Some simple rules for life

[Ratwagon1600]

Im going to get flamed for posting these I know, but, I dont care :fu:

 

These are two poems I used to have on my desk at work to remind me to keep my head pulled in and to play fair.

 

Sadly, at times lately, Ive forgotten rules I used to try and live by (mostly ;) ).

 

Anyway, they're a bit long, very new agey group huggy, but, IMLTHO worth a read.

 

RW

 

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All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sand pile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:

 

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.  When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:
The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody  really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

© Robert Fulghum, 1990.

 

 

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Desiderata

 

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.  As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.  Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.  Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.  But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;  and everywhere life is full of heroism.

 

Be yourself.  Especially, do not feign affection.  Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.  Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.  Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.  Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

 

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.  And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.  Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,  and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

 

© Max Ehrmann 1927

 

 

 

 

 

[Rhapakatui]

Exactly what I had on my mind just now. Should've posted here rather than insomniacs.

 

[devilsbullet]

not gonna lie rat, the first few times I saw you posting, I had an overwhelming urge to put my foot as far up your ass as possible if I ever met you.  this, along with many other posts you've made recently, make me think it'll be more of a "hi" with a handshake, and then checkin out the cool shit you've done to your wagon.  definitely some good poems to keep in mind. :thumbup:

[KELMO]

RW...if you are ever in the states....you can stay at my house.

[Kirden]

Thanks for sharing those ratwagon. Might need to print off the second one to post by my computer at work...

[datzenmike]

[Ratwagon1600]

not gonna lie rat, the first few times I saw you posting, I had an overwhelming urge to put my foot as far up your ass as possible if I ever met you.  this, along with many other posts you've made recently, make me think it'll be more of a "hi" with a handshake, and then checkin out the cool shit you've done to your wagon.  definitely some good poems to keep in mind. :thumbup:

And I'm not going to lie either dude, theres probably a few people I thought about doing similar to.

 

I'm a big guy and can hold my own, though that doesn't mean I, like others, haven't overstepped things recently.

 

People can take out of these what they want, though I'm glad you and some others liked them.

[Ratwagon1600]

RW...if you are ever in the states....you can stay at my house.

Thanks dude.

 

I don't drink (much) :)

[Rhapakatui]

Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistoland a lariat She's goin to the bottom And she's goin down the drain Said she wasn't big enough to carry it

 

She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow She got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow

 

Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods You gotta meet me by the fall down tree Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid And I know they'll come lookin for me boys And I know they'll come a-lookin for me

 

Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow Got to get behind the Mule In the morning and plow

 

Big Jack Earl was 8'1 He stood in the road and he cried He couldn't make her love him Couldn't make her stay But tell the good Lord that he tried

 

[Chorus]

 

Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville On the wreck of the Weavervillestage Beaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade I was stirringmybrandy witha nail boys Stirring my brandy with a nail

 

[Chorus]

 

Well the rampaging sons of the widow James Jack the cutter and the pock marked kid Had to stand naked at the bottom Of the cross And tell the good lord what they did Tell the good lord what they did

 

[Chorus]

 

Punctuated birds on the power line In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Joaks I'm diggin all the way to China With a silver spoon While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys The hangman fumbles with the noose

 

[Chorus]

 

Pin your ear to the wisdom post Pin your eye to the line Neverletthe weedsget higher Than the garden Always keep a sapphire in yourmind Always keep a diamond in yourmind

[laotsu]

 

IF you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,

if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

[I'm BLUE]

Well Appropriately put  placed Ratwagon1600 !

[jrock4224]

And I'm not going to lie either dude, theres probably a few people I thought about doing similar to.

I'm a big guy and can hold my own, though that doesn't mean I, like others, haven't overstepped things recently.

People can take out of these what they want, though I'm glad you and some others liked them.

IF I remember correct.....u pmed Tristin asking wtf my deal was....Lol.... But whenu share shit like this i know your good peeps ......so from on asshat to another asshat .....thanks for sharing that .....i too will be printing them off ......u big sissy.....lol

[datzenmike]

 

 

IF I remember correct.....u pmed Tristin asking wtf my deal was....Lol.... But whenu share shit like this i know your good peeps ......so from on asshat to another asshat .....thanks for sharing that .....i too will be printing them off ......u big sissy.....lol

 

 

Hamish... has a nice ring to it if it's a boy.

[Kirden]

Says the unicorn ninja...

 

u big sissy.....lol

[Ratwagon1600]

Says the unicorn ninja...

Im thinking of changing my Avatar to a fluffy teddy bear.

 

Did your parcel arrive?

[Guest roseyroseyrose]

know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

~dalai lama xiv

[Kirden]

Ratwagon,

It hasn't been delivered yet. Either that or they dropped it in the box and no one checked it today.

[hang_510]

[Kirden]

Dancing is an art...

 

Fuck "dancing", lets disco! :fu:

[Ratwagon1600]

Dancing is an art...

 

Fuck "dancing", lets disco! :fu:

Real men (said in a deep manly voice) "prancercise"

[]2eDeYe]

All the absurdity of late has me remembering this for some reason. 
 

 

One bright day, in the middle of the night

Two dead men got up to fight

Back to back, they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

If you don't believe this lie is true
Ask the blind man, he saw it too.

[jrock4224]

Real men (said in a deep manly voice) "prancercise"

more like mooseknucklcise if u seen the vid...its like bullwinkle is clawing to get out of her tights..

[laotsu]

"lets stop talkin' and do some walkin'"http://youtu.be/GDPDn0tIMuE

[Z-train]

more like mooseknucklcise

here ya go:

[BenJammin]

This thread started out as an oasis of enlightenment in a desert of bullshit, egos, and one-upmanship... but then again it is Ratsun.

 

Thank you  RW, I forwarded to my kids [contents of original post ony !].