>It sighs and whispers softly</b><br />
<b>Of days so long gone by.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>My life so fast is changing</b><br />
<b>I hardly can keep up</b><br />
<b>But I know that all these changes</b><br />
<b>I really don’t wish to stop!</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>So you breezes keep on whispering</b><br />
<b>Fuel my spirit with your fire</b><br />
<b>For it’s only through these struggles</b><br />
<b>That I’ll achieve what I desire.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Cause a spirit that is stagnant</b><br />
<b>That no longer has a goal</b><br />
<b>Is an essence that’s departed</b><br />
<b>Like the body with no soul.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-78536793326548339062015-11-25T09:49:00.001-08:002015-12-01T22:06:56.628-08:00A New Day<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A New Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Morning dawns across the heavens <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As the bright sun claims supremacy once
again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Conquered now, the stars are take cover<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Behind the mantle of dawn’s delight<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like chastised children hiding from Mother’s
reproaching frown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Darkness retreats, now defeated<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Its departure a victory o’er the night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Silently the slumbering new day wakens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Its course as yet uncharted – insecure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But potential beckons – buoyant,
optimistic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To dream of ventures, aspirations <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That defy the scrutiny borne of fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Presenting bravado like a dare<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet treading stealthily lest they
overstep their bounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-15037110725430995342015-06-21T23:19:00.000-07:002015-11-25T09:56:11.819-08:00Limitions<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Achilles Heel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Just when I
think I’ve conquered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Just when I
think I’ve won <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Just when I
think I can succeed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I find I’ve
just begun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The task looms large
before me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It hackles all
my senses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It gains its sheer momentum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And shatters my
defences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My confidence
just plummets,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the face of this
big mission<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s really not
then simple <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To reach this goal’s
fruition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I may have to
change direction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And abandon this
objective<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It seems that I made
decisions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Without a true
perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I thought I was invincible
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That my powers
would abound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I never
considered limits <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Or how they
would confound <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Those tasks and that are around me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Those commitments
every day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">They gobbled up my
leisure <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">And left no time for
play</span>cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-31639612099738634852015-06-15T00:07:00.000-07:002015-06-15T00:08:44.200-07:00Finally?????<b>Reality</b><br />
<br />
So call me "unorganised". I have been here two months and I have no regrets about the move, but I am still waiting for one more "AHA" moment though this last AHA may never come. The item I am looking for could just be a casualty of the move. It is just that it was a special souvenir and I was rather fond of the item. However, it is a small price to pay for a move that was otherwise very positive. It will take time to develop a lasting comfortable routine but I am getting there. <br />
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Moving is a stressful venture, especially for the elderly. It uproots your home, your routine, and most definitely your comfort zone. But it carries with it important benefits that that make the stress almost worth it. (Notice I said "almost") I am sure that my last "AHA so there you are!" moment will probably erase the "<i>almost"</i> entirely but in the meantime, the memory of the stress associated with moving is still rather fresh in my mind. Still, like everything else in life, "<i>This too shall pass</i>". In the meantime, summer is here, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming and the sun smiles at me every morning, so life is GOOD!cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-57168311228670328692015-05-28T01:23:00.000-07:002015-05-28T01:24:09.263-07:00An Awakening<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Acknowledging An Awakening<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The brilliant orb of light
awakens me<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Eye of Judgement from heaven
above<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> It pierces my downcast emotions <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Condemning and rebuking me<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For my unwarranted despondency
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wishing for something even I
cannot define<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It stabs and spears at my voracity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And my failure to comprehend<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That my rational needs have all
been met.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Reality crashes through my melancholy</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Charging me with disapproval
and admonition <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Shaming me for my
ingratitude. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Scattering my despondency to
oblivion!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I humbly review my good fortune<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So unrivalled that I bow in
shame<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I acknowledge all the notable
blessings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Supplied so bountifully throughout
my days<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That I revile at my ingratitude<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And renounce my senseless greed!
