SUCCESS?

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    SUCCESS?


    April 29, 1988
    People's lives are very busy;
    And they never question why;
    Yet they never cease to wonder,
    At " how fast the time goes by."
    Their goals are set before them,
    By a world that sets the pace.
    Too soon they're caught up in it,
    Not knowing it is a race.
    To have what others have,
    Or to make for themselves a name;
    So others will see they've made it,
    It the name of this futile game.
    They do what's necessary,
    To get them to the top.
    They think, "Now I'll be happy;"
    But find that they are not.
    They find they'll lie and cheat,
    To keep their success and fame.
    But someday they'll stop and wonder,
    "What's happened to my good name?"
    By Sheila Weaver
    aka:Peacefully

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    coacher commented on SUCCESS?

    11-10-2009

    Great description of the mentality of most of us. We seek the praises of man and forget the reason that we are here. Success to me is when my children and grandchildren turn out honest and God fearing. If that happens "life is good".

    peacefully

    11/10/2009

    amen Coacher

    sk commented on SUCCESS?

    04-03-2009

    This is SOOO true!! And it NEVER satisfies!! Very good write!

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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