A Cowboy Toast For The New Year
By Lincoln Rogers, (c) 2006
May a Stetson lie next to your favorite boots,
May a saddle be where you sit.
May you always remember your western roots,
Full of try and empty of quit.
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No Resolutions
By Lincoln Rogers, (c) 2006
Nature makes no resolutions,
Not as far as I can see.
It doesn’t worry ‘bout the future,
And seems content to let things be.
I don’t suppose a Bull Elk wonders,
How to lose a few more pounds.
I’ll bet a Grizzly never states,
“I’d better put this honey down.”
You think a mare with newborn foal,
Is stressed about her “baby weight”?
Or a wolf takes time to count,
The grams of carbs in what it ate?
Instead of moaning about some shortfalls,
And making lists of things to change.
Instead, birds soar on wings of freedom,
While wildlife roams the open range.
There’s a lesson there to mimic,
Apply it to our daily lives.
It just might make us better people,
Better parents – husbands – wives.
Treat each morning we awaken,
Like a gift for all to see,
‘Cuz nature makes no resolutions,
It’s just the way it’s meant to be.
