"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."
Josh Billings
I may not have the luxury of a new car, a house or a boat
and I promise that my bank account is not one for me to gloat
I do not have a credit card, a camp on a lake or even a family dog
but I will tell you what I do have, and it starts with my son's pet frog
My daughters first few words, the love and joy we share
That time when Kodi got gum stuck in his hair
So you see material things are not what should matter most
telling our loved ones how much you care - and always hold them close
I have found that my fate may not involve what I had always hoped for
but who is to say that tomorrow won't bring me something more.
I cherish all that God has granted me to have
and the way I see it - things really aren't that bad.
Author notes
I sent this quote to a professor of mine when he was having a rough day. It makes too much sense that we can sit there and dwell on what we don't have - or we can keep working harder at what we DO have. I really hope you enjoyed my poem!
A contest entry
- A Reason to Care by Hypocritical Oath.
850 points, ended November 6, 2007, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - WHAT I AM THANKFUL FOR by Darc Soul.
450 points, ended January 3, 2008, 25 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Your BEST short prewrites! by perfectsunset.
550 points, ended April 13, 69 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Aww how deeply heartfelt
and honest. I loved it.
Made me realize that material
things are not important and
to appreciate time with family
and what God has bestowed me
with even though it seems not much,
the greater reward is in Heaven.
thank you for sharing such
a deeply beautiful piece.
& best of luck -
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Yes it sure is! If it was meant to be, it will be - therefore if we do not have it, there is no reason to fret! Thank you for your comment and I am glad that you enjoyed my poem ( :
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Very inspiration, This is Awesome. Hope your professor enjoyed it. Good Luck in the contest with this
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This was great sis and it shows how much the little things mean in our life that most take fore granted. You have so much talent and I love the words you use in your poems. Great job here and good luck in the contest
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Inspirational
Poetically the rhyme is forced and yet philosophically the poem is not,the inherent message to think about what we do have as opposed to what we don't is sage advice and therefore I believe this to be trophy worthy.
Just this week I read of a lady who had campaigned tirelessly for prosthetics for children in the third world who have to crawl on the ground without them.By a cruel twist of fate she herself lost a leg in an accident years later.
A few days later I read of a two yearold,one of twins,who had had to have both legs amptutated and unable to afford her prosthetics her Daddy had risked his life to work in the war zone.
Today I read of a young girl in Pakistan.She has four legs and four arms and is to undergo,at last, an operation to try and free her from the parasitic limbs.
If the operation fails she will be permanently paralyzed.
Most of us have two legs and indeed it's hard to stand up some days,sometimes for most days,but others have only one leg,some have none and some have four by a freak of nature.
Each of us simply has to go on because indeed at least we have we do have and yes,tomorrow could be better!
So, the blind are grateful for hearing, the deaf are grateful they can see and the lame are grateful for prosthesis,there are many more crosses to bear and if each of us put our own down would we swop with another...
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Thank you for putting so much thought into your comment. I love it when the people here on AP continuously help me learn, as I hope to do the same with you. Grateful - we should be, sometimes we forget just how much.
Love
Sabrina
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Love it...
Of course I enjoyed it, always will enjoy good poetry, and this was nothing short of great! Especially love that little bit at the end "cherish all that God has granted me to have and the way I see it - things really aren't that bad." Kind of snapped it up, summed up what the poem was saying in a few words, made me smile too (well it was more of a cheesy grin, but there we are) Well done, and good luck!
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Anything to brighten your day! I felt this was the perfect poem for your promt - that I had written anyhow! I felt good writing this one - I was grateful for my life as the words came out. Very glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
Sabrina
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true
you are loved and that is wealth in its self.
love,
melanie
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Thank You!
You seriously just made me feel a whole lot better!!
x x x
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Thank you for sharing your quote; I enjoyed it
Speaks a lot of truths
I wish you well
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