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-55747207820434857202015-05-19T22:42:00.000-07:002015-05-20T00:03:16.501-07:00Timely Discovery<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I found this poem when I was browsing through my files today. I don't remember when I wrote it but it seems so appropriate for what I have been going through lately. I wanted to share it with you. I </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px;">apologize i</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">f it is a repeat. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Managing Impatience<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I feared did not happen
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I imagined did not come
through<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I planned did not
materialize<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">All my lists just followed
queue.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I suppose I should be grateful <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know less than I thought I
knew<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This time my apprehension<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Failed to raise a coup!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It stressed me out for
nothing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It frazzled me to no end<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I could have stayed unruffled<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But I failed to comprehend<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Life is what we make it<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We fear what we don’t know<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If we face it with timidity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’ll defeat us just to show
<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fear cripples our capacity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To be the best that we can
be<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It limits our potential<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And zaps our energy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It makes us question
everything<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We used to think was right<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It makes us fear the future<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And makes us run in flight.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We multiply the negatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The bad things that could go
wrong<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We cripple that great spirit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That used to be so strong<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We conjure up scenarios <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of catastrophic mayhem <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It cripples our potential<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And serves as our REQUIM!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></b>cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-47186809037677899952015-05-19T21:14:00.001-07:002015-05-19T21:49:23.075-07:00Amended Goals<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Another Year, Another Spring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Another year, another spring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Another promise in the
making<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Another dream, a goal, a
vision<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A new opportunity for undertaking
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That task that once seemed so
important <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That I spent such hours in scheming<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Has somehow lost its zest appeal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And no longer now has much meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For ambitions seem to shift and
change<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With the whims of my emotions
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">They stray and flounder under
stress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And alter prior devotions. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-91431464374143310382015-05-16T20:32:00.000-07:002015-05-19T09:31:59.859-07:00Progress and Change <div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Numbered Aspirations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">My days are now more precious<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">More treasures I do see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">More birds sing at my window<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">New melodies to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">There’s a sweeter breeze caressing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">My face as it wafts on by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It sighs and whispers softly <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of days so long gone by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">My life so fast is changing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I hardly can keep up <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">But I know that all these changes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I really don’t wish to stop!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">So you breezes keep on whispering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fuel my spirit with your fire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For it’s only through these struggles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That I’ll achieve what I desire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Cause a spirit that is stagnant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That no longer has a goal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Is an essence that’s departed <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Like the body with no soul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-1151300328768108192015-04-23T06:38:00.000-07:002015-04-23T07:14:51.443-07:00Getting There<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hi All<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It has been a
very stressful <i>albeit exciting</i> <i>and very busy</i> couple of months for me. Last fall, I visited a place that that I liked very much and I decided I wanted to live there myself. (It wasn’t that I disliked living where I was,
but the new place had many amenities that that were just not available at the place
where I was.) I decided to move. That is where the stress came in. Not that it
was a bad decision!!!! But it meant disrupting my comfortable routines and my well-organized
home and going to a place of absolute chaos, living out of boxes, and searching, <b>searching</b>, <b>SEARCHING </b> for things that I
had always known exactly where to find and which had always been readily available
at my fingertips. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> I am now having alot of “<b>AHA! so there you are</b>” moments and although the
“AHA” moments are always rewarding, I find the preludes to them extremely
distressing. They deplete my energy and distort my concentration. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But "<b>This, too, shall
