never say never

never get excited and make grandiose plans,
no matter how fun, no matter how grand,
no matter how much you want to make them
because the more effort you put into these plans,
the more they will come to naught.

never make small and happy plans
because your head will use them for an alarm
and start the headache, right on schedule.

never think of things you really want to do,
just for fun,
because something else will happen,
prohibiting the spontaneous moment.

if you insist on optimism, on dreaming, on planning;
if you think it will all work out,
it may,
but not the way you planned it.

be ready for the derogatory comment
if you continue to hope,
continue to plan,
continue to look forward.
be ready for people who never.

the truth about rain

often prayer is answered
when the blessed prayed for rain
and the land is gladly greener
where is found Longfellow's bane

he who finds rain dark and dreary
has not farmed in desert soil
had not stood in fields less watered
and with faith remained to toil

the poet said correctly
into each life some rain must fall
I hope it falls in my life
I don't find it sad at all