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By elizabethlarsen121 SILVER
Iowa City, Iowa

No longer broken No longer whole You put me together When everyone thought I was shattered beyond repair. Like a delicate piece of china All it took was a little bit of care...
elizabethlarsen121 SILVER, Iowa City, Iowa
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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.


#150662 Poetry
By MagnamitySpree BRONZE
San Diego, California
MagnamitySpree BRONZE, San Diego, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks" Luke 6:45

#150663 Poetry
By HillelRosenshine BRONZE
New York City, New York
HillelRosenshine BRONZE, New York City, New York
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#150664 Poetry
By Lynzis BRONZE
Lusaka, Other
Lynzis BRONZE, Lusaka, Other
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#150665 Poetry
Steak MAG
By DinosoarJen DIAMOND
Scottsville, New York
DinosoarJen DIAMOND, Scottsville, New York
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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.

#150666 Poetry
By Rhiannon Miller BRONZE
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Rhiannon Miller BRONZE, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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#150667 Poetry
By Anonymous
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#150669 Poetry
By samiluvshorses BRONZE
Voorhees, New Jersey
samiluvshorses BRONZE, Voorhees, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
A piece of writing is never done, but simply settled for.

#150670 Poetry
By Palomabigail BRONZE
Hemet, California
Palomabigail BRONZE, Hemet, California
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