pass</b>!!!</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">"</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"> Bear with me while I get myself organized and into a NORMAL routine. </span></div>
cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-14994199053906749572015-03-14T23:38:00.000-07:002015-03-16T22:22:10.845-07:00Life's Surprises<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mid Night Meanderings <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I know I should be sleeping<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I know I’m wasting time</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I’m waiting for a piece of peace
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">To still this paradigm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My life is in a state of flux </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My brain works overtime<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It portrays an image of a life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With blessings all sublime<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Just when I thought it hopeless<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When I expected least<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My wish for just a simple fix<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> God answered with a feast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So now I lie awake content<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Not in a state of strife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I can now go to sleep at night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">All satisfied with life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-89960567825650991472015-01-08T22:52:00.000-08:002015-01-08T22:52:10.488-08:00Still HereHappy New year.<br />
(Somewhat late for most folks but if you'll pretend you're Ukrainian for a few days, New Years is still coming on the 14th. Still for the Ukainians and the non-Ukrainians alike, I wish you all a great new year and if you had a not-so-good 2014, I hope that 2015 will more than make up for it. So dump the bad memories in the garbage and let's have a great 2015!!!!!<br />
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I'm still here, perhaps not as tough as I'd like to be, but I'm still kickin' <b><u>and</u></b> on the green side of the grass yet!!! It's been a rough few weeks but I'm just not ready to throw in the towel that easily. Bear with me while get back to normal and get my fiesty self back again. cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-28887434074447564112014-12-21T15:45:00.000-08:002014-12-21T15:46:31.810-08:00Merry ChristmasChristmas Blessings<br />
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As we commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ in a manger in a lowly stable in Bethlehem, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a year filled with many blessings. May you all truly experience the true "Joy to the World" just as did His Blessed Mother and the shepherds and the Wise men on that day so long ago! cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-32510004529751878472014-12-10T15:06:00.000-08:002014-12-06T15:18:01.996-08:00A Dream<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My Dream<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I dream of a world of plenty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I dream of a world of peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I dream of love unbridled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I dream that wars will cease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I dream
of a world of caring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For all of God’s creation <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of harmony and freedom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For each and every nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I dream of a world of sharing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">All good fortunes we receive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I hope and pray that this old world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Will PEACE - someday - achieve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That “color” will not matter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And religion will not divide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That “right” and “wrong” will triumph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">As we all stand side by side!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-29839651076702310692014-12-05T16:55:00.000-08:002014-12-05T17:03:09.634-08:00Motivation<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Managing Stress and Impatience</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I feared did not happen
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I imagined did not come
through<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">What I dreaded did not
materialize<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">All my lists just followed
queue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> I suppose I should be grateful <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know more that I thought I
knew<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This time my apprehension<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Failed to raise a coup!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It stressed me out for
nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It frazzled me to no end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I could have stayed unruffled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">But I failed to comprehend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Life is what we make it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We fear what we don’t know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">If we face it with timidity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’ll defeat us just to show
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fear cripples our capacity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">To be the best that we can
be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It limits our potential<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And zaps our energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It makes us question everything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We used to think was right<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It makes us fear the future<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And makes us run in flight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We multiply the negatives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The bad things that could go
wrong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We cripple that great spirit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">That used to be so strong<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We conjure up scenarios <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of catastrophic mayhem <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It cripples our potential</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And serves as our REQUIM!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-63116259658345308222014-11-28T20:12:00.000-08:002014-12-03T10:07:19.551-08:00Remembrance Day ---Still<b>Late Tribute to Our Veterans</b><br />
