The Upside of the Downside
By Big Frank Dickinson
The upside of the downside of life
Is a crest that looks both ways.
It shows the path of sorrow can
Take us away; and if we follow
That path and don’t turn back,
We move on out of the forest
Of previous hardship into the
Plain of opportunity with its open vista.
The downside of the upside of life
Is a crest that looks both ways.
It shows the path of joy can
Take us back; and if we follow
That path and don’t turn back,
We move into the forest
Of previous hardship away from the
Plain of opportunity with its open vista.
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Allons! the road is before us!
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose
Where am I?
Leave the Door Open
Big Frank is listening to:
- D'Angelo: "Black Messiah
- Jay Morris Group Zee Brownlow: "Knee Deep"
- Marcus King - "One Day She's Here"
- Marcus King: "Blood on the Tracks"
- Mary Stuart and Marcus King "Killing Floor"
- The War on Drugs: "Change"
- The War on Drugs: "I Don't Live Here Anymore"
- The War on Drugs: Living Proof"
- Vadim Nesselovskyi: "Odessa Radio Station"
Big Frank is reading:
- Tana French "Broken Harbor"
- Peter T. Coleman "How To Overcome Toxic Polarization"
- Percival Everett "The Trees: A Novel"
- Paul Beatty "Slumberland"
- Maggie Haberman "Confidence Man"
- Lucas Bessire "Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains"
- Liu Chixin "The Dark Forest"
- John Meacham "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House"
- Hernan Diaz "In The Distance"
- Arthur Miller "The Man Who Had All The Luck"
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Allons! the road is before us!
The Open Road
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose
Big Frank On The Road
Where am I?
About Me
- Big Frank Dickinson
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Big Frank hails from the town that shares his name: Dickinson, North Dakota. Not a lot is know about Mr. Dickinson other than the rumors that he is a former mayor and a part-time jewel thief.
3 comments:
Hi Big Frank,
Can we reach that plain of opportunity or is the forest of hardship too dense to escape from? Do you think it is really possible to escape the past and find the present let alone the future? What mode of transport do you suggest?
T F would say 'Keep the Faith' Which faith? If you ever find out . then let me know.
Keep writing.
Lynn,
I'm not so sure that we want to escape - at least not directly; rather move through it to new vistas. How that happens is different for each of us. Perhaps the key is that the difficulties of the past can reward us.
Thanks for visiting - and for your comments.
Big Frank
If something sets me back I usually lose a night's sleep over it, thinking about all the aspects of it. Then somehow I recover an optimistic outlook.
(Now that things have settled down with all the blog of note traffic, I'mgoing through and seeing who visited and trying to pay back all the comments. Don't believe I've thanked you yet for linking and for your participation. Anyhow, I do it now.
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