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    Challenges of Life
    Challenges of Life
    Challenges of Life
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    Challenges of Life

    By Hubert Crowell

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    Life is full of everyday challenges,
    more than enough come our way without asking.
    What gives us drive the most are the challenges,
    we create in order to make life more interesting.

    How often do we eagerly accept something new?
    To learn something that we thought impossible,
    something different, something out of the blue.
    Something strange and explore the implausible?

    When I feel discouraged and somewhat defeated,
    I pick up a challenge left uncompleted.
    And work it out until I feel that I have achieved,
    something new like a special gift received.

    So if faced with unexpected challenges in life,
    accept them all and create a few more.
    Then look for the reward and not the strife.
    And never a challenge to ignore.

    For the outcome believe and never doubt,
    unlike a wave blown and tossed about.
    Stand strong to finish and then mature,
    you will never lack and always endure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHubert Crowell
    Release dateMar 18, 2012
    ISBN9780463201077
    Challenges of Life
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    Hubert Crowell

    Hubert Crowell currently writes, explores caves, plays the fiddle and works three days a week. He has in the past panned for gold, served in the army, repaired TV's, microfilm equipment, video projectors, and other electronic devices. He has taught classes at Vocational School, Eastman Kodak and Church. He has worked at Lockheed, Kodak, BARCO, and RCA to mention only a few. Studied at Southeastern University, Kennesaw University, and Chattahoochee Technical College. Hubert's articles, poems, and music can be found at http://hucosystems.com/hubertcrowell/hubertcrowell.html

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Copyright © 2010 Hubert Crowell

      ISBN: 9780463201077

      Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

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      DEDICATION

      Dedicated to my mother-in-law, Andree’ Coriell who turned 95 recently and always gives me encouragement as I also grow older.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to thank the following for publishing some of my poems.

      National Speleological Society

      June 2010 Volume 68 Number 6

      MoonTown Cafe

      http://www.moontowncafe.com/.

      Sewanee Mountain Grotto

      March 201 Volume 3 Issue 1

      http://www.caves.org/grotto/sewaneemountaingrotto

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      Vacation time on Anna Maria Island.

      A Storm in the Night

      October 1st 2011

      A storm passed in the night, with bright lighting flashes,

      leaving a breeze in the palm trees, with sounds of swords clashing.

      White caps rise far out in the gulf, as waves crash ashore,

      chasing couples on morning walks, along with gulls that soar.

      A soft low rustle, as sea oats sway in an endless dance,

      with the sound of waves, involved

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