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This poem is two weeks late, however it is still relevant since November is still with us and our wounds, like our memories, are still open and raw. Please forgive my "harping" on a theme that can never grow old. This poem "wrote" itself in my head the other night and did not let me sleep so I had to just get up and put my pen to paper. <br />
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<b>Another Tribute to Our Veterans </b><br />
No one stops at that graveyard now<br />
No one stops to stare<br />
At those endless rows of crosses<br />
We're so used to seeing them there.<br />
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We gather there just once a year<br />
A tribute for to pay<br />
To thank them for their sacrifice<br />
On each Remembrance Day.<br />
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But those crosses keep on reminding us<br />
Of the souls we can't forget<br />
Those strangers who gave up their lives<br />
For folks they had never met.<br />
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Those souls were someone's brother<br />
Those souls were someone's friend<br />
Once they held a baby<br />
Once they held a hand.<br />
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But that heart has now stopped beating<br />
That laugh is forever still<br />
That mind has now stopped dreaming<br />
Of goals they'll not fulfill.<br />
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<br />cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-70547427283621440722014-11-20T21:42:00.000-08:002014-11-21T07:37:09.285-08:00Dreams Do Come True<b>Big Day Coming</b><br />
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Our Writing Group, called Blue Pencil Cafe, has published a book called "<i><b>Out of the Blue</b></i>". It is a compilation of the writings from our members and we are having a book launch on Monday, November 24 from the SAGE site (15 Churchill Square, corner of 102A Avenue and 100 Street) in downtown Edmonton. There will be readings by our members as well as a chance to meet the authors and see displays (and even purchase if you wish) some of their other writings.<br />
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Refreshments will be available on site. Come and meet our writers and perhaps even join our group for the next season. I am certain you will get (as I did) much inspiration from this group. Many of us are now "living our dream!" We come from all walks of life but we all share a common dream and this group lets us live it! Come and join us.cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-53579915212260302762014-11-12T11:13:00.000-08:002014-11-12T11:15:27.261-08:00Remembering<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">T'was a day to remember<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That his mother could not forget<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A day that’s still so painful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That haunts her nightmares yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">An agonizing, poignant sacrifice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Was demanded of her that day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">When her only son was taken<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To fight a war so far away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">He was just such a young lad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So innocent, naive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But he died before he had a chance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">His grand dreams to achieve<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now strangers tend his gravesite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With grateful hearts overflowing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For a life that he gave up for them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Thus peace on them bestowing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But his mother and his family<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Still mourn his untimely passing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As they stand there on Remembrance Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">His final tributes now amassing! </span></div>
<br />cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-39763927873717843402014-10-30T10:14:00.000-07:002014-11-04T21:06:42.920-08:00New Horizons<b>Questions</b><br />
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I have been reading a new blog <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/02955486477303938670" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6666669845581px;" target="_blank">Brenda @ Its A Beautiful Life</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.6666669845581px;"> </span>recently and although I I have not been able to get all the way through it yet because of overriding previous engagements, I have found much inspiration and insight there that has been helpful to me in my own life. I guess we all struggle with some kind of problems, whether they be insecurities or 'writing blocks' or what ever else it is that creates those stumbling blocks that make us question ourselves and keep us from performing at our optimum level. Or perhaps it its just me. Brenda seems to have all her ducks in a row, while I am still trying to round mine up. (Sometimes those ducks just don't herd well.) Many of my questions are still unanswered.<br />
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Is it our age that makes us question ourselves, or it it our bad experiences from the past? Because I honestly cannot say that I have taken such 'beatings' in the past, but I have to admit that I miss that self-confidence that once came so naturally to me. I find myself questioning many decisions that would never have worried me in the past.<br />
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Perhaps I should just finish reading the rest of Brenda's blog. Maybe I will find the answers there.cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-43633753839608829202014-10-18T15:33:00.000-07:002014-10-18T21:29:39.278-07:00Autumn Splendor<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Autumn Splendor<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Autumn’s flamboyant landscape
beckons to me<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With brilliant golds, rusty
reds, bold burgundies<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stately oaks, aspen, birch and
cherry <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Flaunt their splendor with sheer
abandon.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Those branches, once were a verdant
green<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now display their new attire
with bravado.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Like outstretched arms, they reach out <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lacing their leafy fingers
high above <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As though embracing one final
time<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And form this lovely tunnel for
my passage.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Not to be outdone, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Even stately Lombardy poplars
join in the fun.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Like slim golden sentinels they
stand <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Overlooking this gaiety and pomposity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And boldly join this carnival
of exuberance.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As they sway in the gentle breeze.
