Live race
Let it be art, science or trade
They are like edges of blade
Never allow you easy success
Many times you will loose the face
Try hard and overcome the line
Push everything aside and keep on side line
The success story may be repeated
Happiness and joy with us and to feel elated
We are not here to cry over failure
Nothing is certain or to be taken for sure
Original product may turn out to be impure
So is life and may turn any time sour
Love to live and enjoy rich fruits
It may give you room to suit
Adjust with the odds and face
Life is constant chase and live race
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Sorrowful ocean
Life is like vast ocean,
Full of sorrow and pain,
Joy less and worry main,
Not to loose hope and energy regain,
To Learn a lesson from each failure,
Content with less and nothing to procure,
Difficulties more but patience to endure,
No immediate result but success is sure,
If life was ever to be smooth,
Who would pray and take oath?
Eat more and carry the weight
Sound sleep and get up late
Life and death are two parts of wheel
failure of any one may makes us to feel
Life may move on and doesn’t come to an end
Pray for success and ways to mend
who understands life but never lament?
No regrets but passing the comment
trying very hard to overcome the shock
Time never stops as clicks the time in clock
Hardship may give you endurance and strength
Will power to withstand and go to any length
No loss of face but to feel at ease,
Success to knock and failure to cease
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Paying Your Dues Doesn't Always Improve
Some show scars that have been done.
Some have taught you the wisdom to overcome and move on.
Everyone must pay their penance when it comes due.
Their are no exceptions, not even you.
But the amount paid will vary as some times the canary sings and sometimes not.
A beautiful hymn not easily forgot.
But they are those who still do.
A hard lesson is one that is continuous repeated.
Like history a time line of facts and theories tried and proven.
But still they are those who believe they can rewrite it.
But even upon this somethings won't change.
They are rules to everything in life.
Some are easily bent.
Other are easily prevented.
But some will be as permanent the rock which earth is made out of.
Over, under, and straight through failure after failure with re-approach we come to.
Some brick walls just can't be pounded out.
A strategy must be formulated to overcome these difficulties.
A weakness is a unknown valuable asset, in our course of follow throughs.
Thought to be golden in a time of futile moments.
The constant disappointments.
Like a child at the candy store you smack his or her hand saying you can have it, at least not yet.
You have to earn it.
But by saying that we are saying the child has a guarantee to achieve with hard work.
But sometimes this not the way of it.
Talents exist are used, while with others its is wasted with frugal chases of what they don't really have a knack for.
Everybody is not equal.
And it is not fair nor suppose to be.
To put everybody in the same class is mediocrity at its best.
Their are those who live with little success and have learned how to live without it.
And their are those of continuous successes but still don't know how to live or what to do with it.
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What is Success?
Success is not merely becoming wealthy.
Success is not only working for remaining healthy.
Success is not going after fame and name.
Success is not living life for such mind game.
Success is not just taking career to the top.
Success is not staying in a bungalow at the hill top.
Success is working hard for your dreams you believe.
Success is perseverance and efforts till you achieve your deal.
Success is having consideration for everyone.
Success is a strong desire and to live to help each one.
Success is to follow the religion of humanity.
Success is to always remember all pervading divinity.
Success is to follow the principle, “Live and let others live.”
Success is to accept others as diversity of nature; beautiful and alive.
Success is working for happiness of the world, a dedication.
Success is to love everyone unconditionally without any expectation.
