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[title] => Absent Syllabus
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[hometext] => Every day is a new learning experience
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"I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting."
Robert Falcon Scott
Extended authors note: I found myself contemplating patience today and the words below fell almost immediately of their own deliberate accord. I did some web searching and I found a quote ... made particularly special to me by my grandmother's account of her geneology searches ... it would appear that I am distantly related to one Mr. John Adams, whose son was quoted as saying ... "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
So I guess, in all, it was a productive day in the end.
Absent Syllabus
I understand
all things happen
for reasons that are
sometimes unknown
and
I imagine
there was a life
lesson to be learned
in all of this
yet
still I wonder
how one is taught
blind, without sight of
an objective
so
therefore I wait
in frustration
patience wearing thin
when finally …
I see the light.
I condlude with these thoughts ~
"How poor are they who have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees."
William Shakespeare
and
"Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish."
David Mallet
~ Nazmythian ~
( imagining the rest of the lessons I've yet to learn )
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Absent Syllabus
Contributed by
Nazmythian
on
Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 06:44:54 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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"I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting."
Robert Falcon Scott
Extended authors note: I found myself contemplating patience today and the words below fell almost immediately of their own deliberate accord. I did some web searching and I found a quote ... made particularly special to me by my grandmother's account of her geneology searches ... it would appear that I am distantly related to one Mr. John Adams, whose son was quoted as saying ... "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
So I guess, in all, it was a productive day in the end.
Absent Syllabus
I understand
all things happen
for reasons that are
sometimes unknown
and
I imagine
there was a life
lesson to be learned
in all of this
yet
still I wonder
how one is taught
blind, without sight of
an objective
so
therefore I wait
in frustration
patience wearing thin
when finally …
I see the light.
I condlude with these thoughts ~
"How poor are they who have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees."
William Shakespeare
and
"Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish."
David Mallet
~ Nazmythian ~
( imagining the rest of the lessons I've yet to learn )
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Nazmythian
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by twbanter on
Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 09:08:36 PM AEST
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Ummmm. Nice poem. But it doesn't seem to have a purpose. Am I missing something? Even with the geneological discovery, the poem doesn't ever mention that, and seems abstract without purpose.
I must say it was well written, but what's the point? Help me out on this, as I'm sure I'm poetically innept...
It's clearly an awakening, but to what?
{Probably just my bad here, and I serriously want to know, as I'm a fledgling poet myself)
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by emystar on
Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 11:43:19 PM AEST
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Great writing and awesome research.
huggs, smiles,
emy |
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by Spike on
Thursday, 31st August 2006 @ 11:54:11 PM AEST
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You're right Naz- the illumination follows the lesson, sometimes days, months -decades later. Those secular epiphanies are my favourites.
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by jerseysue on
Friday, 1st September 2006 @ 02:33:03 AM AEST
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Patience is a virtue. We none of us are perfect, and question the reasons why life is as it is. We eventually do see the light , and it makes into better people. Well thats my theory, but then I am the eternal optimist, and always will be. :-) I leave you with my favourite quote on patience.:
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
CARL JUNG |
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by Willofree on
Friday, 1st September 2006 @ 09:40:58 AM AEST
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Naz,
Patience is a virtue they say, and perhaps a test of our faith. Admittedly, however, I am frustrated by the fact that the system went down yesterday, and I lost my response to you poem. Then, of course, besides the patience of virtue is the inner realization that impatience does't make anything go any faster- such futilitiy.
Patience my friend, spoken by someone who knows the frustration of the hurry up way!
Will/Terry |
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by lostinmyself on
Saturday, 2nd September 2006 @ 07:10:30 PM AEST
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Nazzy... I love this growth I see in you, lately. Through all the things that have happened, you are growing stronger, and learning more.
That is wonderful.
Patience is probably one of the hardest things to master,, and it seems that you are doing pretty darn well so far.
Good write hun, as I said before, different for you, but good.
*hugs*
Phil xxx |
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by shelby on
Tuesday, 5th September 2006 @ 09:50:42 PM AEST
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I feel such a spiritual nature in this my friend. THe light of soul searching and I believe each word to be true so true. Incredible!
Michelle |
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Re: Absent Syllabus
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 10th September 2006 @ 05:32:57 PM AEST
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hmmm .. scotty I SO relate to this, but of course, in a
very different way. Patience has NEVER been my friend. In
fact it's a foreign entity altogther.
however~
being forced into a situation where you simply MUST exercise a little patience and
understanding has been, (for me), an incredible self-exacting experience. But I have
found a byproduct --strength You know, we really do NOT know the strength we possess,
until it comes time to call upon it. Even in our weakest moments strength is still present. It
helps IMMENSELY to have friends and family that understand and support us through these
struggles. I think you have done well in searching for strength through your writing
and readings .. it's self-defeating to fight change. It really and truly is our only constant.
And I, for one, love to embrace the new and life-altering experiences that we face. Who
knows what wonders await us? : )
Great post, snazzer!!!
~Breezy |
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