Assessing a Situation

To assess a situation,
It sure helps if you’re not in it.
If you are, then how you see things
Will be how you want to spin it.

Only someone on the outside,
With no stakes in what is shaking,
Will be totally impartial
To the choices in the making.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Allison Avatar
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
wise words indeed Ilene! hugs jan xx
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