*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?
Virtual Ramblings 
No one is perfect Rambler. We are here for improvement not perfection. This Ghost has now become my best friend and really enjoy her company a lot.
Previously, I used to keep everything with me. Never felt to ask someone about the problem. I read somewhere ‘asking’ can make u fool for 2 mins, but it is far better than to be a fool for whole of your life! This is one quote that has affected me a lot. Sometimes making your life to go on these quotes can do wonders!
Do you really believe from your heart that spray of dirty droplets can discolor your mind ocean? I don’t believe, for me mind is very pure.
Bless You! ~Namaste~
56 cents…lol
we all feel that ghost…that ‘who is that person? can’t be me’ ghost…
I think we have two high expectations of ourselves sometimes…lol
Thanks so much for your great encouragement in your comment at my blog. I needed that and what a compliment!
your mind might be a little discoloured with a few inabilities but your heart is coloured with the ability to encourage 😀
good response to the prompt, I recognise the feelings you write about
Haunting ghost are all around us. In us, even. We can shake them, some just leave when we’ve forgotten about them. I really liked this piece. Kudos.
Hey nice take on the prompt.
But ever thought of taking your inabilities as a challange and an inspiraton to improve?
In our own minds our failures, however slight, tower over our successes, but I wonder if the rest of the world doesn’t see a more balanced picture.
Well done and creative take on the prompt. We do focus too much on inabilities instead of our abilities.
we’re our own worst critics, aren’t we??? – and judge ourselves more quickly and more harshly than we’d ever let anyone else do — very insightful verse and some wisdom to be had regarding owning our strengths and building on them, not being crushed under the weight of pasts that can’t be redone or perfected!!!
Good piece,crafted well in 55 words.
I believe we all have an inherent ability to convert our shortcomings into strengths any day.It is difficult,but not impossible.
Have a successful week ahead 🙂
That is a ghost that haunts many of us, I’m sure. But with the recognition of it change can begin.
Well expressed.
You speak for most of us in this piece.
And I miss Writers Island too!
The tall successes
Dwarfing over the tiny failures
Haunting us to do better
Would we ever leave them behind
This need to live up to
Reputation
Gained by chance or hard work?
Maybe the tiny failures
Help keep everything in perspective
So that we do not as too much of ourselves
Again and again.
Sorry that line should have read “So that we do not *ask* too much of ourselves) 🙂
nice take on teh prompt…
the first step of identifying the ghost has been taken…the rest will follow slowly…
Ghosts are more than some supernatural concept. They are our doubts, and more.
Yea guess you are right… I myself have been through such phases quite a coupla times…
inabilities.. they will haunt us forever.
Yeah, Rob was great over there at the island, wasn’t he? There’s an answer to your poem… I don’t know what it is, but it’s there.. I think it’s going to haunt me until I ponder it. Thanks for a thought provoking poem! 🙂