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The water didn't get warmer...

I got more bold
and more careless of cold
- Stephan Stubbins
I face the pesky problem
and send it to my head

To find the answer hiding
in my heart instead
- Stephan Stubbins
In a world of
do you love me?
Be the answer
...yes
- Stephan Stubbins
Compared to you
I tried and grew
a niche of my potential

I let you go
and now I grow
in networks exponential
- Stephan Stubbins
Know the prize is there

...but don't stare
- Stephan Stubbins

Do it

The fastest way around it
…is through it…
dodge the doubt
and just do it

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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

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Fire

Let the fire of your failure
fuel the furnace of your soul
obliterate what binds you
and alight you to your whole

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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

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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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The Hero - blog and poem by Stephan Stubbins

The Hero

“And then the hero walked in…”
A classic story
Where a winner with glory
Shows up for saving the day…

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The Quest - a poem and blog by Stephan Stubbins

The Quest

The quest is yours
As long as you’re alive
Success is how you live it
Not how you arrive

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Shine - a poem and blog by Stephan Stubbins

Shine

I will toil if I must
As I shake off the rust
I will polish
This silver to shine

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The Artist - a poem and blog by Stephan Stubbins

The Artist

Allow yourself to live in the discomfort
Embrace the tension you’ve been running from
Wrestle with the silence of not knowing
Then marvel at the artist you’ve become

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When seeking something new
and feeling you’re off-track
Your fear can be the clue
of where you can break through…

I need a saving hero
to champion a new start
So stronger every day
I become the part

Brightly through the ending
share each ember of your spark
Time is yours for spending
Live with love…

Within the music
of the music
sing stories
deeper than song

Clarity of purpose
clarifies the mind
Distilling from distraction
right action…

The soul of tree
was enormous indeed
The moment it started
as seed

I am the miracle
Seeing the miracle
…you

Choose with care
and only share
that delicate new idea
with those with the ability…

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