Encouragement

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The Inevitable

Inevitable situations-Unable to avoid, certain to happen,
Have to be accepted with resignation in normal fashion.
They cannot be otherwise-we have our choice,
To accept and adjust or rebel in a nervous hoist.

Be willing to have it so-avoid consequences of misfortune,
As first step on the road to recoup in a way that is opportune.
Accept fate but certainly not be fatalistic,
As taking the road to recovery is fantastic.

Accepting the inevitable-Cooperating with the bottom line,
The level from which you cannot fall further-and accept what is thine.
The only movement then is upwards-to improve on the worst,
Until you reach the goal that you now set with an enthusiastic burst.

Neither should you cry for the moon nor over spilt milk,
That has gone down the drain collecting filth
Circumstances do not decide your happiness
But your reaction to circumstances makes all the difference.

Kingdom of heaven is within you and so is the kingdom of hell.
Either is determined by the free will used well.
Two men looked out from prison bars-one saw mud the other stars.
You have the choice to accept the inevitable and look above for stars.


Say you lose your sight-Is that the end of it in life?
If you lose all five senses yet you could live in the mind in style
For it is in the mind we see-in the mind we live,
Whether you like it or not, till the last the breadth we release.

Nothing in life is beyond endurance for in any case you will endure,
Now or shortly after and that is the meaning of life for sure
Not to mean that you give up and be a recluse
But to look around for opportunities to overcome the inevitable deluge


If we rail and kick against the inevitable and grow bitter
We won’t change inevitable-would change-but not for the better
Refuse to accept the inevitable-you turn nights into hells of insomnia
After needless self torture you accept what you had to-now with no mania


Mother Goose rhyme says:
For every ailment under the sun
There is a remedy or there is none
If there is one try to find it
If there is none never mind it!

Prayer by Dr Reinhold Niebuhr:
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference

November 2010

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