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Category: Sports & Recreation / Topics: Scandal • Sports
Don't Keep Up with the Jonses
Posted: October 14, 2007
Lessons from Marion's long distance race with the truth…
She lost her medals and lost face.
She also lost her pride.
It is such a sad ending
to fable-like fame
because she both used
and she lied.
The longest race she ever ran
was seven years too long.
She ran from the truth
having kept pace with guilt,
but in time was tripped up
by her wrong.
Keeping up with the Joneses?
Don't do it. Don't try.
You'd be better off in the end
just to run your own race
even though you might lose
than to cheat and deceive
just to win.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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