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The Faces Of Failures
a boy before he can
talk and
walk must be taught that life has two faces
the first face is that of success
the other is dismal failure
the latter has more than five shadows
and they always chase you
to disarm you
and then kill you
a father must train the boy to love
not just the first face
but also the second
lest he can be a candidate for
extinction
when this boy grows to be a man
the faces of failure and its thousand shadows
cannot defeat him
not one of them
even the one with live snakes on her head
can turn him into
a useless piece of stone.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Ballad Of El Goodo
(Original by Big Star )
Years ago, my heart was set to live, oh
and I've been trying hard against unbelievable odds
It gets so hard in times like now to hold on
But guns they wait to be stuck by, at my side is God
And there ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round
Ain't no one goin' to turn me 'round
There's people around who tell you that they know
And places where they send you, and it's easy to go
They'll zip you up and dress you down and stand you in a row
But you know you don't have to, you can just say no
I've been built up and trusted, broke down and busted
But they'll get theirs and we will get ours if you can
just hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Years ago my heart was set to live, oh
but I've been trying hard against strong odds
It gets so hard at times like now to hold on
Well, I'll fall if I don't fight, and at my side is God
song performed by by Counting Crows
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Live Again
Feeling Nothing
Lonely Empty
You try to walk away but you fall
You cannot understand what's this for
In this world I see it more
The pain you feel that I ignore
You see my face and then you see
nothin'
Confused. you turn and live on
I turn my face
You're staring back again
Look at yourself and live again
Can't see me. you feel me
Want me. you'll find me
I'll be your everything
Will you call
You'll need more and more
When you fall
In this world I see it more
The pain you feel that I ignore
You see my face and then you see
nothing
Confused. you turn and live on
I turn my face
You're staring back again
Look at yourself and live again
How many times have you looked
At yourself and felt mistreated
How does it feel to know that
This life of yours is real
All of your life you've been led
To believe your nothin'
So look at yourself and start to live
again
You see my face and then you see
nothing
Confused you turn and live on
I turn my face
You're staring back again
Look at yourself and live again
If you don't change you'll be nothin'
So look at yourself and live again
I turn my face
You're staring back again
So look at yourself and live again
song performed by by Sevendust from Animosity
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the Way To Success
failure may outnumber success
failure is there
to make you strong
failure may cause pain
but nothing goes in vain
failure keeps you in touch
with reality
failure gives wisdom
failure gives experience
cowards don't fail
It's for the brave
who leave the shore
to sail into unknown
failure is a stop
in the journey of life
don't stop at the bend
today's failure would be
tomorrow's bigger success
failure is the cradle
in which success rocks.
failure is not a sin
failure is the first step for success
failure teaches you how to succeed
failure always helps in your success
failure helps you from failing
if you fail, it's not the end of the world
try!
success will definitely be on your way
so will run away your failure
but...
never forget your failure in life which helped you in your
SUCCESS
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Yet to be learnt
I have not yet learnt
Though fingers have burnt
Small mistake has changed it all
I have nothing but to witness fall
Wherever I go, failure follows
For the time being I will have to lie low
Nothing unusual must be allowed
I have felt humiliation and swallowed
Is it linked with stars?
How do they influence destiny by staying very far?
I generally do not believe the logic
But it works definitely as magic
I see uncertainty in life with fear
So much pain and agony to bear
It brings lots of anxiety with tears
I am not sure how long it will take as years
I sincerely pray the God to overcome
Why is it not faced by all but some?
What have I done wrong to face such scene?
The miseries and failures not continuously seen
It is possible that I have been put to severe test
I will not withdraw from the race and perform best
I shall go on pursuing and not rest
Until it is realized partially at least
Each day brings some tragic news
I curiously bend the head and review
Make analytical study for the few
I have constantly faced the crisis and grew
I know it will not be over in day or two
I have yet to face and pass it through
The failure does not make man perfect
But he need not loose courage and act
It is not by chance alone
Many times crisis have appeared and gone
One thing is to be thought over and borne
You stand erect and not to show as torn
You had no one with you when took birth
No one may accompany you also till the death
The will limit to only laying of wreath
This is question of belief and faith
Failures may not carry for ever
You may tide it anytime however
The success is bound to take place
You may find the shining on your face
Till the time you are alive
You must live with it and believe
It may not at all help you to relieve
Luck by chance you may over come and have
It is not easy to put brave front
Many things may go wrong even if you do not want
How can you try desperately to look strong?
When all the odds are proving to make you wrong
You have no reason to believe it as your end
It makes you to correct your position and stand
It hard luck that you do not come across the success
Despite having good communication with right access
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Don't run away
Do not run away
You will loose the way
Find the solution and stay
Dark may disappear with arrival of ray
There is time for everything
Do not expect short of anything
He has destined you for something
Try hard for desired result to bring
Nothing can stop
No show can go flop
If you have strong will
A powerful instinct to kill
Sincerity and honesty may play a role
Mighty and strong may reach the pole
Weak and feeble may loose the race
The success may bring shine on face
Life is not to last for indefinite
Day has to end with arrival of night
Stars may shine and laugh in sky
We need only courage and little try
No set back can be permanent
Luck and efforts must be tried constant
Who knows fortune may smile at any moment?
