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Maybe when things or people will not change. Sometimes holding on is all one can do; other times things can be changed. Knowing the difference can be a challenge. 
posted by
mariss9
on November 16, 2012 at 8:46 AM
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I don't think that there are... Superb poem with great expression.
posted by
lionreign
on November 14, 2012 at 3:59 AM
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Straightforward
I am hearing some hard times for you right now. I am sorry I do hope your spirits are up soon.
posted by
Justi
on November 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM
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Straightforward
Maybe you are holding on to the wrong things, people, direction. Let go and let God. He may have an easier and more productive path for you. Do life in Him and not in your own power.
posted by
Justi
on November 11, 2012 at 7:59 AM
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So we all do, holding on all our lives for something good to happen; the irony of it all is that we are so accustomed to seeing only the closed doors, and become too hynotized to notice the door that has opened up in the meanwhile. By then, all is lost, and we have to start all over again. To my way of understanding, if we can somehow, and there are ways, positive techniques, to change ourselves instead of trying to change the outside situation, the entire gestalt changes and we see things in new light - our perceptions then no more remain routine or mechanical. A thought-provoking poem indeed, Straightforward. 
As for me, I love to struggle and toy with various ideas of the poets and those interpretations that connect logically and sequentially, supported of course by critics, I then present them to you dear readers. And, as you have said that the poems become must-read, it does give me happiness, but I try not to be attached and consciously try not to take credit too. Thank you for reading and commenting so warmly on my blog.
posted by
anib
on November 11, 2012 at 5:40 AM
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SF,
I don't think there are limits to hope. The key is to find blessings in your journey.
posted by
Amanda__
on November 10, 2012 at 9:32 AM
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Keep holding on . . . . to life.
posted by
Against4WindsOn2Flam
on November 10, 2012 at 7:36 AM
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Straightforward
Anyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell." (Nietzsche)
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 5, 2012 at 6:10 PM
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You may have just defined life-as-it-is!
posted by
2902
on November 5, 2012 at 3:29 PM
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some times holding on is the most important thing we have to do...
eventually with Faith and with courage, it is worth it....well that's the way I see things. Life is so precious.
posted by
Kabu
on November 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
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you never give up....sometimes its the journey and not the destination that matters
posted by
Annicita
on November 4, 2012 at 2:59 PM
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No give up SF. You will be much happier, see you feel ,better already. If it is any interest to you. I am sure you are a fighter.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 4, 2012 at 7:26 AM
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No matter how satisfied we are we keep hoping for other things. Hope never ends It is a remedy for the soul.
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on November 4, 2012 at 7:21 AM
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Straightforward
ÿThere’s needed people to build something solid to hold on to love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on November 4, 2012 at 6:45 AM
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