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  Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.

Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.

Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.


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Alice Walker

Submitted Date :  Monday, January 13, 2003



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Kainwo Moses (7/12/2009 7:49:00 AM)
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The world would be a better place if all were to live like this expecting nothing. The world would be rid of suicides. My ambitious spirit tells me I can. Yes I can!
Glorr Kkk (5/8/2008 10:58:00 AM)
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this poem is soo inspirational<3.
i have to do a huge assignment on alice walker
and thank god i found this poem.
it makes my day.
Mattie Jay (5/5/2008 2:33:00 PM)
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inspiring and inciteful!
Blue angel Florida (9/21/2007 7:50:00 PM)
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'Expect Nothing' Experience Everything.
Mo. (8/11/2007 1:52:00 PM)
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Inspirational Poem!

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