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A Poem by TJ

GET OUT OF THE BOAT 

 

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT OF THE BOAT

 

We row our boats as best we can

Waving as we sometimes pass others at a distance

We sometimes stop at a favorite spot

 

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT OF THE BOAT

 

This is that place that we can feel SERENE

SAFE

ENCOURAGED

 

That place were we can connect our lives,

and know that we’re living,

                                 and not just surveying

 

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT OF THE BOAT

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If nothing else, but to observe, reflect,

                                               and take a deep breath

 

CLEAR YOUR MIND!

 

Row your boat as best you can

In the direction that you have chosen to go

But be observant of that direction

And that you’re not just rowing your boat with most

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SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT OF THE BOAT

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DON’T JUST STOP ANYWHERE

Stop somewhere that’s VALUE CREATING AND INVIGORATING

And watch the flow of traffic

 

Don’t get jammed when you stop

And don’t’ stop because you're tired of rowing

Row your boat as far as you can and JUST REMEMBER

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SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA GET OUT OF THE BOAT!

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