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Every Day We Choose

3 things

a man creates

happiness

a profit

beauty

every day

we choose

to create

every day

we sacrifice one

for another

profit for happiness

happiness for beauty

beauty for profit

it is a strange

and difficult task

to balance

the three

but to be a man

demands balance

to sacrifice balance

to sloth and greed

is the greatest crime

a man can commit

upon himself

so every day

we choose

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Published: Dec 30, 2011
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