Diary of the journey on the path least traveled..just letting the heart do the talking while the fingers do the walking while being different, being me… 🙂
( “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” , no nominations please, just sharing thoughts while exploring life 🙂 )..
“It is not easy to find happiness within ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” (Agnes Repplier)….. 🙂
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Journey of Self Discovery...
What I am
Who I want to be
Am I just a stranger in this dinosaur world,
or my is existence limited to rest ,eat and pee.
Every day is a new day ,
I try to discover myself,
The identity crisis lulls over me,
In calm, yet monstrous glee,
Failing to find what exactly constitutes my being.
One day I want to be a doctor,
Other day an engineer,
Or even a scientist,
The society decides my ambition,
What career to pursue is guided by secure future norms,
They say I have a lunatics mind,
Persuade my mother to put some sense into me.
Enough is said,
I my setting on a journey of my own,
The mistakes I make shall be mine,
The regrets shall be my defined,
Its fall or rise,
Time will play a key role,
As Frost said,
I have an option of two paths ahead of me,
One pre decided by my ancestors,
less risky and challenging,
Other of my own,
I decide to take the less traveled one,
To mark on journey of my own.
(Illahi Bedi)
Hello Diary,
(Still in the learning process for editor.. 🙂 )
“My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed
shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can
clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze..
My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the
key to my destiny". Elaine Maxwell
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A Spirit Born Free…
While sipping a spot of tea
And relaxing in the morning time,
While contemplating my tomorrows
Thought I’d pen some thoughts that rhyme.
As I venture through my life
With each step, all the while being me,
An open mind, a heart of dreams
A spirit, enjoying being free.
A spirit that views another
As another feels, wishes to be,
In a realm of acceptance
So another can enjoy being free.
Free…. to love another
No color, gender or race,
Only to know and feel happiness
No social walls to face.
Free to live life as one chooses
Fallow a dream, the heart would say,
Free to walk ones own path of life
Filled with adventures along the way.
There are those who would color me different
Many to gaze upon me with dismay,
But unlike them, I’ve found happiness
Because I chose to live life my way.
(Larry “Dutch” Woller)
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I Believe I’d Like To Be Different Instead…
And why do I wish to be different, you may ask,
The freedom to choose, to explore, to learn a lot,
Chained to a closed minded ideology…. NOT
Maybe so everyone can shout and point at me,
And say, “Hey, he’s different”, don’t you see.
My mind is clear and open, gathering knowledge every day
My spirit is young, adventuresome and floating free,
Not confined by those social chains, no box, no mold for me
I am what I am, I am me, what I wish to be,
Perhaps that makes me different, don’t you see.
So my heart’s compass is pointed to the horizon
Sails set full, safe harbor fading in the distance, a faint glow to eye it seems
And with a pocket full of memories, on the horizon are my dreams
On down the path least traveled I will venture, with spirit free
Why the path least traveled?..well, I’m different, don’t you see.
( Larry “Dutch” Woller )
Well, I had better close for now.. wind is in the sails
and there may be some life’s storms but “I'm not afraid of storms,
for I'm learning how to sail my ship.” (Louisa May Alcott)…
I shall return again one day, Fate (and WordPress) be willin’
and the creeks don’t rise… 🙂
Until we meet again let’s give PEACE, LOVE and LEARNING a try,
Let’s give it a go, everyone and get on that peace train…
I can’t give solutions to all of life’s problems, doubts, or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.
I can’t change your past with all it’s heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold stories. But I can be there now when you need me to care.
I can’t keep your feet from stumbling.I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall. Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; Yet I can share in your laughter.
Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge; I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.
I can’t prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me. I can only think of you, talk to you and wait for you.
I can’t give you boundaries which I have determined for you, But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.
I can’t keep your heart from breaking and hurting, But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.
I can’t tell you who you are or who you will be I can only love you and be your friend
(Adam Clarke)
Hello Diary,
A pleasant morning greeted me as I woke up on the green side of the grass (not under it)…. 🙂 so thank you life for giving me a chance to chase my dreams, and thank you for many things… 🙂
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Thanks for letting me feel love
Be it joy, or be it heartache,
To know someone’s love
A treasured feeling their love did make.
Thanks for letting me live life
To explore, to follow one’s dream,
To seek out and live every adventure
Not enough time in the day... it did seem.
