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#242231voted by our readers
By Anonymous

People and their shadows Are very similar, But shadows are copies, Lifeless, colorless, and empty. Now that I think about it, however, I've changed my mind. People and thei...

heryearningloveforhatred GOLD, Wyckoff, New Jersey
15 articles 0 photos 6 comments
#242233 Poetry
By elizabethlarsen121 SILVER
Iowa City, Iowa
elizabethlarsen121 SILVER, Iowa City, Iowa
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

#242234 Poetry
By Birklei GOLD
Raytown, Missouri
Birklei GOLD, Raytown, Missouri
12 articles 0 photos 10 comments
#242235 Poetry
By MagnamitySpree BRONZE
San Diego, California
MagnamitySpree BRONZE, San Diego, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks" Luke 6:45

#242236 Poetry
By HillelRosenshine BRONZE
New York City, New York
HillelRosenshine BRONZE, New York City, New York
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#242237 Poetry
By Lynzis BRONZE
Lusaka, Other
Lynzis BRONZE, Lusaka, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#242238 Poetry
By Anonymous
#242239 Poetry
Steak MAG
By DinosoarJen DIAMOND
Scottsville, New York
DinosoarJen DIAMOND, Scottsville, New York
86 articles 0 photos 82 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just another casualty.<br /> It&#039;s sad but true.<br /> And even dead I&#039;m still ahead<br /> of most of you.

#242240 Poetry
By Rhiannon Miller BRONZE
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Rhiannon Miller BRONZE, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
4 articles 3 photos 0 comments