When the darkness of night is no more and the sunlight of a new day comes knocking on your door
Rubbing your eyes, giving a big yawn, lay in bed listening to the birds’ chorus of dawn
Are you thinking to yourself, “I will get up in an hour”, or do you jump out of bed and head straight for the shower
Warm in your pyjamas, bed socks on your feet, wrapped up in your quilt to keep in the heat
The house is all quiet; not a sound from the kids, not a peep
Slowly your eyes close and you fall back to sleep
You jump up from your slumber with a stretch; you are awake
But you have slept for too long. What a mistake.
You did not the alarm clock ringing. Oh, what a fool You are late for work and the children are late for school
Rushing out the door without doing your hair and your skirt tucked into your underwear
You are late for work, so an apology message to the boss you send
The reply that you got back is that we don’t work at the weekend
I get my best
work done in the
wee hours of the night
when everything calms
down with very little noise
I'll stay up
almost til sunrise
enjoying the peacefulness
and serenity as my
mind keeps going
I'll drink beer while
I'm reading and writing
It medicates me,
eases my stress, tension
When I tell some
friends about my hours
and my lifestyle
they criticize me
and question how could
I live like that?
today we teachers got out at three
I jumped for joy
Because we usually get out at four-thirty-five
When the worst craziest drivers think they are contenders
for the Indianapolis 500
Days I have to hang on to my steering wheel
With stiff fingers
Clenching my teeth
Swearing a stream of mean words
Terrified some idiot driver will catch up with me
Some do this because they
are good at it and some do this
simply because they can
And so to have excelled and
both had an affinity and natural
ability to do it since school
Lucky to posess a high I.Q and
university grade education
Who do it merely it for the joy
and kicks and accolades
Whereas other's not so fortunate
Neither nor blessed with inherent
talent , gifts such as like them
Have to work at it far much harder
than them or they will ever know
But what they lack in naturally
gifted ability or talent
They make up for in terms of
dedication and application and
shear determination
Who do it rather for personal
pleasure in spite of the fact
it's hard and doesn't come easy
to them
As for some don't and won't let
something as simple as knowning
Critical accreditation being
acknowledged may never be
achieved , reaced or attainable
But they don't care about that
it is irrelevant to them
And they are also jealous fan's
and in awe of those
Who make it seem far more
effortless and easier than it is
Than to the mere rest of us
wishing to hold on to there
coattails and bask in shadow
afterglow
Challenging
ourselves
to be
better than
the day
before
Is the work
of our fun
at play
The game
requires that
we sweat
But the boss
says
it's worth it
Motivation in
learning and
growing with
the goal of
always winning
That's his way
by his speeches
Those
who are willing
to enjoy
this game
with
team spirit
He feels are
worth the
paycheck
So try this
hard work
with fun
and you'll
grow to be
more meaningful
with appreciation
from your boss
You'll see
Trust in the
meaning of
sweating
with fun
It's so worth
the winning
Get Your Dental Work at Wal-Mart
By Elton Camp
A dental office inside a Wal-Mart store
Why didn’t they think of this before!
Some of the customers I see going there
Only about the cheapest price will care
The dentist who graduated last in line
To them, will quite acceptably fine
It has likewise been reported
From China, dentists imported
They can get teeth checked like they are
Daisy Dukes, bare middle, hair bizarre
Once they have any hurting cavities filled,
To buy candy and soda they’ll be thrilled
In a few minutes, they will be through
Because, of teeth, they have but a few
Toward one line they are sure to press
Express for those with 12 teeth or less
Regular dentists Wal-Mart will drive out
Same as with merchants, I have no doubt
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