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Just Me...

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I’LL Keep …
My God, My Gun, and My Country!
and…
YOU Can Keep The Chains!!



Just Me…


Never was much for the rules…
Barely made it through the schools
that tried to form and fit me in
their convenient sculpted skin.

And,
through the years that now have past
I’ve resigned to be at last
a square peg in a rounded hole
not formed-to-fit, but rather whole.




Copyright ©2009 Howard Robert Manser
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Author notes

Prompt: (10) Philosophy
Pic: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2008/barack-obama-marketer-of-the-year/

The Beat of a Different Drum:
“Henry David Thoreau said, ‘If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away.' Not only is this great advice for dealing gently with what other people want to do, say, or think, but these words are also about our own self-reliance. Be sure you’re stepping to the music you hear—no matter what other people think. My understanding of the13th verse of the Tao Te Ching is this: it’s crucial to remain independent of both the positive and negative opinions of other people. If you gain their approval, you’ll become a slave to outside words of praise. If you gain disfavor, you’ll spend your life trying to change other people’s minds about you. Either way, you lose your selfhood. If you want to follow your passion, be independent of the good opinion of others. Give yourself permission to two-step, march, waltz, or boogie to your own beat". –Wayne Dyer

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  • GotLilt
    October 5
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    a nice little rant. I enjoyed it and love the rhyme!