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| Life, flashing forward |
Time flies when you're having fun!
Here's Ravi wearing the dress I crocheted, four decades ago, for my niece, Lauren ...
(Where in the world did those four decades go???)
As family fun time is offering me another five star day
I've no time to write a new post, today ...
Hope you and yours are having lots of fun, too!
You see, anyone my age can attest to this truth:
Life is short
And the only way to reflect back without regret is to
Make the best of each moment, every day, in every way
And thus do you watch me
Lay myself down to sleep
Knowing that the bright side of my mind
Will dive toward insight in the still of the night, until
My brain, working as a well balanced whole
Actually figures out how to give
A plan that did not work out as I'd hoped a tweak, so that
Rather than giving up on achieving a heartfelt goal, which
Proves highly complex, I remind myself to
Make good use of my intelligence by
Diving ever more deeply into my think tank until
An oyster is spied, which, upon opening, will reveal
The magic of a brand new pearl ...
And once I hold that translucent pearl
Up to the light, guess what happens, next?
My conscious mind awakens to add another
Pearl of wisdom to the string of insights, concerning
How best to achieve heartfelt goals, which, proving
Long range in nature, need not be illusive, forever
And each time today's pearl enhances my sense of logic
I overcome yesteryear's negatively focused sense of defeat by
Transcending inner conflict, and once
Inner peace feels restored, guess who adds
Yet another Win-Win victory to those, which
Over my lifetime, have lined up inside my head like
Lucky ducks, all in a row, and resultant of
Each complex plan revising itself inside my head
Every puzzling piece of my life seems to realign and
Fall into place until, time and again
Bigger pictures appear, as though all on their own
And whenever that happens, guess whose
Spirit soars in awe of the way that
The contradictive parts of the human brain can
Best be utilized once each of us figures out how to
Coax our think tanks to function as
A harmonic, well balanced whole ...
I mean, each time we think of the brain
As a well maintained, highly complex machine, like
A car, we come to see why we need to learn how to make
Good use of self control, concerning when to
Switch gears from a neutral position (while
We get our bearings) into reverse in order to
Back out of the garage; however ...
If we hope not to travel in reverse, forever
We'd do well to take our foot off the brake while
Turning the steering wheel to face the direction that
We really long to go and then, when readiness suggests
Pressing the petal to the metal, we can actually
Achieve a heartfelt, long range goal, which
Has been illusive for most of our lives
And now that that pearl has slipped onto
The same silk thread, which holds countless others ...
Let's place this treasured necklace in a safe place until
We seek each other out, tomorrow, which is
Only a day away ...
Your friend,
Annie
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