GOOD people, … ULTIMATELY, … WILL-be REWARDED.

…

Wilson Phillips's song 'Hold On' is PARTICULARLY "POIGNANT" to/for ME:

"I know there's pain
Why do lock yourself up in these chains?
No one can change your life except for you
Don't ever let anyone step all over you
Just open your heart and your mind
Is it really fair to feel this way inside?

Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things'll go your way
Hold on for one more day

You could sustain
Or are you comfortable with the pain?
You've got no one to blame for your unhappiness
You got yourself into your own mess
Lettin' your worries pass you by
Don't you think it's worth your time
To change your mind?

Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can you hold on for one more day
Things'll go your way
Hold on for one more day

I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and
Break free the chains
Yeah I know that there is pain
But you hold on for one more day and you
Break free, break from the chains

Some day somebody's gonna make you want to
Turn around and say goodbye
Until then baby are you going to let them
Hold you down and make you cry
Don't you know?
Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day yeah
If you hold on

Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
If you hold on
Can you hold on
Hold on baby
Won't you tell me now
Hold on for one more day 'Cause
It's gonna go your way

Don't you know things can change
Things'll go your way
If you hold on for one more day
Can't you change it this time

Make up your mind
Hold on
Hold on
Baby hold on"

Now, MY rendition/version, entitled 'Have FAITH!'

"E-mo-tional PAIN
Why do I 'hide', 'cooped-UP', while still SAIN?!
No one 'gets' why I do what I DO.
DoN'T EVER let someone say, 'Oh, I FEEL like YOU.'
I'll just 'bite my tongue', as I casually 'WALK'.
HOW could y'all empathize, when I doN'T TALK?!

(CHORUS:)
Some day these LEG-nerves are gonna make me WANNA 
Walk around & 'strut my STUFF'!
Until then, A.J.'s psyche, you've gotta KEEP 'givin' a hundred & ten PERCENT'!
Don't cha KNOW?!
Don't you KNOW?  Things can CHANGE!
Legs'll suh-port my WEIGHT,
If I 'work' & be-LEEVE!
Can I con-TIN-you to HOPE?
Nerves WILL re-TURN.
As long as I 'push' & YEARN.

I CAN push-THROUGH.
Thanks to my Law-team, I'm 'winning' 'Round TWO'.
I can credit NO ONE for my HAPPINESS.
I 'pull-MYSELF' out-of this MESS!
I just 'brush my worries ASIDE'.
I--impatiently--bide my TIME,
As 'messages' 'erupt' in my MIND.

(CHORUS:)
Some day these LEG-nerves are gonna make me WANNA 
Walk around & 'strut my STUFF'!
Until then, weary-psyche, you've gotta KEEP 'givin' a hundred & ten PERCENT'!
Don't cha KNOW?!
Don't you KNOW?  Things can CHANGE!
Legs'll suh-port my WEIGHT,
If I 'work' & be-LEEVE!
Can I con-TIN-you to HOPE?
Nerves WILL re-TURN.
As long as I 'push' & YEARN.

There's MUCH psychological-PAIN.
But, I've gotta keep-UP my BAT-TLE.
For I KNOW I'm SANE!
'Tis so tough to express my PAIN.
But, with MY patience & OTHERS' UN-DER-STAN-DING,
I WILL over-come 'RIH-STRAINTS'!

(CHORUS:)
Some day these LEG-nerves are gonna make me WANNA 
Walk around & 'strut my STUFF'!
Until then, A.J.'s psyche, you've gotta KEEP 'givin' a hundred & ten PERCENT'!
Don't cha KNOW?!
Don't you KNOW?  Things can CHANGE!
Legs'll suh-port my WEIGHT,
If I 'work' & be-LEEVE!  (YEAH!)
Nerves WILL re-TURN.

DoN'T give-UP.  Stuff IM-PROVES.
Legs'll 'HOLD their OWN'.
Just gotta have hope & have FAITH,
And, keep-TRYING!
Will I NOT give-UP?
Just main-tain HOPE.
I shaN'T lose faith … NOW.
'Keep at it' a LIL' LONG-ER.
My leg-strength is IM-PROVING!

DoN'T 'lose HOPE'.  Nerves 'CON-NECT'.
It takes TIME & 'WORK'.
If I 'hold my head HIGH' … despite DOUBT,
I WILL IMPROVE with TIME!

Use your STRONG-WILL!
Have FAITH!
Have FAITH.
A.J., have FAITH!"
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("DoN'T 'JUDGE' … a 'BOOK' by its 'COVER'.")

Angel Stripper: "'Fate'! There is such a thing as fate, but it 

only takes you so far. Then, it's up to you to make it happen.    

(--''Can't Hardly Wait'')


"If you are ALWAYS trying-to be (JUST) 'NORMAL', 

you will NEVER know (just) how AMAZING you CAN be."

(--Maya Angelou) 


  Dear DUMBASSED government-officials":

"To LIVE … To 'LIVE' would be a GREAT-adventure!"

(--Peter Panning, 'Hook')


… AGAIN, as a "T.B.I."-ANOMALY, I … DOUBLE … as a 

"Honda-Acura":

"When you doN'T think of 'em as DUMMIES, something 

AMAZING happens."


(AUDIBLE-sigh) 

My WEEKEND-/EVENING-Nurse CONTINUES-to talk-to ME 

about MODERN-sports.  I DIS-agree with almost-ALL of her 

"THOUGHTS".  'Tis NOT that I am EGOTISTICAL

 or "STILTED" or SEXIST or CONDESCENDING.  'Tis JUST 

that--OFTEN/FREQUENTLY--she's either COMPLETELY-

IGNORANT that she's expressing her-OPINION 

NOT a FACT … OR just FACTUALLY-WRONG!

(… NUMEROUS/COUNTLESS times I've HAD-to "BITE my 

tongue" to RESIST/PREVENT my STATING, "Um, excuse 

me, genius.  But, you couldN'T be more … WRONG!  … I 

WATCHED that game.  So, I KNOW you're 'FULL o' SHIT'!")



I had a GREAT-night with my VISITING "aunt & uncle from 

Minnesota".




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