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Settle For Less or Settle For the Best?

November 16, 2010
By KaraTaylor DIAMOND, Neptune, New Jersey
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KaraTaylor DIAMOND, Neptune, New Jersey
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&quot;life isn&#039;t a matter of milestones, but of moments&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;be as you wish to seem.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;it&#039;s better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.&quot;

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I cannot speak as well as the trees;
Nor can I think as well as the storm.
I cannot breathe as well as the wind;
And I cannot move as well as rain.
I cannot believe as well as the rainbow;
Nor can I imagine as well as the clouds.
I cannot assume responsibility as well as thunder does for lightening;
And I cannot see as well as the sun.
But there are three things I am sure I can do:
I can live…

I can be me…

I can SUCCEED

© Alexa P., Ridgeway, PA

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Shadowfoxz DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 16 2011 at 3:24 pm
Shadowfoxz DIAMOND, Washington D.C, District Of Columbia
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I have new work coming out every week. Yaay.

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Ah very positive and true :)