#personal-development

"Money Can't Buy Everything [10w] Money can't buy everything ~ but love is certainly no exception."

"Cookie Cutter Criticism A critic tried to fit my sense of humor in a cookie cutter,but it wouldn't fit his preconceived shape of what comedy should be.So he pressed harder, and harder and harder until the cookie cutter cut a cookie shaperight through the palm of his hand.It doesn't hurt anymore when the critic tries to slap me in the face.There's no more hot-air resistance."

"Campbell's Soup: M'm! M'm! Good!... ...even though our products have more sodium than the Dead Sea."

"Schmuck [10w] + {Couplet} Show kindness to a schmuck,it's guaranteed you'll get fucked."

"Iran [10w] In Teheran daylight dawnswith minarets against skies of bronze."

"Poetry and Love [10w] Poetry and love are two faces of the same coin."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Self-Help I asked the bookseller,'Do you have any self-help books for addiction?'He said,'If I tell you, I'd be enabling you."

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Time [10w] {Couplet} Can there be more callous crimethan unkindly killing time?"

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity is an insignificant zit on the surface of history."

"National Rifle Association Credo [10w] God gave us two hands to holdan assault rifle."

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

"Learn from Children [10w] Children picture God as a smiley sun emanating love light."

"Hidden [10w] God hides enough happiness in sadness to light the world."

"Gained in Translation [10w] In timeless truths there's more gained than lost in translation."

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"North Dakota Haiku "My bib overallslook spiffy at a weddingor a funeral."

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."