It's Up Time America

[halfdome, Danny]

It's Up Time America
[color=blue][i][b]This isn't meant to be a vehicle for political discussion. Thanks, Danny

Mr. Tripper here's a favorite word of yours.


If you see injustice, STAND UP
If something needs to be said, SPEAK UP
If you make an appointment, SHOW UP
If you make a mistake, FESS UP
If you’re overstepping, BACK UP
If you get behind, CATCH UP
If they knock you down, GET UP
If you’re out of line, STRAIGHTEN UP
When your boss instructs, KEEP UP
When your elders speak, LISTEN UP
When your teachers teach, SIT UP
When your preachers preach, WAKE UP
When your country calls, MAN UP
Ladies too... WOMAN UP
When the fight is over, MAKE UP
If you’re being hard, EASE UP
If your heart is closed, OPEN UP
If you want to buy something, SAVE UP--
It’s not an entitlement, so SHUT UP!
If you make a mess, CLEAN IT UP
If you drop trash, PICK IT UP
If a car is waiting for you to
walk across the street, SPEED IT UP
If you’re cold busted, GIVE IT UP
If people fall down, HELP THEM UP--
Not the government, YOU STEP UP
If idiots start fighting, BREAK IT UP
If the music is wholesome, TURN IT UP
If the message is poisonous, THROW IT UP
If your words are vulgar, CLAM IT UP
If your words encourage, KEEP IT UP
If your pants are baggy, PULL THEM UP
If the belt’s too loose, CINCH IT UP
If your fly is down, ZIP IT UP
If you’re dressed half naked, COVER IT UP
If you can’t afford stuff, PASS IT UP--
No “bailoutsâ€

[Lawnjockey]

Danny, you are so right. After many years of being a sailing bum and earning a living doing boat work and as a contractor I went bak to school and became an attorney. It was hard work and I never knew how I was going to get through. During the process I noticed there were two kinds of people, those that look for reasons why they can't go from point A to point B and those that look for ways to get from point A to point B.

Once I was practicing law I was doing a fair amount of family law. Basically that involves dealing with good people at their worst. Although not a shrink I felt like one often. I learned that there really weren't two kinds of people, there were just those that hadn't figured out how to get past the "buts" and those that had.

It was a rare but very satisfying experience to see someone make that shift.

I don't practice law anymore, thank God. Life is much more satisfying meditating on the front lawn.

This country was built by people who didn't make excuses, they just did the best they could with what they had. I wonder if we can ever get that back.

Jocko

[Endo]

[quote="halfdome, Danny"]
If you want to buy something, SAVE UP--
It’s not an entitlement, so SHUT UP!
Not the government, YOU STEP UP
If you can’t afford stuff, PASS IT UP--
No “bailoutsâ€