There may not be left any time to lament
Who may remember the failure as milestone?
Who will not like bright day when night has gone?
It is constant change and real progress
The world will praise only those who meet the success
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Love And Serve
God created man to love and serve
Love and serve all with strong nerve and verve
Expect not anything in return
Worry not over the strain that turn
Falter not over the goal you set
Tinker not with the grand steps you plan
Treat success and failure on even plane!
Success and failure sure part of our life
Success after failure sweeter still
Lessons you learn taller than a hill!
God's creations our great kith and kin
Deserve well to be cared, loved and served
Served to love and serve millions in turn
Drop of noble act in the sea of life!
poem by Subbaraman N V
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Sweet and sour pain
born to sacrifice the life that is shared and entrusted
by the giver of life, a perfect test to His will; worthy
and faithful to the commandment received
life as it diluted to the spring of ocean and river, fish
learn to swim, adapt what is given and accept any
failure encounter, for everything experienced would
mean a beginning of living
life all the way is a taste of sweet and sour, a venue of
wondering where, every success and failure becomes
the opportunity to challenge, a way to make another
step to achieve what is dream off and what is envision
of what is life ahead
children as they grown up, push us to the limit, where
parents become always the willing sacrifice for what is
ever planted will be harvested at the end, we have to do
the right way and pursue our strength for everything, for
what is done is a prelude to their success
never as we give up, the failure would mean a thing to
forget and remember the end; parents eat the sweet
sour of food they cooked and learn the past by doing the
best for the future
they who have born in a little clot of our love must live
forever, leaving behind the pain of sacrifice entangle
in our lives, for they are the living life in us splinded in
this perfect and wonderful universe
poem by Antonio Liao
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Breakin' Loose
It was the typical blues, it was more bad news
I was walkin' down a dirty street
Saw a man, I knew some years before
On the corner where the losers meet
He had rags on his back, as a matter of fact
Had a cold look on his face
He was standin' in line, groanin' words to the kind
As I passed I could hear him say, he said......
Don't live your life by the dollar sign
Live life to the limit, that's the bottom line
No guarantees what tomorrow will bring
Be the best at what you are, it's all a little insane>
Breakin' loose, breakin' the chain
You never know what the future will bring
Breakin' loose, breakin' the spell
I tried a part, now I'm playin' it well
Professional man, had the world in his hands
He arrived in the finest cars
He posted up his lifetime success
Every night at his favorite bar
He got off the track, he never looked back
He's an upper class renegade
Now he ain't got a dime, just his peace of mind
And he knows that he's got it made
Breakin' loose, breakin' the chain
You never know what the future will bring
Breakin' loose, breakin' the spell
I tried a part, now I'm playin' it well
Breakin' loose, emotional bruise
That's enough, It's time to go through
Breakin' loose, cut the line
It don't matter what your money can buy
Breakin' loose, breakin' the chain
You never know what the future will bring
Breakin' loose, breakin' the spell
I tried a part, now I'm playin' it well
Breakin' loose, emotional bruise
The house on the hill, in a financial noose
Breakin' loose, cut the line
It don't matter what your money can buy
song performed by by 38 Special
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Two Sides To Every Story
There are two sides to every story
Not just the side of them or theirs,
So never judge or hold a grudge
And when you listen, please listen with care.
Listen to one side and then always the other
Not just one side and then walk away
If you pick that route, sad you'll turn out
And never will you ever feel or be the same.
You will hate yourself as truth be told
If you listen to only one side of the story
You'll live in disgrace, when you see your face
And never will you fill satisfaction or joy.
As time will come, and of course time will tell
Someday the truth it will all come out
And when it you do hear, will you shed a tear
As you found out you took the wrong route.
There is two sides to every story
Not just the side that you want to hear
And not from their soul, that you do not know
And not from someone who will cry you a tear.
When you listen, please listen well
No matter if they be friend or foe
Look into their eyes, then you might realize
And then the truth might just be known.
To condemn someone is such a terrible act
Which you must live with the rest of your life
You will live in shame, for someone you falsely blamed
And always you will question yourself why.
A pretty face or a sad sad story
Guilt either begins or ends with that line
As a pretty face, it can mask lies or hate
Then the truth through deception is left behind.
