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"Seize the Day!"
Horace

"Living in the moment is everything."
D.H. Lawrence
Timeless

As we look deeply within,
We understand our perfect balance.
There is no fear of the cycles of life.
For when you stand in the moment.
You are timeless.

                          Robert Yee
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green umbrellas on the beach
Friendship

What made us friends
In the long ago,
When we first we met?
Well, I think I know;
The best in me and
The best in you
Hailed each other
Because they knew,
That always and always,
Since life began
Our being friendship
Was part of God’s plan.

            G. W. Douglas
Who is She?
    Dae West

Anytime, anyplace,
I know she gave me life.
I love her like no other.
She can be trusted with
My life, and I would gladly do so.
When there is a question,
Joy, fear or end.
She is my first and last thought.
I need her, love her,
Would protect her
With my life from any harm.
She is the original, I am a copy.
Yet, I am the original for me;
Later mine with be a copy.
I owe God and her all;
Well the first part at least.
My admiration, respect and love
Cannot be fully expressed
Or understood.
She is my mother.
chairs and trees on the beach

When I Shall Wear Purple
Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
And gobble up samples in the shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit...
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old and start to wear purple.


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