Poems

After one door closes and before a new one opens it can be awfully dark in the hallway But if you stay there long enough you’ll see a crack of light under the door Push open and enter into your new life

Older is wiser it does not fret over little things has no small children to worry about has adjusted well to a mate or to life without one can pursue interests postponed in youth has new leisure with new hobbies Older is easier it does not have to impress anyone anymore is asked advice is MORE >

Older women with kids grown up are finally free to realize long-delayed dreams Women are turning outward Older men with dreams fulfilled or forgotten are ready to take time for themselves and time for their families Men are turning inward

Not everything but something not everyplace just someplace not everyone only someone If we narrow our expectations we can have it all

I have always tried to do it all to become a better person to acquire the sufficient knowledge the necessary skills the right attitude And when I have accomplished it finally made it or know just about enough to feel I have arrived I set my eyes again on some new, distant goal working hard MORE >

I wish I knew then what I know now For I didn’t know then how much I knew Now I know what I know Now I know that I know.

At the bottom of the ladder if you don’t dress as they do don’t act as they you’re a rule break and you will be punished for being different At the top of the ladder if you don’t dress as they do don’t act as they do you’re a trendsetter and you will be rewarded MORE >

Just like household chores which are never done there is always one more thing that needs to be cleaned, cooked, mended or put away Work also never gets done there is always one more item that needs to be studied, written, calculated or filed away I’m always catching up but I’m never “caught up” when MORE >

You have to work hard for years and years in order to become a sudden overnight success

Brave women are entering the men’s sacred huts where none have trod before Some will be eaten by crocodiles a few will learn the ritual dances and be accepted by the tribesmen But outside the village walls more women wait to come in