#self-improvement

"Focusing is the great secret of power. If you want to use your full amount of focus, you must close down all other thought and direct your power of generating mental steam toward one outcome."

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"Don’t Let the Dead Fish Fool You [10w] Even the eyes of a dead fish can reflect light."

"Love Poetry [10w] Love poetry is simply bleeding on the page with ink."

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"Wheaties: Breakfast of Champions... who'll endorse any product for a price."

"Is Prayer Only for Man? I [10w] Does God pray for His creation's in Heaven and Earth?"

"Pitter Patter I love to hear the pitter patter of little feet ~as they unsuccessfully struggle to break free of my choke hold."

"Dressed to Kill [10w] At fashionable parties,vegetarians should not be dressed to kill."

"Love vs. Honeymoon [10w] Love is what truly begins when the honeymoon is over."

"Though money cannot acquire you happiness, it does not mean that both money and happiness cannot exist together."

"Grease [10w] Relationships between people are rarely frictionless;they all need grease."

"Occam's Razor [10w] I shaved with Occam's razor and he shaved with mine."

"Your world of poverty can be recreated to that of affluence simply by speaking the Prince's language."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."

"Measuring Love The only scientist who can measure love is the onewho's in love with another scientist."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"إننا نربط أنفسنا - حين نصلي - بالقوة العظمى التي تهيمن على الكون، ونسألها ضارعين أن تمنحنا قبساً منها نستعين به على معاناة الحياة، بل إن الضراعة وحدها كفيلة بأن تزيد قوتنا ونشاطنا، ولن تجد احداً ضرع إلى الله مرة إلا عادت عليه هذه الضراعة بأحسن النتائج."

"Poets, Shakespeare and Trash A poet must read equal amountsof trash and Shakespeare to learn how to distinguish between the two."