Pete Wentz or Not?

“Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just take the rotten apples from the ground that aren’t as good, but easy…….so, the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they’re AMAZING. They just have to wait for the right guy to come along, the one who’s brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree….” 

So there seems to be a lot of controversy over this quote because I checked three different websites and they all say that they wrote the quote.  Hmmm...  Kind of odd, don't you think?  But I read this quote for the first time last year and really liked it because it does seem that men want the women that come easy to them:  Quantity versus Quality...  Are you easy or are you hard to get?

White Roses

What do they mean?

Web of Deception

House of Lies

One lone eagle spies
a dilapidated mansion
sitting up on a hilltop,
desolate of all human life.

The rooms all stand empty.
Everything is devoid of color except
for that of a faded blue frame
lying smashed on the floor.

This mansion once
used to be something.
It housed a large family
of well-known hard workers.

And they all revered the father.
However over the years
the children all went
every which way.

Losing their sense of ethics
and morally decaying
from the inside out.
Due to poor decisions made.

And now there it stands,
a reminder of the glory it once held.
Sadly the eagle flys away
with one tear in his eye.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

Many corporations are like families, don't you think?  They can be toxic to the core.  Unfortunately many of them are falling by the wayside due to unethical decisions and toxic work environments.  They talk a good talk but they don't really walk their talk.  Sometimes it's best to leave a company like this for your own personal health.  Whether it be your choice or not, you are better off without them.  I used to work for a company like this.  Thank goodness I don't work there any longer.

Where did summer go?

Right?

John Maxwell

There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics

This is a great book on ethics and really defines the golden rule.  Because when it comes down to it, ethics begins with you.  You either have it or you don't.  So why not develop the Midas touch in terms of your own integrity?  Because there is a difference when going for the gold as opposed to living your life by the golden rule.  

Love & Marriage

Letting Go

You meet a stranger
who soon becomes a friend,
maybe your best friend.
And you fall in love
because you trust
this person and think
this may be the person
I marry.

So you spend time,
lots of time
together wondering
if this is it.
But time goes on
and little things
make themselves known.

One day you realize
that even though
there are many good things
about this relationship,
it's still lacking.
And then you realize
that maybe it's time
to move on.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

I dated someone for two and a half years.  My Dad and my brothers all liked him and he and I were planning to marry but then somewhere along the way I realized that maybe we were not totally right for each other.  So I let him go because I wanted what was best for him and for me.  I will always remember him fondly and wish him the best because for a time in my life he was my best friend and he was there for me when my father was in hospice and eventually passed away.

If you're in a relationship, factors that can negatively affect your relationship are in-laws.  Especially if your future mother-in-law is too controlling of her son.  Also opposites do attract but there has to be some common ground otherwise it is simply not enough.

Falling in Love

Loveswept

Ages ago
when we were
young
at heart
we knew
the meaning
of love.

We fell in love
without warning
and with
passion beating
in our hearts.
But life goes on
and love either grows
or it dies
or it becomes hidden
because
we have forgotten
was it was like
to fall in love.

Another life
another time
mostly remembered
with angst in our hearts.
Our myriad emotions
getting lost in the shuffle
of past, present, and future.
Lost in a sea of memories
that intertwine
like the ebb and flow
of the receding tides.

A glimpse of
what might have been.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

I was watching the movie What If last night to help me relax but it kind of opened up a place in my heart that I haven't really examined in years.  It made me think of someone I met long ago.  A stranger who I was drawn to reluctantly, initially, but became a challenge to my senses over time.  A friend who is now a stranger once more.  It was a tumultuous time for me because while I was infatuated with one guy I was falling in love with the other unknowingly.  Sometimes I wonder what if?

 

But there could be more than one "what ifs?"  You know?  Getting older and wiser and knowing what would have worked and didn't...  Chemistry is a part of love but not the only thing...  Shared values, kindness, laughing together, CONNECTION!!! 

 

And just being quiet together...