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Truisms From Down Under

Don't put your best years behind you. Failures are best made on our own terms. Success tells one they can succeed. A warm person is often the happiest. Money puts escape holes in one's pocket. Hugs are better than shrugs. Common ground leaves less bones underground. Fiends thrive in the absence of friends. Age is nothing, health is everything. Straight talkers don't usually slouch. Life without passion seems to be in fashion. Love wins the top prize for endurance. Those who read labels are mostly more able. When people eat at the table conversation holds the floor. One's level of fitness depends on the distance between the couch and the fridge. Wisdom lets one know the right time to end a good piece of poetry.

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Date: 6/29/2021 5:08:00 PM
Hello David … these quotes you offer are fantastic. Very true truisms indeed - thanks David - Lindsay
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Date: 6/29/2021 8:24:00 PM
thanks Lindsay, have some more of those in me. We live far enough from the sea to avoid 6 plus metre swells round Wellington. We are in Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt if you look at a map of Wellington region. Look after yourself David in NZ
Date: 6/29/2021 4:03:00 PM
These are excellent words of wisdom David and a fave for me. God Bless, JB
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Date: 6/29/2021 8:26:00 PM
Thanks you Judy, it always feels good to change tack and have fun with posts and of course read others work. Regards David in NZ
Date: 6/29/2021 2:18:00 PM
.... :))) .... "One's level of fitness depends on the distance between the couch and the fridge" - And you are right age is nothing ... health is everything ... super written, David - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 6/29/2021 8:43:00 PM
thank you so much Sunshine. A few more of those in the tank I think. It was fun writing them. I got a poem in our local paper and might get to have poems in weekly. Catch you again soon, David in NZ

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