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Monday, February 10, 2025

That’s Life!

Committed to life is 

not an easy thing 

if you think about it. 

We are each handed 

life at the moment of conception; 

   no handbook, 

     no road map just: 


here you are wherever here is,

floating about in a watery bliss. 

No knowledge of 

  flowers or trees, 

    sun or shade, 

      the push and pull of society. 

Expected to grasp at life, or not. 

The first of many choices that 

will be tossed our way. Sometimes 

too quickly to warrant decent consideration. 


But we go on, 

  with little success or a lot, 

   but committed to a singular goal. 

Which may be 

what’s for dinner, 

or shall we see a movie tonight, 

or perhaps climb the social ladder. 

On the best days it will be 

   to wake up and smell the coffee, 

     or walk a cobbled path lined with flowers, 

       help someone cross the street. 


Oh yes, commitment to life is 

not an easy thing, but can be 

  filled joy, 

    fun and 

       as many good things as there unpleasant. 

That’s life.


“I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea.”

~ Charlotte Eriksson, Swedish author

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