There are two sides to every story
I must preach that statement once again
Listen to both sides, then the judgment you can decide
And happy you will be in the end
As you cannot judge a book by it's cover
No matter what you might hear or what might be said
As so many will lie, so that to get pity on their side
While untruth and deception they will had led.
A saddened face is just a saddened story
There is more to the truth to one persons story
Don't falsely judge, if so even GOD will hold a grudge
Then far away you will be from his glory.
When you listen to a story listen with your soul
Never be afraid to ask a question or even ask why
And always seek the truth, as you would seek out good fruit
And remember to every story there is always another side.
Randy L. McClave
poem by Randy McClave
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No Bluff
You can never look worry free
If your eyes are on fruits and tree
You may be thinking as how to make best use
An idle mind is always in search of when let loose
It is human psychology and remains on constant move
They find no means for apprehensions to remove
This leads to unnecessary wrangling in mind
For which they struggle very hard to find
Only some people are exception to this syndrome
They are always happy when happily driven home
Nothing perturbs them when they are on guard
Everything is clear when they think and move forward
Inner reflection is seen on outer surface
That in turn reflects on the beautiful face
Its brings about glory and shine
Everything moves on smoothly and makes to feel fine
It is quoted 'What even if whole world you gain'
Loose the life or rest of the period is in pain
Nothing helps except contentment and happiness
That drives you in safe mode without any mad race
At first look itself you can make out
What can be happiness we all talk about!
It is self radiance with immense glow
As if bright sun shine is allowed to flow
Think for a moment and go for universal treasure
It may have many things in store to offer
You have everything to enjoy with pleasure
Only make it ample clear and doubly sure
It is easy to preach but difficult to practice
When you run out of words and promises
You may have to lead simple life with proof
It must be made known that life is real and can run without bluff
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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A black and bright
Black represents sign of bad omen
It may come at any time for man or woman
It is also called defeatist views
We must come out of it with constant reviews
It always reminds us of constant failure
Nothing seems or looks bright for future
You may still try to come over with crippled wings
It lands you in with more problems or brings
The term itself is expression of bad luck
We can do nothing except to sit as lame duck
It may always remind you of bleak prospect
It may require boldness to face and act
It also represents sunny side and looks very fine
How little stars appear in dark night and shine?
Darkness gives more room for them to show their presence
How comparison can be made in its absence?
Two sides can never be compared
Success can be failure even if well prepared
Failure may look quite good even if not focused
It may envy interest if passion is roused
There has to be great enthusiasm is for any act
This is very essential and undeniable fact
How best can we turn failure into success?
If we come out of black shadow and face
It is of no use to live under gloomy nature
We are consenting downfall with our own signature
Who else can come to your rescue and take you to safety?
We are only to be blamed and have self pity
It should never be half hearted attempt
You should be energetic, active and very prompt
You may come across unseen setbacks
It may force you to prepare keep awake
Light may not remain forever and darkness may descend
Treachery and deception may not work all the times and you will have to mend
It is cycle that repeats at regular interval
It should be greeted with equal enthusiasm upon its arrival
Success or failure, black and light form integral part
They may not be felt from the very beginning or from the start
They may permanently associate with your style of functioning
It may then be known as bright or weak beginning
Both the sides have got their own sphere
Even nature adopts it so the atmosphere
Moon shines and remains at her zenith
Who knows the facts lying beneath?
