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Prose'n'Poems 16-Apr-09 ± __________________________________________________________________ ± Welcome to Prose'n'Poems. Start your day with the Thought Of The Day and enjoy the poems and prose from various writers. The content is not meant to offend anyone. If any of the material is Copyright, please inform me and I shall give proper credit or remove it from the site. Please read the copyright information at the bottom. Hershy õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ Thought Of The Day He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. Japanese proverb õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ Photo for the day: Carpenter bee http://hershy.smugmug.com/gallery/6972999_iVPCh/1/480301975_L8KPT/Large Do click on the link and have a look. Your comments and star rating are most welcome! They also help getting it selected for top 1000 pictures! In case you feel too lazy to add a comment, click on the green thumbs-up icon that appears when you pass the mouse on the upper right corner of picture. õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ Taxes are Due Every fifteenth day of April, taxes are due, That is a very tedious and unwelcome chore for both me and you. There are complicated forms to file and complete, certainly that is no fun treat Sums of money we must pay Unhappy we feel and unpleasant thoughts we express and say. Then, there may be a possible audit or investigation, That of course, is not a moment of great elation. But paying taxes to our government is the American way, But none of us look forward to tax day. Cynthia Groopman Copyright © Cynthia L. Groopman õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ Share your poems, prose, thought of the day with thousands of people. Send them to [email protected] õõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõõ Take the Plunge "Watch me dive off the high board, Dad," my ten-year-old son called out. I looked up to the ten-foot-high diving board and waited as he stood at the edge, stooped over, arms extended. He had jumped off the high board many times before, but now his nerve seemed to falter as he contemplated streaking through the air headfirst. The swimming pool was vacated, so he could take his time. "You can do it, Robby," I encouraged. But he couldn't. Not that evening. For 20 minutes, he attempted to muster the courage to take the plunge, and he finally gave up when the pool closed for the night. "I feel disappointed in myself," Robby said on the way home. "I feel terrible. I know I can do it though. I know I can." He persuaded me to take him swimming again the next evening. Like the night before, we happened to be the only swimmers. "I'm going to do it this time," he said emphatically. "Watch me!" He climbed the ladder and walked to the end of the board as I watched. Again, I encouraged him. Again, he hesitated. As the previous night, his nerve failed. It seemed that he would never conquer his fear and leap. The lifeguards on duty helped me cheer him on. "You can do it, Robby," we all exhorted. "Just do it! Don't think about it. Just do it!" For 30 minutes, we encouraged him. For 30 minutes, he started and stopped, he leaned and straightened and fought the fear that held him back. And then it happened. He extended his arms, bent over the edge and fell headfirst into the water! He emerged to the sounds of laughter and congratulations. He did it! He finally did it! And before we went home, he did it three more times. Robby learned something about facing his fear that evening, but he learned something else, too. He learned that some things can't be done with less than full commitment. A chasm cannot be leaped in two small jumps and a dive cannot be made a little at a time. Sometimes you just have to do it! 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