Long Always look on the bright side Poems

Remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Don't stop believing in the strength that lies inside,
get up, stand up until you can stand no longer.
You gotta be strong against the fools who misguide.

Don't stop believing...

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(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)

Armageddon wold be a morbidly amazing, 
   concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
   fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull to accompany 

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blowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox
(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)

Armageddon would be morbidly amazing,
   concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
   fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull...

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Author's note: After recently reading Elizabeth McCann's piece "Life and Everything", I was reminded of this piece that I put together some years ago. These are some "catchphrases" that I have encountered on my journey...

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"If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing!" 
-Always Look On the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle, from Monty Python

Words that come to mind...

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My life is made up of so many stages.
I change as I go through the ages.
A rambunctious child and a shy little mouse.
A loving teenager and a right proper louse.
Through the changes of every season,
There...

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I am lucky, yes lucky and gay.
I am happy, yes happy all day.
Sunshine they call me.
That is my  name.
I shine, just the same.

Nothing can harm me.
Cos, I'm lucky you see.
If things are down.
Do not...

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Some days are diamonds

Some days aren't that great

After many many years on this planet Earth

I've discovered attitude makes a huge difference

This WILL be a good day because I WILL it to be

WILLing it CAN make...

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Some days are diamonds
Some days aren't that great
After many years on this planet Earth
I've discovered attitude makes a huge difference
This WILL be a good day because I WILL it to be
WILLing it CAN make it...

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It's a wonder how we get through life's start
  with tears flowing from the first depart
but still we take that breath and bravely forge ahead,
  wondering what we could have done instead.
We cry,...

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Chuckles, giggles and guffaws
That's the only way to fly
Find silliness in all everyday things
Tears of joy will fill your eyes

In fact if you're not careful
You'll infect your fellow man
Before you can say "pink panties"
Lunies will...

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The coffin is draped in the national flag
A mix of people who are happy and sad
This is a testament to the humanist stand
Welcome to a humanist funeral.

"Always look on the bright side of life"
Is played...

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Those who love life, put up your hands
Now let me see, hey you in the back
Don't just sit there like a bump on a log
You're either with us or against us, mac!

You gotta grab life...

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You are the anchor that holds me in place
Without you my life would be just an empty space
You are my strength when I grow weak
Inspiration I draw from comforting words you speak

I find solace in...

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Chuckles, giggles and guffaws
That's the only way to fly
Find silliness in all everyday things
Tears of joy will fill your eyes

In fact if you're not careful
You'll infect your fellow man
Before you can say "pink panties"
Loonies will...

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Hello you sweeties and you guys too
Hope you all have a fantastic day
It's the fervent wish I wish every day
Us Soupers must stay close I say

Support each other when we feel down
We're all susceptible to...

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Are we really willing to take the chance to change our existence 
My biggest and first wish is a world free of nuclear weapons
The future is in the hands of the enemy
"Always look on the...

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Even on your darkest day
You can still find reason to smile
Old sol is shining somewhere
The dark is only here for a while

Sadness never sticks around
It usually comes and goes
Bright days are bound to follow
So let...

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Even on your darkest day
You can still find reason to smile
Old sol is shining somewhere
The dark's only here for a while

Sadness never sticks around
It usually comes and goes
Bright days are bound to follow
So let the...

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