Stars shine in their own way
They have nothing to do with bright ray
Both function with same spirit and zeal
The fact remains fact and can’t be concealed
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Livin In A Heart
(ian hunter)
Once upon a time, somewhere in the back of my mind
I fell in love with you
But then, everything went wrong, I couldnt even write a song
There was nothing to look forward to
I dont go out very much, Im always home on my own
Baby I was just too blind to see
I wasnt to conquer the world but the world had a mind of its own
Maybe I tried a little too hard
Maybe I pushed you away too far
Gotta room in your heart for a lonely heart
Gotta room in your heart for two
It might be nice-living in a heart with you
So sing and all the world will shine, somewhere in this nursery rhyme
A happy ending lies-for all the lovers with the lonely eyes
Easy come-easy go-this is just to let you know
Baby I apologize
How could I turn away love, how could I turn into stone
How could I turn my back on you
I wanted to be a success but success ever leaves you alone
Maybe I tried a little too hard
Maybe I pushed you way too far
song performed by by Ian Hunter
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Happiness Is An Option
It is not easy
It is not easy
Looking from a window
At the edge of a house
At the edge of a town
Its grey like the day
When I lost it
Clouds overhead
I talked to a flower
That was almost dead
My body a prison
Why did I do it
Someone want me not to
But I still went through it
(living it upside, you gotta remember, that happiness is an option)
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(but happiness is an option)
Needed somewhere to clear my head
Find some strength a warmer bed
Maximum love in a minimal world
Id never achieved it
But then I believed it
So when I lost it - how
Im not sure - now
It was a strange feeling
Like a law repealing itself
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(but happiness is an option)
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(giving it up, if you are giving it up, if you are giving it up)
I can wake up in the morning
And not believe what I see
Look in a mirror and think
If thats really me
I dont think I suit my face
Its not a catastrophe
Its more a philosophy
Like the russians wondering why
Were born under a blue sky
But die in a dark forest
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(but happiness is an option)
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(but happiness is an option)
This is neither old nor new
Its always forever
Somewhere between sense
And ambition
Pleasure and decision
We have to make a choice
What do we want
Everyone singing
war, what is it good for?
While planning the next one
I dont need to win
You dont have to loose
We can choose
Happiness is an option
(you can choose)
It is not easy
But dont give up now
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
Happiness is an option
(chris: happiness is an option)
It is not easy
(no, it is not easy)
The war within us
(so war within us)
(so dont give up)
But it gets easier
(but it gets easier)
The more we learn
(the more we learn)
I dont need to win
(I dont need to win)
You dont have to loose
(you dont have to loose)
So dont give up
We can choose
Happiness is an option
(happiness is an option)
(chris: happiness is an option)
It is not easy
(no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
But dont give up now
(dont give up now)
(so dont give up)
It is not easy
(it is not easy)
Happiness is an option
(happiness is an option)
(if you are giving it up, if you are giving it up)
You dont have to loose
(you dont have to loose)
(if you are giving it up, you gotta remember)
We can choose happiness is an option
(we can choose happiness is an option)
song performed by by Pet Shop Boys
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Succes! !
It’s not a goal you seek
It’s not about getting money
It’s not to stay negative
It’s not all about you but other around you too
It’s not the end but the beginning of your life
To realizing and learning is what your success is
To try and want to improve is what your success is
To accomplish things by your own is what your success
To give or share is what your success is
To respect and believing in you is what your success is
To challenge yourself is what your success is
To work hard to reach your dreams you once believe is what your success is
Success is sweet and…. I believe it’s waiting for you to own it and hold it with your life.
poem by Angie Alphonce
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A bad feeling
You may be feeling very bad
The heart may be filled and feeling very sad
It has something to do with on going play
We are bound to face something to stay
What can be joy if there are no challenges?
You come out of it and successfully manage?
It is all about success down fall or success story
We sometimes go down with anxiety and worry
Both sides are necessary and are relevant
They may invite adverse and favorable comment
We may cry and at the same time laugh it out
The life is full of extremes and can termed as all about
I wish to cry
But then ask why?
Why I run away and feel shy?
W must stick on, face and try
You love to stay in fray
It may not push you away
It has heavy substance to pull you near
It may frighten but remove your fear
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Rocksteady
Success is a state of mind
It is not bound to anything
It is the act of doing, not attaining
and moving forward with purpose
How often do we feel stuck
Out of place
Too tied to our circumstance to the point
of frustration
I sincerely hope this does not occur
for no amount of doing will set you free
Success is drive
is verve
is passion
is lack of fear
Now fear
fear is a different beast entirely
It is foolish to fear loosing everything
but also foolish to believe
you have to loose everything
to gain something
then again
sometimes loss is necessary
but be not afraid
for there is nothing in life
you can loose
that you cannot overcome
and something will never loose itself from you
if you treat it with passion
for passion is not given
rather it is lived
and felt
and reciprocated
it is what creates success
and demolishes fear
be bold
for if you are not
happiness is weak
be driven
for if you are not
your life will go nowhere
and you will blame everything
because of your weakness
fear not
because fear does not exist
outside your own mind
and lastly
above anything else
love
and give love
and spread love
and most of all
despite every corner that
tells you otherwise
believe in love
because sometimes belief
is far greater
than any thing
you could ever hope to encounter
poem by Matthew Edward Peterson
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