Walt's Life Rhyme Archive (click here) #500-Once and for All #499-Be the One #498-Terms & Conditions #497-The Heard Reality #496-The Heard Mentality #495-Average at Best #494-Choosing the Age of Corona #493-Abracadabra #492-For Life Has Deemed it So #491-Walt's Rant: Language Blues #490-Someone Spoke the Truth #489-Definition of Controversial #488-Rumors of Demise #487-Single Stepper World #486-Someone Knows the Truth #485-Your little flights of fancy #484-Not Against the Law??? #483-The Nature of Distraction #482-Going Back in Time #481-A Matter of Subtraction #480-Somewhere in the Universe #479-Alien Soul #478-My Future Me #477-Where Walt Sings #476-Piper #475-Be the Bridge #474-Undelivered #473-The Nature of the Beast #472-Humanize #471-A Different Plan #470-How Deep the S***Hole

#469-Life Rhyme FINALE-99 Pennies! #468-Life and Cake #467-Once We Know the Truth #466-Spark #465-I'm Still Here #464-The Opportunity for Victory #463-The Point I'm Here to Prove #462-Do You Know What It's Like? #461-The Upward Swing Redux #460-To Bag a Tiger #459-In Spite of the Loss #458-The Life I Never Lived #457-When Butterflies Take Wing #456-Men Like Me #455-Share the Glory #454-What Makes Sense #453-The Worry Game #452-Petty's Voice and Vine #451-Beyond the Touch of Sadness #450-Call Me When You Come Around #449-Rising Stars & Sinking Ships #448-The Bitter Pill #447-Wouldn't it Be Nice #446-Seeds #445-Someone From the Future #444-I Don't Know Your World #443-For Real #442-The Great Sheep Uprising #441-Dream Maker #440-The Way of the Dodo #439-The Final Question #438-World of Ice #437-The Freedom Song #436-The Semantics of Bliss #435-STRIKE #434-How to Stay Above it All #433-Call to a Mechanic #432-Elements of Change #431-How is This Helping Me? #430-The Thing #429-Assets & Facets (Brilliant Cut) #428-Along the Path You Took #427-Authentic Freedom #426-Untethered #425-Today I Woke a Different Man #424-The Flaw With Modern Thinking #423-A Matter of Survival #422-Empathy #421-The Only Way You'll Win #420-The Next Leap of Faith #419-Welcome to the Other Side #418-Weather Patterns #417-Nothing in Common #416-When Masters Meet #415-Gravy And Cream #414-Dig Deep While You Wait #413-The Art of Transformation #412-Don't Let Them Change You #411-LVB4UDIE: Lic for Happiness #410-The Physical Frontier #409-a time for new beginnings #408-Roots #407-The Ground Comes Rushing Up #406-Ascendancy of Hope #405-My Person And Me #404-Someone Stole the Master Plan #403-the need for social change #402-I've Got a Secret #401-I Remember Who I Am! #400-Waiting for Permission #399-Happiness #398-Conflict of Expansion #397-Sometimes Change is Easy #396-The Easy Game to Play #395-Sometimes a Sip #394-A Life Transparent #393-Sometimes Even isn't Fair #392-You Don't Need Money #391-Relatively Speaking #390-Bound to Be #389-Drawn #388-Poem That Changed the World #387-The Fountain is a Flow #386-The Simplest Formula #385-Parallel Universe #384-Things Seen Disappear #383-My Philosophy #382-Symphony #381-The Greatest Gift #380-The Wrong Game/Gr Conspiracy #379-One Day You'll Tell Your Story #378-Fear of Falling #377-Bridge Is Out/Before the Year #376-The Outcome of Choice #375-Neverwood: A Land of Peace #374-The Upward Swing #373-Further Down the Rabbit Hole #372-Gold or Grief #371-The Clockwise Spin #370-Someone Stole My Fruit #369-The Butterfly Effect #368-The Path of Least Hurdles #367-It's About Time #366-Permission to Fly #365-An Easy Roll #364-There's Something About Money #363-Life Without Walls #362-Like Wishes and Water #361-The Eternal Optimist #360-A Game Called Feed the Seed #359-The Handwriting on the Wall #358-Dreamsicle #357-Miss Fortune #356-How Long #355-I Asked the Skies a Question #354-Acorn #353-Stone Juice #352-The Answer to Everything #351-Reverse Then Make a Right #350-Far from Shore #349-Greener Fruit #348-The Rising Price of Greatness #347-A Race Where Quitters Win #346-Beyond the Verbiage #345-Fixing Birds #344-Without Honey #343-I Can't See Beyond These Boxes #342-A School Where Passion Rules #341-Regime Change #340-The Charge for Change #339-The Seeker Makes the Move #338-The Wool You Pull #337-If Oprah Calls, I'm Busy #336-No Need to Run #335-Consolation Prize #334-Beyond My Fence and Faces #333-The Settler's Wine #332-Unlike Before #331-One Day I'll Make a Movie #330-The Normal Rules Don't Apply #329-Between You And Me #328-Trouble With Being Enlightened #327-Come Clean #326-The Clear Drive Forward #325-Tell Me How I'm Special #324-A New Suit #323-Make It Matter #322-Familiar Fears and Failures #321-Stripped Priceless #320-Just Us One #319-Re-Meet #318-Bad Here Day #317-On Principle or Posture #316-Excuses, Excuses #315-Fear not the Fanatic #314-Someone Lied #313-Comfortable Conclusions #312-On Days When Darkness Falls #311-For Better or for Worse #310-Men of Vision. Men of Blindness #309-Spinning Wheels Touch Ground! #308-Oh, My Word! #307-Connect the Dots #306-The Deer and the Hunter #305-Why Do I Trust You? #304-The Reconstruction Crisis #303-The Game Believe #302-All Roads #301-A Mantra for My Mission #300-The Second Power #299-Without a Clear Objective #298-Change the Game #297-Square Pegs (aka "The Gap") #296-Checkpoints #295-Find the Future #294-There's More #293-The Art of Waste Management #292-This Life #291-From an Elevated Perspective #290-if Sharing Were Like Breathing #289-A Process of Conversion #288-The Worst That Can Happen #287-Breathe as You Move #286-the process becomes inspiration #285-Tell me how to picture you #284-The Very Thing I Seek #283-Enough #282-The Sum of Parts #281-The Outward Path #280-No Such Thing #279-The Need to Be Right #278-Nothing That You Need #277-Nothing's Wasted (Masterpiece) #276-Mastering Me #275-And Butterflies DO Fly #274-The Absence of Bad #273-I Simply Listen #272-Cup of Sugar, Little More Thyme! #271-Sometimes a Banana #270-How Likely? #269-Switchboard (The Enemy Within) #268-Nowhere to Hide #267-Great Intentions #266-From Root to Fruit #265-The Easier Game #264-Ways and Means #263-The Primary Illusion #262-Work? #261-Conditions of Necessity #260-The Incomplete Begun, Part 2 #259-The Incomplete Begun #258-So, What Do You Do? By name #257-What Have I Learned? #256-Conventional Wisdom #255-Never me. Never mine. Never mind #254-Lesser Stress (Boathouse Blues) #253-The Me I Get to Be #252-Silent Fall of Fences & Walls #251-The Best of All Goodbyes #250-Turning Stones #249-A Conversation of Choice #248-Cost of Living #247-Precisely Then #246-Before You Can Smile #245-Five by Ten #244-Walk With Giants #243-Societal Expectations #242-THE 45 WAYS OF MEN #241-How can I help? #240-Not for Gold Or Silver #239-Master of Separation #238-Within the Context of Commitment #237-Straight to My Heart #236-Lend Me Your Eyes #235-Give it Yourself #234-A Nicer Place #233-Short and Sweet #232-What Kind of Life? #231-The Key to Happiness #230-LETTING BRIAN SPEAK #229-The Magical Magnet #228-Just a Little Bit of Water #227-Arbitrary Lines #226-Patterns #225-Room for Rent #224-Pathway to the Core #223-Make It Right #222-Busy Looking Left #221-Appropriate Level Self-Advocacy #220-Here to Hide? #219-Load Test #218-Fearless? #217-The Big Secret #216-Like Others Before You #215-Human Conflict #214-There's Still Road Ahead #213-The Meaning of the Moments #212-Commandment #211-The Law of Obligation #210-If You Only Knew #209-When Do I Quit My Job? #208-Back in the Game! #207-In Regard to Limitations #206-A Process of Recovery #205-Out of Order #204-BE on Your Way #203-Spinning Wheels #202-Trust Me #201-SelfGrowth 101 #200-My Secret Wish #199-What I Learned From Al #198-The Harder the Battle #197-Points for Trying #196-This Time Tomorrow #195-Firewood #194-Blue Light Special #193-Prescription for Success #192-Confessions e-Addict #191-Suspended Animation #190-Don't Miss the Sun Rise #189-Given That It Is #188-Make the World Go Wow #187-The Double Agent #186-Easier Than I Thought #185-Out and About #184-Same Key, Different Twist #183-One Step Inside #182-How to Handle the Doubts #181-Willing to See Differently? #180-Yet Another Test #179-The Price of Admission #178-Bigger Days #177-Can You Wait That Far? #176-Whooops! #175-The New Year Promises #174-Guess Who's Coming to Rescue? #173-Nourished From Within #172-Is It Getting You What You Want? #171-A Club Called Me #170-You Can't Get It Back #169-Undecided US Election 2000 #168-I Must Have Missed That Day #167-Still Keeping Score? #166-What