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Wisdom's Gelt
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From the same batch as "for sanity"


I went down the wrong road
remembering.
That was a mistake,
but, except for a slight bruise
on a much bruised heart,
it does not matter.

What matters is not
what happened, or did not,
many years ago
but what I am, today.

One I can change.
One I can not.

What I can not change
brings sorrow. Sorrow
wisdom brings

Wisdom brings neither
consolation, nor comfort
but a fierce and pain filled joy

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 Reviews of "Wisdom's Gelt"
Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on June 3, 2010

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on March 27, 2007
We can't change the past. Its what we do in the here and now, and future that counts......M

Reviewed by H. Lena Jones
Reviewed on January 29, 2007
The only time to look back on the past, is to learn from it so that the present and futher can be better. Well that works for me, John. Interesting write!

Lena

Reviewed by Gloria Buono
Reviewed on January 12, 2007
Very interesting and intrigueing prose. Thanks for sharing. My best, Gloria

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on January 12, 2007
We learn from the past and that is the start of wisdom.


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