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Happiness Lies Within

Why do we search so far and wide for fruitless quests of worth? Or confirmation of valued deed from external source unimpressed? Why strive for others to conform while espousing how needy they are? Then when eventually let down, no surprise there, why hide behind drug or jug? External the search, so my experience has been, seems the easiest path to take. Yet doesn’t it seem that path is often a rotary to where you began? Outwardly we search, when all the while, our answers are very close by. Seldom we dare to look near by for the fear that we harbor inside. The answers, we fear, reveal a truth we fear, that our true selves are ugly and vile. Yet I’ve learned the truth, faced my ugliness inside, changed what I wanted and accepted the rest. Face yourself, be honest to you, choose who you are today. Stop looking out, look in at yourself keep what makes you happy and lose the rest.

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Date: 3/11/2016 11:29:00 AM
So true,,, so true... LINDA
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Date: 2/3/2016 1:58:00 PM
Much wisdom and much to ponder in this uplifting free verse, Anthony. Elaine
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Anthony Amero
Date: 2/3/2016 8:49:00 PM
Thank you, Elaine. I appreciate that.
Date: 2/1/2016 3:47:00 PM
Great words! But unfortunately only a very few of us see the real psyche inside of us and realize the truth? We are just flesh and bone. And stupid in our ways.
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Anthony Amero
Date: 2/1/2016 6:08:00 PM
That's it, basically. Thanks for reading.

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