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Find Your Happy
by Jerry P. Bolton → (All Poetry by Jerry P. Bolton)
Sunday, December 23, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Four or five years ago someone
placed a rock in front of my door.
Someone had painted it yellow and
wrote on it, ”Find Your Happy.” I
never discovered who placed it
there. This short poem celebrates
the thought behind the rock and its message.

 

 

Forget the things which make you sad,
Instead concentrate on your eternal self
N’er accept that which is unacceptable
Keep your eyes sharp and straight ahead

©December 23 / Jerry Pat Bolton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Find Your Happy"
Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on December 28, 2018
One smart rock.

Reviewed on December 27, 2018
I love this, true wisdom in so few words.

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on December 24, 2018
Great advice Jerry!
I once had a HUGE fight with my wife and asked my mentor what to do.
He summed it up in two words, have "NO EXPECTATIONS" and see what happens in life. This is the cure to most problems with women.
Now if she makes me a full course meal or does the dishes I am pleasantly "SURPRISED" instead of being disappointed because of my EXPECTATIONS. Sounds silly but it also works for sex and everything else in-between. It also works for friends as well. Nice gift, eh?
Merry Christmas,
John Michael

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on December 23, 2018
Sound advice for this and any season. I wish someone left a rock at my door.

Reviewed on December 23, 2018
That was some mystery! 'Sounds like you found "your happy" and that's a beautiful thing! I enjoyed this a lot!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed on December 23, 2018
Great message within this poem! Thank you, Jerry!

Sandie

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on December 23, 2018
And along with that sage advice, I'll add, Believe half of what you read, and half of what you hear.

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on December 23, 2018
Worthwhile thought in a season where thoughts are often not worth remembering... again. We're a different world now, and Hallmark's saccharin greetings make less and less sense. Your words here give a coat of new paint on sentiment worthy of restoring.


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