Old Adage

If you keep things simple
It makes life easier to understand
If you complicate it
Things may get out of hand

Too much information
Can boggle mind and brain
The brain can't contain it
And the mind will feel the strain

A simple approach
To everything in life
Will lay a strong foundation
To learn thoroughly without strife

With patience and persistence
And the will to learn
You will feel the cogs in your brain
Will start to turn

In the right direction
If things are started slow
Slow and surely wins the race
It's the perfect way to go
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Perna Avatar
November 12, 2021 at 3:44 PM
Excellent advice to all of us! Nicely done!
Hawkins Avatar
November 14, 2021 at 8:27 PM
Thank you, Diane, for your welcome comment. I get in enough trouble going slow.... Take care.... Shirley
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