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Keep the Doors Open

Photographic memory Coursework a breeze Piling up PhDs To keep the doors open Commitments broken Truth left unspoken The life of the mind Roped in, confined Inevitability: defined Doors so unkind

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/1/2021 10:29:00 AM

"the life of the mind" - I love this verse. I want to borrow it but it would feel like stealing now.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/1/2021 7:13:00 PM

Caren, I borrowed 'the life of the mind' from the 'public's treasure trove.' That is, it's common parlance. Take it and run with it -- no intellectual property rights attached. :)

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/25/2021 12:19:00 PM

Having appreciated the value of an educated workforce, China has just allocated billions to improving education in China, whilst the USA persists in its belief that cannon fodder do not need an education, i.e., in the USA, the doors will remained closed to those unable to finance continued eduation . . . . .

Rico Leffanta
Date: 10/26/2021 10:44:00 AM

You won! The Democrats just dropped paid college tuition from Biden's Plan, proving the last thing the USA needs is an educated workforce! Aloha!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 8:24:00 PM

Yep, we shoot ourselves in the foot, don't we? Then again, the best education I ever got was at the 'School of Hard Knocks' -- you know, old 'Atsamata U.'

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 10/25/2021 12:00:00 PM

Hello Gershon, yes the doors are so unkind. The doors should be opened. Enjoy your day my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 10/26/2021 11:13:00 AM

Helo Gershon, I like those words. Enjoy your day my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 8:25:00 PM

Door open. Mind open too.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 10/25/2021 11:58:00 AM

Keep the doors open, don't take the easy way out, use your mind and talent, don't let either be roped in and confined. Hugs and blessings Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 8:23:00 PM

Amen, sister. Couldn't agree with you more. Talent and Versatility, gw

John Lawless

Date: 10/25/2021 11:18:00 AM

...open....but locked!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 8:22:00 PM

I think this one is a bit too clever for me. Open, but locked?... Oh, well. Learn something new every day. Thanks, John.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 10/25/2021 9:26:00 AM

Good write, gw. Always keep the doors open and don't burn your bridges...good advice.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 11:29:00 AM

Like you wrote, Milt: 'Always keep the doors open and don't burn your bridges,' and, I think, 'What goes around comes around. Thanks, gw

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/25/2021 8:21:00 AM

Keep those doors open…the mind will play tricks!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 11:28:00 AM

Oh, you get the prize for the understatement of the year, Kim: i.e., 'the mind will play tricks!' Looks what it's done to Joe Biden, for example. I'd laugh, but it's no longer funny. :) gw

Debra L Brown

Date: 10/24/2021 8:25:00 PM

"To have the talent and do nothing with it is a waste". Great poem ~ Debbie

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 11:27:00 AM

No greater waste than a mind (and/or a talent) never utilized. A true tragedy. Thank you for your spot-on comment, Debra! ~ Gershon

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/24/2021 7:14:00 PM

To close the door Gershon is the easy way out, Great poem, to the point and oh so true in life.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 11:21:00 AM

Thanks Harry, and always a privilege and pleasure to read your spot-on analyses. Home runs and Touchdowns, gw

Karen Jones

Date: 10/24/2021 6:51:00 PM

Things one does to reach goals...the photographic memory seems a great advantage until politics and other agenda creep in. So much in between the lines of this brilliant write!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/25/2021 11:12:00 AM

You, my friend, have an active mind to find 'so much in between the lines.' I looked myself, and all I found was blank white space. Hmm. Nice for new spectacles. lol. Thanks, Karen. :) gw