TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED

 

August 3^rd

 

 

“Taking Things For Granted”

 

 

Taking things for granted

Can sometimes leave you stranded

In the corners of your own mind

When things are coming too easily

You lack the ambition to go out and find

The things in life that are meaningful

The things that you should control

You spend too much time worrying

About the things that are insignificant

Namely, what others do and think

When you could be on the brink

Of discovering your own goals

 

When you’re taking things for granted

And comparing yourself to what the average person does

You are bound to be supplanted

Because you are concentrating on the norm

You’re ignoring your own form

You’re wasting your talent

Your life couldn’t possibly be in balance

You’re just another face in the crowd

 

But, when things are going bad

You begin working for anything you can get

Until you reach a goal that can’t be met

But you know, when you are concentrating

That could never happen

 

Somehow, when things are looking bleak

That’s when you reach a peak

If you don’t set lofty goals

And just be average--you know you’re a fool

After what you’ve come through

You know--something no one else could do

Don’t just be another face in the crowd

You got to be proud

You know you’re something special--you know you got the magic

If you don’t use it--it would be so tragic

Cone on--stand tall

Don’t be afraid to fall

Just give it your all

Be the one above the crowd

But, be humble in the crowd

 

Just don’t go taking things for granted

And you won’t be supplanted

And even when things are going well

Keep on forging ahead

The past is the past so just don’t dwell

Well, enough for now has been said

It is time to go to bed

 

Tomorrow is another day

I’m not taking it for granted

 

 

9/26/1980      Robert P.  Wallman