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An Optimist

They found a lot of courage that simmered in the sun, They blended it with patience, and just a bit of fun, They poured in hope and laughter, and then with sudden twist, They stirred it all together, and made an optimist.

Life's o Funny .Proposition Afier All

By George M. Cohan

Did you ever sit and ponder, sit and wonder, sit and think, why we're here and what this life is all about? It's a problem that has driven many brainy men to drink, it's the weirdest thing they've tried to figure out. A thousand different theories the scientists can show, but never yet have found a reason why, with all we've thought, and all we've taught, why all we seem to know-is we're born and live a while, and then we die. Life's a very funny proposition after all, imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy, and gall; three meals a day, a whole lot to say, when you haven't got the coin you're always in the way. Everybody's fighting as we wend our way along, every fellow claims the other fellow's in the wrong; hurried and worried until we are buried, and there's no curtain call. Life's a funny proposition after all. When things are coming easy and when luck is with a man, why then life to him is sunshine everywhere; when the fates blow rather breezy, and they quite upset a plan, then he'll cry that life's a burden hard to bear. Though today may be a day of smiles, tomorrow's still in doubt, what brings me joy may bring you care and woe; we're born to die and don't know why, and what it's all about; and the more we try to learn, the less we know. Life's a funny proposition, you can bet, and no one's ever solved the problem properly as yet; young for a day, then old and grey, like the rose that buds and blooms and fades and falls away. Losing health to gain our wealth, as through this dream we tour; everything is guessing, nothing's absolutely sure. Battles exciting and fates we're fighting, until the curtains fall; life's a funny proposition after all.

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