Photographer unknown: Blue Frog
Blue frog,
is it selfish
to pursue happiness?
Why is life so hard?
If not for this
I’d be happy
when life hurts.
Can you choose
happiness?
Our mind is a magnet,
desperation
and detachment,
we attract what we feel.
Why did this happen to me?
Blaming
and forgiveness
I’ll never forgive myself!
I’ve lost everything!
It’s good to make money!
Our beliefs
keep us trapped.
Does money really make us happy?
Rich people invest,
poor people consume
where wealth begins,
focusing on what we want,
commitment,
but we can’t change.
We look for good things,
attracting opportunity.
The world doesn’t
have to change
if we ask
for what we want.
Finding answers
is the importance
of being
happy.
© Copyright 2015, Jodine Derena Butler & ‘Poetry Out West’. All Rights Reserved
A ‘Found poem’ from the Contents page in ‘Happiness in Hard Times’ by Andrew Matthews.
I simply like it 🙂
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Thanks. The blue frog is gorgeous!
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Thank you 🙂
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Well, sometimes not to know anything at all is close to feel happy.
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They say ‘denial is bliss’ but I think it’s more ignorance really. How long can we keep our heads in the sand? People die from unhappiness…
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You write really well!
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Thank you ! Jx
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The frog is beautiful
and so is your poem. 😎
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Thank you. I really wish I could find the photographer… Jx
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True.. mind is a magnet
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Yes…it’s harder than it sounds. Jx
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Very nice. We should be happy with simple things and that frog is gorgeous.
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Isn’t he gorgeous! I wish I knew who the photographer was. Jx
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