we are taught to climb the barriers, not to look at what lies beyond
we cannot go backbut it’s good to remember our bad decisions
when we lend a hand we really give it away and grow another
on an easy path . the mind is free to wander; . obstacles are few
to live in today is to understand the path is just the journey
more of our leaders . need to first be a teacher . not just a preacher
in the face of change true courage is to stand; meet it honestly
through the fence, they bloom tiny flowers facing out toward the unknown
to find happiness we must be comfortable alone with ourselves
a quilt is just rags . until every fabric swatch . is stitched together
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