Steadfast faith
upholds my spirit
anchored by God's divine grace
conquering weakness midst adversities' angst
striving to persist
bouncing up against failures
recognizing my human nature flaws
yet conscientiously advancing---
always prevailing with "never-say-never" maxim
since I can do all things through Christ Who fortifies me*...
sharing blest loving kindness triumphantly.
*Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Edited on October 2, 2026
It's never a given, what you've got;
it's all assigned or taken away by lot:
whatever joy, whatever pain ~
whatever loss, whatever gain ~
whether you deserve it ~ or not.
Maxim Effort
Miracle Man
1-13-2025
We become failures
only when quitting a task
that God has given
Expect the sudden
Pray for preparedness of heart
For time has power
When you’re spending
Pay out exact expenses
Do it first in your home
Perfectionism
Is daunting to execute
Excellence requires not
Relax, seriously
Don’t waste your time in doing
Things in a hurry
If you’re being late
Because of heavy traffic
Think of those at your back
The best thing to do
When being late in filing
Is to act and pray
HAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY DEALING WITH YOUR BOSS
If you want to hear
Your boss decreases his voice
Quickly admit your fault
The sigh of your boss
Is a sign of frustration
Caused by your follies
Always treat your boss
As professional, and be
Not too familiar
HAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY OFFICE AND FIELD WORKS
Clerical errors
Must be on the part of clerk
Unless you’re the boss
Hastiness leads to
Unproductiveness of work
Thus, leads to disgrace
Never say “I can’t”
For doing it is your call
Thoughtless man says it
HAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY TRANSACTIONS
To deal with someone
Don’t volunteer the problem
Let them ask for it
When you want to get
All the results in one time
Get the checklist once
If you want trouble
Create enemies, but if
Not, create friendships
Years long ago, In Africa’s largest nation,
We agreed and called it truism in notion
That Independence and freedom did celebrate
And the region’s state did jubilate-
That colonialism and external exploit may die,
In the stressful twinkle of an eye
Believing that it shall rise no more
We knew not the core conditions of the fore.
Streets, markets and on went gay
One strong aim, to herald this day
But the day of independence experience
Had taught gone and living consciences-
That political liberation and freedom
In many sad and grieved kingdom
Is not and cannot be political maturity.
This clarity has been known to reality.
©Daniels I. Daniels
He that does good will continue to do good ..By Felicia Elizabeth Jefferson-Weaver Jefferson
Side stepping love's starfish sun bathing about, time's shores....
While amoeboid parasites these sponges in resilient, take up residence
Atop her capital hill; residuum's resonant evil kismet's, true, liverwort lobbyist
Waterspout gargoyles autism's algae tortuous angleworms this, immoral's realities ?
Shuttered truths antipodes their view; his shad's tenement tete-a-tete's, voodoo virtuosity.
Something makes me want to make a better place
Of this my world, than it has made of me
Something makes me want to mirror it in my grace
And paint my sweet Rembrandt of civility
To say thank you when others' days are rough, and
Be the giver and servant of their budding joy
To lose all sense of entitlement and say please, stand
In line and wait my turn. Got my seed since a boy!
Want to see our traditions of kindness from home
Meeting each stranger with an hello, a caring
Eye, a sharing hand, a sense of belonging to roam
Into a world of love, peace, and civil fearing.
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