'this' and,or 'that'

{ choose the right path, young
      grasshopper,child,dreamer,believer,
      lonegirlwalkingthroughaforest,
and you shall be a winner }
all one ever wants
  is that ultimate prize
that far-off dream-like
   ohsowanted [  happiness       ]
guides, books, do this, not that
[drilled]intotinyheads - thisgood;thatbad.
begood:find [   happiness]
(he says)
early bird gets the worm
                                                  but;
(she says)
good things come to those who wait
(you says)
nothing ventured, nothing gained
                                                  but;
(they says)
better safe than sorry
   and even the old, wise ones had much
(wrong|right)
(this says)
he who hesitates is lost -
(right|wrong)
   questions left unanswered.
but; (that says)
look before you leap
and so she doesn't know which way to go
this and/or that
(stopandthink. i choose (this);  wait -
wait,wait,what? -hesitate:
               oh.            [ i lost. ]
{ but, really
it seems, is it that
        no
        one
ever really ever wins
                                   anyway;
(makesoneask: so,whydowekeepplaying? }