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The Hardest Work
Warning...
failure to follow the
procedure described below
may result in
disastrous consequences
which could affect you
in a seriously negative
or harmful fashion
impacting directly
on the way you live
your life
There now follows
an alphabetical list
which you would be
foolish
having read this far
not to arrange
in the order
most
important to you:
Love
Fame
Family
Food
Friends
Health
Learning
Money
Power
Religion
Satisfaction
Sex
If you chose
food before health
you might not live long
If you chose
love before money
you might die poor
If you chose
friends before family
you might wind up
with no-one to trust...
I wish I hadn't started this now
so you can work out the rest
for yourself
Like Henry Ford said:
Thinking is the hardest work
there is...
In any case
I already made my own choices
but if you haven't done so already
maybe it's time
you made yours
failure to follow the
procedure described below
may result in
disastrous consequences
which could affect you
in a seriously negative
or harmful fashion
impacting directly
on the way you live
your life
There now follows
an alphabetical list
which you would be
foolish
having read this far
not to arrange
in the order
most
important to you:
Love
Fame
Family
Food
Friends
Health
Learning
Money
Power
Religion
Satisfaction
Sex
If you chose
food before health
you might not live long
If you chose
love before money
you might die poor
If you chose
friends before family
you might wind up
with no-one to trust...
I wish I hadn't started this now
so you can work out the rest
for yourself
Like Henry Ford said:
Thinking is the hardest work
there is...
In any case
I already made my own choices
but if you haven't done so already
maybe it's time
you made yours
Published 13th Jan 2010
| Edited 15th Jan 2023
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Anonymous
13th Jan 2010 8:38pm
Very interesting piece. You've given me a lot to mull over here...
13th Jan 2010 8:57pm
Henry Ford said : "Thinking is the hardest work there is - that is why so few people engage in it."
Many people seem to be far too busy living their lives to give serious thought to the order of their values often with disastrous consequences. This is my puny attempt to reflect that.
Food for thought, eh Jack.
Many people seem to be far too busy living their lives to give serious thought to the order of their values often with disastrous consequences. This is my puny attempt to reflect that.
Food for thought, eh Jack.
14th Jan 2010 00:00am
I'll give it a shot.
You've made me think, so I guess it's time to put in the hard work :-P
You've made me think, so I guess it's time to put in the hard work :-P
14th Jan 2010 9:35am
Anonymous
14th Jan 2010 2:17pm
gives me food for thought, let me see where this takes me, thank you A.
15th Jan 2010 10:01am
Anonymous
6th Mar 2012 7:25pm
I believe that a persons sense of humor is relative to their intelligence level- the smarter you are the more you find funny! (one step before insanity), then there is gifted- wherein you have the ability to make fun of the profound and painful-you have this gift, embrace it and write a lot-these are the things that are dug up years later and pondered, lol