Will It Take? #165-The Short List #164-The Elephant Under the Rug #163-What if? #162-A Private Conversation #161-The Benefit of Change #160-But That's What I Heard #159-On Fire: a dream #158-In the Interest of Time #157-freshwater yearnings #156-Circles And Lines #155-Casting Spells #154-I Ain't Goin' Out Like That! #153-Mental Coup d'etat #152-Sellers Market #151-In Final Preparation #150-The River And the Rock #149-What Are You Rehearsing? #148-The Game #147-Your Right #146-The Right Question #145-If Only for a Moment #144-Ask the Inspirer (Restless) #143-What If I Shine Too Bright? #142-The Hidden Whole #141-A Tale of Time for the Tardy #140-New Words to Live By #139-You Didn't Know #138-The Rules #137-All of Me #136-Interview With an Inspirer #135-The Missing Ingredient #134-Running on Empty #133-Lemonade #132-You First #131-Marry a Million Fears #130-The Marketplace Called Life #129-A New Way to Relate #128-Solutions #127-The Return of What Never Was #126-Not Destined to Repeat #125-The Next Soul Step #124-Echoes From Within #123-Countdown to Perfection #122-Keeping Perspective #121-The Life Tide #120-The Inspirer's Dream #119-How to Let It Go #118-The Moment of Truth #117-Judge Not #116-Challenges of Scale #115-Keep It Simple #114-The Art of Creation #113-Restaurant of Wishes #112-The Evidence OF Truth #111-Never Again #110-The Real ME #109-What's Luck Got to Do With It? #108-In Relation to All This #107-In the Comfort of Our Creations #106-With New Eyes #105-Let It Be #104-Turning Points #103-Like Minds #102-6 Billion to ONE #101-My Soul Intention #100-The Inspirer #99-Ask the Inspirer(Quandry) #98-Finals #97-Lights, Camera, Action! #96-Ask the Inspirer (Undecided) #95-An Out of Box Experience #94-A New Reflection #93-On the Level #92-Move It Up #91-Pay Attention #90-e-Turn #89-Keep Deciding #88-My List #87-The Big Picture #86-What's YOUR Recipe? #85-Now That I've Made It! #84-Passengers #83-The Feeling That You Seek #82-Live UP! #81-So Why Worry? #80-See You at the Finish Line #79-A Roadmap to Success #78-Which One Rules You? #77-Out of the Blue #76-Script Or Heart? #75-Stay on Track #74-Damage Control #73-Keep It Open #72-Insight #71-Happy New You #70-Out From Under #69-In It to Win It? #68-The Wake-up Call #67-On My Own Terms #66-The Pivotal Moment #65-It's Only Make Believe #64-The Ladder of Success #63-Humbly I Say #62-A Challenge for Discovery #61-Compensation Is Appreciation #60-Ask the Inspirer (Interrupted) #59-Just Because I am #58-Words of Praise #57-A Titanic Discovery #56-The Promptings Come in Whispers #55-In the Flow & Just Do It #54-What It's Really Worth #53-In the Master's Voice #52-With New Resolve #51-In the Quest for Excellence #50-The Silent Performance #49-Put It Out There #48-What Am I Building? #47-It's All Good #46-Come Into My Whirl #45-Here's What They Say #44-Here's What I Thought #43-Out in Front #42-Fortunes of Thought #41-Victory Is an Act of Surrender #40-How I See It #39-It's On #38-The Tables Have Turned #37-Take Time Out to Be Great #36-Jumping Into Abundance 2 #35-Jumping Into Abundance 1..... #34-On My Way Back Up..... #33-San Diego..... #32-The Dollar Made Me a Millionaire #31-It's Not the Money #30-The Millionaire's View #29-All Things Matter #28-This, Too, Shall Pass #27-A Backlash of Civility #26-Adventure Into the Unknown..... #25-I Can..... #24-Progress..... #23-Which Ones to Keep..... #22-Do It Now..... #21-Promises..... #20-Good in Every Bad..... #19-It's Not the Money..... #18-..... #17-..... #16-..... #15-..... #14-..... #13-..... #12-..... #11-..... #10-..... #9-..... #8-..... #7-..... #6-..... #5-..... #4-..... #3-..... #2-..... #1-.....

''Epictetus quote''

No great thing is created suddenly, anymore than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me you desire a fig, I must first answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

--1st Century Roman Philosopher Epictetus

Note: The first few Walt's Friday Inspiration emails included quotes from various authors and personalities. It wasn't until episode 19 that I tried my hand at writing the rhyme-based inspirational messages myself. The rest, as they, is history...

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