Advice...poem

Happy Monday. It’s my birthday today!

Everyone has advice. Everyone is more than happy to share with you their thoughts and advice on how you are supposed to live. Some of the advice is amazing. Some of the advice is mired in the mud sticking to your boots as you try to get out of it. I have here a small amount of advice. I thought this would be a good day to share with you some thoughts that I have about living. You may take it how you want to, but I hope it helps you. Isn’t that the goal of advice any way? To help one’s fellow human out. So take my advice, or not. I hope you enjoy the poem.

Advice

Sit right there
my friend, and I
will teach you the 
things you need to know.

Roll with the punches.
Stop thinking it's all your fault.
Relax
Slow down

We're going to be here 
for a good long time.
Enjoy the good things
and always make it so.

Let the negativity slide off
like water off a duck's back.
Don't be an eagle among turkeys,
you are a human. 
Be the best human you can be.
Never try to be anything but
an amazing example of 
a human.

There are things you tear
out of the model
and can't find the meaning.
It will keep you up at night
and frustrate you beyond all things.

Do your absolute best.
Don't let friends tear you down.
Don't tear yourself down!
Never give up - 
it's always possible.

So take the world,
and all it's inhabitants.  
Look for the happiness in all of it.
Listen to the advice of the aged
Listen to the advice of the young.
Both have merit and both have value.
Focus on the gifts of the world,
and your life will be great too!