This is a collection of thoughts influenced by everyday life. There is something great about each person on this earth. At the same time, there is something weak within each of us. This is what makes us human. We work each day to make a better tomorrow, providing for our families and helping our fellow man. Our effort to become greater as a people is captured in this collection. In a world that is ever changing, our struggles, our failings, and our victories are part of being human. Therefore, we sometimes forget the greater good. We are all common people, until we decide to be greater. Over time, we each make the difference in each other's lives. The greater good is what is best for all of us, instead of our selfish, short sighted individual achievements. Realizing something great in each person around us, we can inspire our fellow man to be greater, regardless of how small or insignificant our influence. This book is a tribute to those whom inspire us everyday to overcome our challenges and make us thankful for the good life we live. As a man makes his way through life by the sweat of his brow and the pain of his labor, he must find the deeper meaning of his life works. This book is a collection of poetic expressions from the working man's point of view. Each work is meant to honor the American work ethic and our freedom as a people to strive for greatness. We play an important role in each other's lives. Everyday we go out into this world, it is up to us to make the difference in our fellow man's life. Make no mistake, your actions have an influence on every man, woman, and child you may come in contact with. This collection is meant to inspire the reader to be greater in both a spiritual and physical sense. Humanities greatest strengths and weaknesses are exhibited in each work with the simple use of words arranged in a complexity that allows layers of meanings. Without burdening the reader, each work is meant to transform and convey a point of view from an earthy struggle of human feelings, enduring the overwhelming weight of a person's life. We are all burdened by life, and the sheer weight of our burdens sometimes becomes more than we may bare alone. The strengths we cultivate in our lives, along with the inspirations we open ourselves to, ultimately shall deliver us to our greatest potential. Mentally, we travel many roads. It is the road we choose that completes our lives, for better or for worse. May each of us take our next step, with great purpose and meaning, without absence of sober thought, allowing for the positive inspiration of our fellow man.