Lighten Up Your Schedule

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1.  LIGHTEN up your schedule
when things become fast paced.

Our lives were meant for pleasure,
and not a distance race.

Life can become hectic

if our schedules grow too full.

Weeks can soon turn into months

without a peaceful lull.

We add a music lesson

to other daily chores.

At times we feel that we are caught

in quick rotating doors.

2. If that were not enough

we add a class or two besides,

and soon our steps are quickened

into hurried lengthy strides.

With other club activities,

our time grows lesser still.

We never know just when to STOP

until we become ill.

3. What more is there to teach us

that we do not need to keep

such crowded busy schedules

that deprive us of our sleep.

At times we think if we slow down

we'll start to feel bored,

or if we're not involved enough

we might become ignored.

You really can ENJOY your life

if you will plan your time,

and follow the advice contained

within this simple rhyme.

4. Just lighten up your schedule

and ELIMINATE a few

or more of the activities

that keep your life askew.

And then if something happens
unexpectedly one day,

the straw won't break the camel's back,

that's sure to cause dismay.

5. If a new engagement 

occurring suddenly

is added to your schedule,

which you had not foreseen,

eliminate one of your other

plans that week, for then

this change will bring the scales

back into BALANCE once again.

Trying not to be over productive 
you will find

that life will offer such delight

and lasting peace of mind!