9/5/25 Living in the past Is the best way to Stay there cc 4/15/18

Living in the past 

Is the best way to

Stay there

The past won't last it's just in my head

And that goes away as soon I am dead

But while I am still here

I'll be of good cheer

And help folks along

With a hand and a song

There is never a time

I can't make up a rhyme

About a future that glows

And a life that just flows

Living in the past

Is the best way to

Stay there

R Lowenstein 

8/27/25 When the student is Ready The messenger will Appear cc 4/7/17

When the student is 

Ready

The messenger will

Appear

All that I've learned is been preparation

And still I read on with great expectation

So far by far my greatest insight

Is to know I don't know and that comes from hindsight

Someday in the future it will all become clear

When I finally discover the right kind of beer

When the student is

Ready

The messenger will

Appear

Unknown 

/819/25 Life is a Challenge Respond without Complaint or regret cc8/30/19

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Life is easy life is hard

We usually come away unmarred

The greatest skill there is to learn

To except what comes without concern

It's a skill to practice every day

Start this instant don't delay

It's not what happens it's how we frame it

We can grow and change or just submit

There's always something to be thankful for

So seeking out and complain no more

Life is a

Challenge

Respond without

Complaint or regret

Joe Goldstein

7/17/25 You can't learn What You think you already Know cc 7/23/25

You can't learn 

What

You think you already

Know

I went to school and learned lots of stuff

For quite a while I thought it was enough

Then threw good fortune or just dumb luck

All my plans wound up in the muck

I was sure I knew what I should do

The universe showed me that it was untrue 

Now I know that I do not know

I think things thru and go real slow 

Remember you never know what you don't know

So be happy, grateful and enjoy the show

You can't learn 

What

You think you already

Know

Epictetus 

6/19/25 Flawed plans Contain Great lessons cc 2/14/18

Flawed plans

Contain

Great lessons

You can study things to death

And still screw up

Some learning is easy and inexpensive 

Other times painful and costly

And as the creator of meany 

Flawed plans 

I can say with certainty

Pain is easier to remember

So I always look for what insights

Are buried in the rubble of my

Broken dreams

All is well

Flawed plans

Contain

Great lessons

6/12/25 Peacefully – Patiently Except the next Training session

Peacefully – Patiently

Except the next

Training session

Do it without any whining and complaining

This universal unfolding is staged for my training

All my reactions put forces in motion

I'll seek out the good and start a commotion

We can learn and change at every turn

 Or put on a face and act really concerned

Study and learn create a great plan

Be grateful and kind work as hard as you can

No matter how bad it seems to be right now

Take a deep breath & keep pushing your plow

Peacefully – Patiently

Except the next

Training session

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6/7/25 Real insight Is as elusive as it is rare cc2/12/18

Real insight

Is as elusive as it is

Rare

All the things we see and hear

Are little help in thinking clear

Sex-assault an airplane crash

Some Wall St jerk got lots of cash

Sports events that's stirs the masses

Towns that Isis left in ashes

Movie stars with private jets

Suicide for many vets

Study the classics view some art

Ponder the mystery before you depart

Real insight

Is as elusive as it is

Rare

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