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With one final display of boastful daring<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The trees obscure the sun’s fading
rays <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With their own supreme display
of glory!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Before shedding this magnificent
garb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To don the barren nakedness of
winter grey<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And sink into a long and peaceful
slumber.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-76099480218087029082014-10-16T20:14:00.000-07:002014-10-16T20:14:00.149-07:00Giftware and More<b>A Literary Festiva</b>l<br />
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Getting ready for <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"><b><i>Words in the Park</i></b> in just over a week, </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.6000003814697px;">at Sherwood Park </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">on October 25th. Please take note of this "</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">Fall Feast of Words" at the Strathcona County Library, which will include a great selection of literary events.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> There will be a variety of books from various authors, plus many other items suitable for yourself or as Christmas presents for friends and family. It should be a great social and noteworthy experience for presenters and consumers alike . If you require more info, check out</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> the website:</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><a href="http://words.sclibrary.ab.ca/EventInfo.pdf" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;" target="_blank">http://words.<wbr></wbr>sclibrary.ab.ca/EventInfo</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">Hope to see you all there! </span><br />
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-70686957527037808932014-10-11T14:19:00.000-07:002014-12-06T15:16:44.655-08:00Thanksgiving<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Thanksgiving Ode <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For friends who’re there
that really care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Who’re always willing their love
to share<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Who’re tender, thoughtful, good
and kind, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The kind of friends that’re hard
to find.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With judgement sound they
hang around<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And fill my life with peace profound<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I am so very thankful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For the the splendor of our nation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My heart is bursting with adulation
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">O'er all the grandeur and munificence
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Of God’s creation, its magnificence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">He entrusted us with our free will
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To see the greatness of His skill<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">How can I not be thankful! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For our good health and rich
full life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For protecting us from conflicts,
strife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For His all His blessings, His benevolence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That keep enfolding with such prevalence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For all the joys and carefree
living<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For all our wrongs God is forgiving<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I bow in humble praise, thanksgiving!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Thank you, Lord!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-26259306886505684032014-10-09T21:49:00.000-07:002014-10-09T21:53:25.823-07:00Golden Leaves of Autumn<b>Golden Leaves of Autumn </b><br />
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Like the golden leaves of autumn<br />
So our years of youth fly past<br />
Leaving naught but poignant memories<br />
Of good times we wished would last.<br />
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Like the golden leaves of autumn<br />
We lose the resolve to hang on<br />
Forsaking all life's daily struggles<br />
Youth delivered on the run.<br />
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Like the golden leaves of autumn<br />
Now we languish, reminisce<br />
On those years when life was pleasing<br />
On those years of youthful bliss.<br />
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Like the golden leaves of autumn<br />
We're still wishing to explore<br />
The summer of our youth now fading<br />
To face those glory days once more.<br />
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Like the golden leaves of autumn<br />
We must let go of that hold<br />
Sailing on to eternal slumber<br />
Accepting that we're growing old!<br />
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<br />cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-76601622043217930582014-09-22T21:46:00.002-07:002014-09-25T20:55:12.171-07:00My News<b>My Newest Book</b><br />
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I just received the shipment of my newest book called <i>Mushrooms, Mini-cars and Welsh Mead</i>. This new book is a compilation of memories of experiences from my life and is a follow-up to my other two memoir books, <i>Roots - A Life in Review </i> and <i>Small Beginnings. </i>It is the final one of this series.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I am now working on a sequel to my fiction novel called </span><i style="text-align: start;">The Secret in Her Heart, </i><span style="text-align: start;"> and, if I can, I hope to someday publish another collection of poetry. Wish me luck folks! I will need it.</span></div>
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I just realized that today is designated as "Peace One Day 2014". How wonderful it would be if for just one day - today - we could have total peace in the world?!!!!<br />
Here are the words I heard sung over the internet. What a wonderful idea!!!!!<br />
I just could not resist adding this post today.<br />
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<i>If I could write a magic song</i><br />
<i>That everyone could sing</i><br />
<i>I'd write of love and hope and joy</i><br />
<i>And things that peace could bring</i><br />
<i>And when we sang that magic song</i><br />
<i>All hate and war would cease</i><br />
<i>One song could bring a miracle</i><br />
<i>And fill the world with peace!</i><br />
<i>One song for all of us.</i>cassie Merkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604906304667751464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671239527619800528.post-24621505224681903572014-09-20T09:41:00.001-07:002014-09-21T07:21:39.967-07:00Journey of life<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Journey of Life<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For the time that I was given<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">To enjoy this wonderful new day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Cause my life is so worth
livin’!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I cherish every moment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Every miracle of each day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Not wishing to waste its merits<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Like some worthless castaway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We humans are so lucky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can look ahead and back<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can study every blunder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then improve on traits we lack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can learn important lessons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">From each mistake we make <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can even change direction<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">With each task we undertake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our lives are but our tour maps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Of experiences that we bore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Those events that made us who
we are <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And they tally up our score.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can make that score look good
or bad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">By how we respond to strife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We can make them just our stepping
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">On this journey we call life!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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