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Keep it on my fridge

from Make a List by Tanya Davis

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motivation poem, of sorts

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Keep it on my Fridge

I could stretch more, complain less
be more dependable and stress less
I could confess my love to all the ones I've always wanted to
tell them what I'm thinking if they ever ask, be honest to myself
let my hard feelings pass
if the people that I love don't pass my feelings back

I could become that person who always looks serene
the traffic doesn't bother me
and neither do the bees
I could do more favours
help more old ladies cross the street
savour my chocolate and behave more neighborly
- I could do lots of things

engage strangers in conversations
make more offerings
donate portions of my wages to poor places that are worse off than me
I could do all of this and then some
write a list
keep it on my fridge
to keep my attention

But what are my intentions with this
is it about ethics
or having my name mentioned
a frame of reference
to guide my efforts
or a game that I am in
- and if I became that magnanimous person, maybe I would win?

Or maybe it's just a means to ease my conscience
make a list and the cross things off of it
so that in this messed-up world I could feel content

Well, I'd like to think that peace of mind is a selfless goal
but I guess it depends on how you get there
which way you go
and I would like to get there
spend some peaceful time before I get too old
and I might be walking in the right direction
but often
it's hard to know

Am I being too hard on myself
or not hard enough at all?
Do I have enough goals
the right mix of big and small
realistic hopes
or idealistic flaws?

I don't know all this
it's why I question it I guess
make commitments to improve
lists of goals I should pursue
and then self-reflect
to hold myself in check
and do the best that I could do

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from Make a List, released May 19, 2006

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Tanya Davis Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island

Tanya Davis is a writer and artist living on Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. She writes poems, songs, monologues, speeches, and other things.

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