Tag: motivation
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Life’s A Lot Like Poker…
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In life, we must take calculated risks over and over to put ourselves in the best position to succeed. To risk nothing is to do nothing. Life is a lot like poker, and the ante will force you to play a hand you don’t want to if you play too conservatively.
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We’re All Lost, We’re All Broken
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A post about realizing that no one is perfect and we are all flawed, broken people
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Find Your Way to Have Fun and Get in Shape
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A post that examines finding an exercise routine that is fun for you personally based on what you enjoy doing.
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Nature Tanka Haiku Poem About Success and Failure in Life 5 7 5 7 7
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If you’re not failing, you’re not trying. Why is success built upon past failure? A tanka haiku poem about success and failure, as well as a post about how you can change your perspective on failing.
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Mountains and Valleys – A Poetic Autobiography
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What is the opening sentence of my autobiography? … well, I’ve climbed to the top of life’s mountain and fallen into the muck of the valley. Pain, failure, and redemption are the main characters of my story.
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Short Inspirational Haiku Poem About Dreams In Life 5 7 5
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An inspirational post on chasing your passions that contains a short haiku poem about following your dreams in life 5 7 5.
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How Do You Define Success For Yourself — Follow Your Passion or Make Money?
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Should you follow money or your dreams/passions? A examination of what it means to be successful.
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Fences Poem About Following Your Dreams
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FencesThe fences of tomorrow stood behind mefree of my cage,done with grazing, agingaimlessly in this pasture of life.No longer pinned withinthe decision to end or begin.Tomorrow I wrangle dreams. Justin Farley
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The Song of Life Inspirational Poem
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The Song of LifeThe rhythm of my soul beatswith joyful contentment.GratitudeAwarenessOpennessare the melodies my heart sings.The song of life is playingevery second of every day.Lean in.Listen.Closer…until it movesyour heart to dance.Justin Farley
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Seasons of Winter Poem About Spring
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Seasons of WinterPoem About SpringThe ice is melting,thawing away from the land,flowing back into the handsof its maker.Nature’s enchantment shatterswith a single kiss from springclinging to the warmthof renewal, rebirth, reawakening.And in each pile of snowthat dissolves my heart beatswith a disposition towards hopesledding down slopes of solacetaking comfort in the possibility to copewith my…
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Running Poem About Changing and Working on Yourself
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RunningCan I get a cup of wineto drown the time,to float away fromthis heavy heart of mine?Or perhaps a speedy carthat’ll take me fast so faraway from these expired dreamsnow void of stars?Maybe a boat to sail these seasthat swallow me with easeeach time the tide of my moodshelplessly carries me out with no reprieve?But…
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Poem About Being Content, Humble, and Joyful
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Great Expectations Joy can seize us in the lowliest of places, perhaps even easier than in the loftiest ones. Humble eyes are open wider than those of great expectation, those muted of exultation and closed to the blessings that abound in the ordinary – it’s commonness makes it no less miraculous. It’s easy to see…
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What Should I Do With My Life Poem About Life Purpose
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A Life’s Purpose – A Poem Busyness is not success. Nor is achievement. Nor accolades of power, status, or wealth. Success is measured by how closely we live out our life’s purpose – the king who was called to live as a pauper is poor. What good is earning the riches of the world if…
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Plucking Beauty – A Poem About Life and Eternity
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Plucking Beauty I once plucked beauty out of experience serendipitously like wild flowers in the country, delighting in what new joy life was going to allow me to discover and show off in vases upon my windowsill. But my curiosity is stagnant and often vanishes, jaded over what I know I’ll find – that everything…
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem
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The Mirror of Truth – A Poem Into the mirror I gaze and am wrapped within the frame of a smoky haze of secrets swirling within glass. I can’t deny the face, can’t pretend I don’t know, have no trace of realization that the figure before my eyes is me. It’s unsettling to see the…
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Life’s Amphitheater – A Poem About Helping the Less Fortunate
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As I was driving down the road the other day and came to a stoplight, my eyes fell upon a young woman begging on the side of the road. I must admit that often times I am quick to judge out of pride or wonder why they are too lazy to pick themselves up and…
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The Fight – A Poem About Conquering Fear
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A Poem about conquering fear and not letting fear choose your destiny or get in the way of your dreams.
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