If the shoe simply doesn’t fit…
Try on another pair.
If they don’t care about you…
Tell me, why should you care?
If you’re swimming against the current…
Maybe you can’t resist.
If it’s dragging you downstream…
Perhaps you should desist.
If the odds are strong against…
It’s not always wise to fight.
If you think it might be wrong…
Then maybe it isn’t right.
If you carefully pick your battles…
You’ll win those worth contesting.
If we all occasionally gave up…
Our minds might stop protesting.
It’s sounds so much like something I would like to have written myself. Absolutely true! Why try so hard when maybe just maybe it wasn’t meant to be! It doesn’t mean you are a pushover, it’s just that we should start paying attention to where our hearts are leading us.
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This! 100% this! Pick your battles. You can’t win every single one. Fight the fights that are worth fighting and will push you towards what you are striving for. Thank you for commenting 🙂
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Aww..
Likewise (:
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“If’s it’s dragging you downstream
Perhaps you should desist”
WOW….
I love your poetry so much. (:
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Desist is a great word 😂 Thank you for reading. Always love seeing your name pop up, especially when it’s because you’ve posted something on your blog 😊
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Lovely!
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Thank you 😊
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I love this words of wisdom Paul, they definitely hit the chords in me and I surely want to read more of your poetry💓😊
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There’ll be more. It just comes to me occasionally, even if it isn’t a favoured genre of mine.
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It’s nice to know there will be more coming and I completely understand what you mean that it comes to you occasionally 💝 Have a great weekend Paul.
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Thank you. You too honey ❤️
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I love this xx
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I’m a big believer in picking battles and making slow and steady progress. In order to win the war, sometimes you need to either lose or not even fight some battles.
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Amen. X
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Eugh, definitely not. I’m not giving God any of the credit. He’s not even real 😂😂😂
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😆😄💥💫 I read a ridiculous blog earlier from a Catholic guy claiming yoga is part of Satanism and vinyasa summons up evil spirits from the devil. And they call that a credible belief system??! Wtaf!
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Exactly! They’re a joke! Religion in general is a joke. Credit to those who actually use it for the power of good and to better themselves, but the whole lot of it is absolute nonsense in my opinion.
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Yes.. religion cam be used in a really positive way…but it can also be used to justify abhorrent behaviour which runs completely counter to morals and social norms.
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Agreed! Great poem. We should all be aware if what we are struggling for is even worth the struggle.
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Exactly this. Sometimes, letting shit slip by the wayside is the best way. Pick your battles and all that.
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