8/16/22 Self-righteous Freedom from Doubt cc 5/4/20

                                                    Self-righteous 

                                      Freedom from

Doubt

Without any thinking I launched this great plan

And pretty soon it all went in the garbage can

That was just before I turned 80

 No more will I start anything weighty  

A few times in the past lady luck has come thru

I'd get all puffed up and start something new

No council or thought just time and money

From the high ground of old age it seems really funny

To the young people I say be cautious but bold

It takes more than thought to pile up some gold

Self-righteous  

Freedom from

Doubt

Robert DeRopp

7/9/26 Sweet spot cc 10/27/21

Sweet spot 

We picked a sweet spot in all of history

To be born into this incredible mystery

And now in addition to just being alive

We changed the world so we can thrive

Get enough to eat and a little spare time

So an idiot like me can sit and rhyme

There has been no concern for sustainability

Or how all the debt will create instability

It's been really great to live in this way

But sad that the future will have to pay

Sweet spot

8/7/26 Morning delight cc2/14/20

Morning delight 

This morning before the clock turn three

Our nutty cat came and laid down on me

He purred real loud and licked my hand

Trying to make me understand

The time be damned he wanted to eat

Nothing about him is the least bit discreet

Then Peanut our dog started to wine in my ear

I got their message it was loud and clear

With joy & good humor I krept down the stairs

And directly addressed both of their cares

All three of us now sit in the warm fires light

They doze off and I wonder what to write

This early start of my 29,323rd day on earth

Is a celebration of gratitude and mirth 

There's no other place or no better time

That I can imagine to sit around & rhyme 

Morning delight

8/2/26 Win Every game cc 6/4/20

 

Win every game

That sounds crazy how can you win every game

Because every game is the same game

Finding a parking space or getting your teeth drilled

Interviewing for a job or getting fired from one

The game is the tension between

Reactivity and creation

The experience of gleeful gratitude

Or fear, impatience ,anger, depression etc.

I will recognize any form of disharmony as a signal

Game time

My next opportunity to practice the skills of

Levelheaded resilience and gratitude

Win every game

Savor

Savor this instant-these words

Stacking firewood-watching the dog run

A lot of crappy poker hands

Sunset and red wine

I will savor the moments of my life

What incredible good fortune that 

I blundered into this project of

Learning to create my own experience

The great work that I can practice anywhere

In fact the more screwed up things are

The more possibilities for progress

Not that I need any reason to get things screwed up

It seems to be a natural skill I was born with

All is very well this morning

7/18/26 Make the Most Of it cc

                                                     

                                                        Make the

Most

Of it

Somehow I got this stent in time

To learn how to write and rhyme

Then the decades flew by

And I'm still wondering why

Now that I'm old

I'll soon leave the fold

I know I'll never know

How I got into this show

The only thing I can say for sure

I couldn't have asked for anything more

Make the

Most

Of it

7/17/26 Develop a Gleeful Indifference cc 9/20/18

Develop a

Gleeful

Indifference

The long view perspective is all that it takes

To keep us from making lots of foolish mistakes

For decades I tripped on the same stupid stuff

I finally realize that that enough was enough

As I get older life seems like a dream

An incomprehensible cosmic scheme

Be an outsider and enjoy this freak show

It's not going to last so get into the flow

Be happy and joyous sea life as joke

Let gleeful indifference be your magic cloak

Develop a

Gleeful

Indifference