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and other thoughts on life.. • • • I once told a man that I no longer voted. He responded by telling me this. It wasn't long afterward that I began to vote again. • • • I once told a man a lie. He responded by telling me this. I have long since told the truth. • • • I once became upset over a gift I received, The giver saw the disappointment in my eyes and told me this. I am since very joyful over each gift that I receive. • • • A man once told me a secret The man told me this, after hearing his own secret repeated. I no longer take trust so lightly. • • • I once gave a gift to a friend and she cried. I told her it was just a small gift I had found. I now give gifts often. • • • The shiny coin was not to be mine, so I had been told. I have since chosen to stand with integrity. • • • Once I told a man of all of my dreams. He smiled warmly and even chuckled I now choose the spending of my days very differently. • • • I watched a man daily as he walked ... head down ... so focused. I was curious and inquired as to why he never looked up. I make it a point to never stare at my feet, • • • I wanted so much to merely be myself, And I was told this. I'm still thinking about that one. • • • I AM THE CENTER OF MY UNIVERSE but I do not live here alone.. each move I make creates a ripple in someone else's ocean each breath I take affects the air all around me each word I utter falls on someone else's ears that which I touch is felt by another that which I do will certainly affect another that which I do not will also affect another.. we never know how far reaching something and it always does. • • • ALL THINGS IN LIFE FORM A CIRCLE whether we see the circle or not. • • • Text Copyright © 1998 by Cougar Wisdom. All rights reserved.
The choice of whether I voted or not was why he waded
through rice paddies, toted guns, and fought battles.
All of the decisions that he made were
based upon the words that I spoke.
because it wasn't what I wanted.
He chose the most valuable gift he could find,
because he felt I should have it.
which I quietly whispered in another friend's ear.
The reason he told me the secret was because he trusted me,
not my friend.
Her response was that it was not the gift,
it was that I had thought of her.
But on my way out the door, it found its way in my hand.
When it was discovered that I had stolen the coin,
I was quietly taken aside.
Integrity is given with a choice.
then asked if I ever planned on living any of them.
The look on his face was one of surprise, but he responded.
His world was so structured that he didn't have to look where he placed his foot
and there was nothing else to look at.
for fear of creating tunnels.
going unnoticed and not draw attention.
The fact that you do not conform makes you stand out all the more.
we say or do really is until it returns to us..
"The Inner Light" by George Harrison