Thanks for letting me meet friends
To share thoughts of love, hope..perhaps a tear,
And by going down the path together in friendship
Doing away with hate, anger….and fear.
Thanks for giving me the courage
To follow my own path...to be me,
To not follow someone else’s path
To live my own….. reality.
Thanks for giving me an open mind
As I venture down the path... allowing me,
To gaze upon life’s treasures, large and small
That many others do not see.
Thanks for giving me an open heart
Able to love, understand and forgive,
And when I grow too old to dream
A place where my memories will live.
Yes, I have much to be thankful for
And every day the list gets longer... you see,
As I venture down the path least traveled
Searching for what destiny... has waiting for me.
(Larry “Dutch” Woller 11-18-2018)
Well, I had better close now… busy, busy, busy with life’s challenges, following dreams… but I shall return again one day, Fate be willin’ and the creeks don’t rise…
Diary of the journey on the path least traveled..just letting the heart do the talking while the fingers do the walking while being different, being me… 🙂
( “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” , no nominations please, just sharing thoughts while exploring life 🙂 )..
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.” (John F. Kennedy)….
Winds of Change…
I watched that heavy door begin to close…. all the while the winds above me rose….. The years whisper and whistle back into my ear….. the memories haunted by sorrows and fear….
With a new day it finally dawned on me…. the past needed locking and I had the key….. Leave it behind, leap and fly away free…. let the winds of change blow and carry me……
Feel them lifting my wings now able to soar….. up to an open sky and caged no more….. Flying so fast to where no hurt can find….. a place of peace now inhabits my mind……
This heart full of courage never ceases to beat….. knowing my history is not destined to repeat….. Clear paths now lead me to a new destination….. for my life, my future and the next generation……. (Kelly Deschler )…..
Hello Diary (still having issues with WordPress… 🙂 ),……..
Yes, there is change here on the path in many forms…… one of those changes is the season, for Fall is on the horizon as indicated by the garden…. there are many habitants, animal and plant, in the gardens here on the path and they are preparing for fall and the winter doldrums… each and everyone different in their own way… among the plants with their last blooms:……
Red rose….
The Hosta…
And the white rose…
Even the trees are leaving a hint of what’s to come… 🙂
Yes, we all live here in a not so secret garden…
I live in a not so secret garden…… Along the path least traveled…. Quite unlike the other world….. A world that has become unraveled…..
A garden of peace and harmony…… Being different does not matter here…. All creatures, big and small, living together…… Unlike the other world, they do not live in fear…….
Together we live the hand that Fate has dealt us…… Not sure, or dwell, on our final destiny….. But live to enjoy the moment, the hour, the day……. That is what life is about, don’t you see…….
So into the not so secret garden I will venture……. Along the path least traveled…… To find love, understanding, to follow one’s dreams……. Unlike the other world unraveled……. (Larry “Dutch” Woller )……
And no matter the changes and life’s challenges, here on the path it is still a wonderful world… :)…….
Well, I had better close for now, I need to start preparing for fall and the winter doldrums also… but I shall return again one day, Fate be willin’ and the creeks don’t rise…….
Until we meet again…. 🙂
May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours! (Irish Saying)
Diary of the journey on the path least traveled..just letting the heart do the talking while the fingers do the walking while being different, being me… 🙂
( “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” , no nominations please, just sharing thoughts while exploring life 🙂 )..
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” ( Mahatma Gandhi)
We were volunteers, one and all
So Noble.. Proud.. and Brave,
Did not know the reasons for war
Just a people from tyranny to save!
Glasses held high, we made an toast
Surely that Victory would rule the day!
While back at home, the voices of unrest
Not a kind word for us did they say.>
Some could not vote, children were we
Some could not drink, but still our battle cry,
Even with all that we could not do
For us children, it was to do or die!
Vietnam was a hostile, violent land
The dangers, the horrors of war abound,
Whether the paddies of Vietnam or the fields of home,
Seemed for us, not a friend could be found.
But we proudly gave it our all
Faced our destiny, with a hint of fear of tomorrow
Some to return to a mother’s joy
Some to return to a mother’s sorrow.
So should you be looking on today
One more toast, hold your glasses high,
To PEACE, HOPE and LOVE, may they long endure
CHEERS, LASSIES AND LADS!!!.. And SEMPER FI
(penned on May 30, 2009 by; Sgt, Larry “Dutch” Woller
12th Marine Regiment
Vietnam, 1965–1966…)
Hello Diary,
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
I set here looking at the news The powers wanted peace they say, And while they spoke, bombs were dropped 20 children died that day!
