Stranger is just a friend you haven't met
*Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
*Accept what life offers you and try to drink every cup. All wines should be tasted some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.
*You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down
*I can walk any path. I no longer need to control my direction.
*If we are all alone, we are all together in that.
* Mental reflection is so much more interesting than TV, it's a shame more people don't switch over to it, They probably think what they hear is unimportant but it never is.
* Waiting is painful, Forgetting is painful. But now knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
*Before he can devote himself to God or a woman, a boy will devote himself to his father, even foolishly, even beyond explanation.
*There is no such thing as destiny, there are, just different choices.
*A Man is not all about one thing.
*People are much stronger than what they think they are, sometimes they just dont believe it
*Memory is a wonderful thing,if you don't have to deal with the past..
*Every song needs to end, but thats no reason not to enjoy the music..
* If you look for them, you will always find some reasons, so why look?...
* It is ok for people to do mistakes and disappoint me. But What If you wake up some day and realize you are that disappointment
* Its easy to turn your back on life, but can you forget the people who mattered to you?
I don’t think tht sumone who ignores it once will give a second chance.
Nice allusion thr.. second chance for d conscience!!!!
hopefully a third, a fourth, and well beyond nine lives. I really like the line, “deaf, that he had turned.” And, great take on “its us that need to give life a second chance.” Not life, but us…
Interesting, Rambler. How often are we aware that we’re dismissing an actual truth and not just a yearning?
I like that. I like the idea that we might wise up the second time around.
And would giving the voice a second chance
Mean that he would be deaf no more;
Or was he merely indifferent
To what he heard;
Would he understand and learn
Or would he just continue to yearn
For the next chance that came by?
Well said!It is we who need to give life a chance.
Beautiful poem there
Very Very true–it is WE who have to give life a second chance–so well said.
Songs are better absorbed when listened to the second time. At first we may just be attracted by the melody, it is the second time we hear it that we trully listen and find that the lyrics are beautiful. Love and Life as we go along is just like that sometimes. We submerge ourselves only knee deep and we get only what we are willing to absorb, but if we give it a second chnace we might as well be totally satiated with all the gifts that life and love brings.
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
creepy, what voice? ;~)
Very well said. I’ve seen you over on my friend Marja’s blog and thought I’d pop in and say hi.
interesting… I want to say.. the voices in my head are back again!!
Second chances – thankfully life will give them again.
Thanks for popping by earlier.
That inner voice usually knows best.
always trust that inner voice! great poem!
that is so true…rambler…i like the allusion to the inner voice as well…very, well said indeed!
hey ….
dropped by to check how many posts i hve missed …. quite a many ….anyways nice poem ….. liked it …. second chance’s you do get , but its wether you take it or leave it again ….. is the choice…. voices are all i hear right now …
Everyone deserves a second chance… and everything also deserves this one chance.. again and again!
Hmm, good question. When you ask that question my mind asks me “What are you asking me?”
Pretty idiotic question I guess.
Why are we not able to give/take “it” the 2nd [or 3rd] chance? [ By "it" I and you mean the voice ok? ]
Answer me and then maybe I will be able to question you again because I can definitely not give you an answer.. can I?
such wisdom in your words, Rambler…I am blown away, you made it short yet deep…thanks much.
Thats exactly what I was thinking Ramu. See, it is us who have to think if want to except the chances that life throws at us.
I guess you put it well
i dont think life gives me enough second chances! or maybe i just miss them all the time.. hmm…
absolutly stunning and thought provoking.
your poems are always a treat for me.
do write more of them
but when two answers/solutions come to mind for a particular question or problem..how to recognize the correct one?
There is a slight sense of regret in this piece so I think the second chance will be taken on board. I think that recognising something is in fact, a second chance, is halfway there to grasping it. Very nice!