Dichotomy Of Old Men  Part 2

Achieving success by learning and growing



Hey old man ….sit down and talk to this young lad

Tell me what makes you happy glad or sad

I wanna know



Share with me your past…teach me what will last

I wanna know about your past

I wanna know what will last

I wanna know



I wanna know the secrets of life and rise above

The mundane struggles and strife



Give me the secrets locked in your mind

Don’t let me grow old and intellectually blind

To life’s secrets, What was your purpose?



Well lad ….here’s the scoop.

Let me take you around my life’s loop

I took every risk and gambled on myself

Took every chance and emptied the shelf

of fear and remorse

I sought the high ground …climbed the valley’s

To the top there was no challenge if I stopped.

I reached for the stars, grabbed at Jupiter then Mars

nothing was outta my reach, if I persevered.

I stood for what was noble evaluated every factor

And saw the flaws in my personal character

It was always “We” and never just “Me”

I lived life to the fullest deliberate but with caution.

Oh, I’ve made my share of mistakes, played the game and lost the high stakes

Betrayed by one, I fell in love with another, had a son

then two others to carry my name



I watched other’s grow and saw how they sowed

I took the best from all the rest to form a plan of how

To build my future nest.



I explored the talents GOD gave to me and used

them as they ought to be

I gave GOD his due and he always saw me through.

Oh I had my doubts from time to time but somehow it all

Began to rhyme



God showed me what winner’s do and he showed me what loser’s do

I took the winner’s side to walk with a confident stride.



I asked the winner’s for advice, I saw their success

And listened to what they stressed

I saw them rise early… ready to go

Come rain, sleet or snow.

It didn’t matter if the sun was hot…

what mattered was always give everything your… best shot.

Sure, I had despair at times…exploited by others greed

that brought me to my knees

but through it all

I unknowingly sailed on calm seas.

I was unaware of God’s hand on my plow

But now that I am old, he revealed his story somehow



I always swam upstream to the light with a different beam

To strengthen my intellectual stroke



Though the sea’s of this life are rough

And plowing life’s field is tough

I made a decision to just keep sowing

Ya wanna know … what I know?

Live young man and always do your best

Listen to that inner spirit and let GOD do the rest.







Authored by: Paul D. Gonzales