What’s wrong with this idea? Why not give PEACE a try, Let’s give it a go, everyone Maybe no more children will die
Smiles on their faces, while shaking hands Arms deals for defense would come into play, A bomb went off in a crowded market 10 children died that day.
What’s wrong with this idea? Why not give a world with LOVE a try, Let’s give it a go, everyone Maybe no more children will die
A war to end all wars, they said Yet to war they always return, Death, destruction, suffering and pain Won’t they every learn?
What’s wrong with this idea? Let’s give LEARNING a try, Let’s give it a go, everyone Maybe no more children will die.
Anger versus anger, hate versus hate Seeds sown by war at home and away, Starvation , sickness, a mother in tears More and more children die every day.
What’s wrong with this idea? Why not give PEACE, LOVE and LEARNING a try, Let’s give it a go, everyone Maybe no more children will die. ( Larry “Dutch” Woller)
Going to close for now.. Still learning here on WordPress and life… will return one day, Fate be willin’ and the creeks don’t rise…. 🙂
Until we meet again…
May the sun shine all day long Everything go right, nothing go wrong May those you love bring love back to you And may all the wishes you wish come true (Irish Saying)
Diary of the journey on the path least traveled..just letting the heart do the talking while the fingers do the walking while being different, being me… 🙂
( “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” , no nominations please, just sharing thoughts while exploring life 🙂 )..
…How are we so “different”?
If “different” is just a thing.
If we all have certain features,
What does “different” bring?
…People filled with hatred,
Can’t possibly see,
That there’s not really “differences”
Between you and me.
…Looks can’t show “difference”,
If they’re just there to be seen.
If you don’t look like someone else,
Why are they so mean?
…If being “different” is what is wrong,
I’d rather not be right.
And I’d want to finish living,
Doing the “different” fight.
(Vincent Tabatha)
Hello Diary,
…Sitting here with a spot of tea, watching the sun rise on the horizon….
….And I thought I would explain some how I post… in the past I would write on a blog site and on occasion would have technical issues and lose all my efforts.. well, as my parents always told me “never put all your eggs in one basket”… 🙂
….Soooooo, I would do all my publishing in either Publisher (which I am doing now) or the equivalent (also using some of the blog sites technology) and then copy and post in the blog site, in this case WordPress… 🙂
….I do all my work on a old computer that is not online and by using flash drives, post on another computer that is online, that way all my work is saved and backed up and not lost should there be a technical issue of some kind.. plus I can take my time, and if I need to leave before I am finished, I can save and return to it another time… 🙂
…..Welcome to my world online… 🙂
….Yes, I try to unite the new with the old…the words by the Bellamy Brothers come to mind… 🙂
…He’s a old hippie
Not sure what to do,
He don’t fit in with the old
He’s too old for the new,
He’s not trying to raise a fuss
He’s just trying to adjust.
(Bellamy Brothers)
…..Will have to close and put technology on hold for now… weekends on the horizon, life is calling and dreams to follow… but I shall return again one day, Fate be willin’ and the creeks don’t rise… 🙂
…Until we meet again..
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
(Irish Saying)
Diary of the journey on the path least traveled..just letting the heart do the talking while the fingers do the walking while being different, being me… 🙂
( “I do not do, say or write something to been seen or heard… I do, say or write something because it needed to be done, said or written…” , no nominations please, just sharing thoughts while exploring life 🙂 )..
Hello Diary,
Change is in the winds and it seems that WordPress has changed also… not overly sure that I like it… that being said, it will take some time to learn how to use the new editor, if I ever do.. 🙂 that being said, with all other life’s challenge’s it may take some time for me to return… but you will be in my thoughts and heart till the rivers run dry and the four winds they all blow away… 🙂
Soooooooooooo, it is on down the path I must venture…. 🙂
I awoke one morning, alone, in history’s past..
Left with a heart full of memories, a decision to make,
Confronted with two paths to my destiny..
Heart and mind to decide which one to take.
Take the one most traveled, the logical safe choice…
The one chosen by the multitudes..the human race,
Like sheep, following a path determined by another…
No self identity, all bearing the same face.
A path whose direction is chosen by a few
The rest to follow, ever so blind,
Their destiny not chosen by their own hand
Their fate determined, by a closed mind.
The other path less traveled, mysterious and unknown