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Inaction approved

Sometimes what you see may not be the truth

Sometimes eyes can deceive proofs can be uncouth

So keep your observation in check and double-check

Why invite trepidation by sticking out your neck

 

Sometimes what you hear may be sheer hearsay

Sometimes ears cannot decode words are at play

So keep your disposition dispassionate

Until you verify news and views accurate

 

Sometimes what you say may have adverse impact

Sometimes the tongue can cut loose ignoring tact

So keep your desire to express tractable

Your language gentle and words retractable

 

Sometimes you may jump to conclusions hastily

Sometimes you become judgmental verily

So keep your intellect handy and verdicts tame

Inactivity is healthier than passing on the blame

 

 

 

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Distances approved

Sometimes when you become very close

With friends and kinfolk conversation flows

Uninhibitedly. Emotions lean towards verbose

Remember there is a line not to be crossed

The right balance requires nothing is in overdose

 

Sometimes societal pressures push you gently

Towards doing things against your wishes. You mentally

Disagree. You cannot express yet want out eventually

Remember waiting in the wings is wasteful time

You might find yourself lingering in life perpetually

 

Sometimes someone may inadvertently play a role

Of giving advice that soothes your anger but injures the soul

Take a deep breath and think before you act. Your goal

Is to move on in life. Not hold on to hatreds and grudges

On hindsight satisfaction in letting go and forgiving is tenfold

 

Keeping distances from doubtful unscrupulous stuff

Keeping toxic peoples at arm’s length can be rough

You don’t know what is overboard and what is enough

Keep seeking good counsel. Keep conscience by your side

The tough keep going even when the going gets tough

 

 

 

 

 

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Errors approved

I was quick to judge a wrong done unto me

And dismiss off the act as malicious as it could be

Until one day I realized it is not always so

The frenemy does not even bother to crosscheck and go

They were actually in the midst of their own little battles

And in the bargain ended up indulging in useless tattles

 

I was under the impression that the public at large

Tends towards a tendency to push shove and barge

When their own interests are at sea and in danger

I would scuttle back in my world and hide in my manger

Until one day I realized they are rudderless as well

There is so much pretense going around it is hard to tell

 

I was always afraid of so much – brashness belief opinion

In front of crowds I felt like an inconsequential minion

Until I realized the error of my ways and thinking

For confidence enough to look in the eye without blinking

I must search strength within not look for backing outside

I must trust my own findings putting public opinion aside

 

Missteps are a process not necessarily wrong or right

The idea is to correct them not be ready to pick up a fight

Whether I offended someone or someone pulled off a con

I must be prepared to apologize and move on

In between breathing oxygen and breathing out CO2

Life teaches you how mistakes can be worthwhile too