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Until I Succeed
I’ll persist to my goal
no matter the speed
I will brave through each failure
until I succeed
Do it
The fastest way around it
…is through it…
dodge the doubt
and just do it
Keep on going
How long will it take
There’s no way of knowing
Commit to completing
…and just keep on going
The experience
Life is not a problem to be solved
or an answer to be shown
but an experience to be felt
and an aching to be known
Stillness and Slow
Beneath the drive to succeed
and the hustle to grow
there’s a power in stillness
and a magic in the slow
Being
From a different level
of being
comes a different level
of seeing
Fire
Let the fire of your failure
fuel the furnace of your soul
obliterate what binds you
and alight you to your whole
Less
The most valuable action to take
might not be something new
yet something your forsake
and something you choose not to do
Rephrase
With a simple rephrase of a question
You can alter the path of a plan
From the victim approach of “why did…?”
To the hero approach of “how can…?”
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Less
The most valuable action to take
might not be something new
yet something your forsake
and something you choose not to do
Rephrase
With a simple rephrase of a question
You can alter the path of a plan
From the victim approach of “why did…?”
To the hero approach of “how can…?”
Break through
When seeking something new
and feeling you’re off-track
Your fear can be the clue
of where you can break through…
Become the part
I need a saving hero
to champion a new start
So stronger every day
I become the part
Make your mark
Brightly through the ending
share each ember of your spark
Time is yours for spending
Live with love…
The music of the music
Within the music
of the music
sing stories
deeper than song
Clarity
Clarity of purpose
clarifies the mind
Distilling from distraction
right action…
Soul of the seed
The soul of tree
was enormous indeed
The moment it started
as seed
Delicate idea
Choose with care
and only share
that delicate new idea
with those with the ability…
Built upon the losses
of all we tried and failed
The loss turned into learning
and that’s how we prevailed
I’ve made the mistake
and suffered the price
Now let the guilt go
or pay for it twice
Persist through the droughts
Move forward and know
Where dry desert ends
Green grasses grow
Has a book ever stopped you in your tracks and changed the direction of your thoughts thereafter? One mind-changing moment for me came from the book…
Looking back at the loss
While wearing the bruise
Am I victim or hero
…with my actions I choose
Either conform
into what you can see
Or transform
into what you can be
Feedback is a diamond
freshly from the earth
Hard to see the sparkle
in that state
Yet polish off the edges…
Grasping for love
propels it away
Giving with love
attracts it to stay
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