Thoughts—Me
My eyes are finally open.  I see the world as new.  	
I’m ready now to make my mark.  I know what I’m to do.	
The future is my vision.  Success will be my quest.  	
Work is how you find your dream.  Nothing’s gained from rest.	
Wasted time destroys us all.  Idleness becomes death.	
"Fair is Foul; and Foul is Fair," said Shakespeare with MacBeth.	
Dreams will slowly fade away.  If you just let them die.	
You have no chance to find your dream.  If you’re not there to try.	
To start a life it takes a seed; the kind you want to be.
Then planted, it will find some roots, and grow into a tree.
What kind of tree will I be?  Will I grow up strong?
These are answers you must find, as you move along.
Be mindful of the life you choose; whatever life you lead.
It will reflect in some respect, upon your type of breed.
Remember who you were before, and who you want to be.
Then do your best in all the rest, to trim and prune your tree.	
—Thal Dixon	
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters 
compared to what lies within us.—Ralph Waldo Emerson	
Next time you watch a sunrise; stop to think of the miracle of sight.
Next time you take in a rose; stop to think of the miracle of smell	
Next time you listen to a bird sing; stop to think of the miracle of hearing.
Next time you hold a child’s hand; stop to think of the miracle of touch.
Next time you eat a ripened fruit; stop to think of the miracle of taste.
Next time you pass by a mirror; stop to think of the miracle of you.	
—D. Joseph Hogan	
QUICK CHECK:	
1. Dixon:  In an essay of 25 words or more, explain what the poem 	
is saying to you.	
2. Emerson: a) What are small matters?  b) What is important?	
3. Of what should you think when you:  a) Watch a sunrise?  b) Take in a rose?  c) Listen to a bird sing?  	
d) Hold a child's hand?  e) eat a ripened fruit?  f) Pass a mirror?
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