Posted by Brad Osborne on March 1, 2020 · 17 Comments
What deeds will you lie before pearly gate,
Hoping to buy a more heavenly fate…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 12, 2020 · 11 Comments
It is hard to pay it forward,
In a lost world of me and mine,
Like a handful of pearls tossed toward,
An undeserving, greedy swine.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 31, 2019 · 8 Comments
We are blessed beyond measure,
But rarely do we treasure,
All the things with which we’re blessed,
Wanting more we do attest
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Posted by Brad Osborne on August 19, 2019 · 15 Comments
This is not the type of person I ever intended to become but, being honest with myself, it is certainly who I am.
Filed under General · Tagged with choices, circumstances, compassion, empathy, faults, feelings, honesty, kindness, knowing one's self, lack of compassion, lessons learned, life, Life lessons, love, sympathy
