And LIFE GOES ON !!

 LIFE GOES ON !!

As we grow up, and older, and

We let our childhood fly

We have our dreams, and plans – we have our wishes piled up high.

We give a lot of thought for what tomorrow’s going to bring —

“I’ll be a doctor.”  “I’ll be rich.”

“And me?  I’ll be your King!”

We leave the playground, add some years,

Make new friends all around –

The FUTURE waits ahead and possibilities abound !

We spend our high school days, and then our college years as well,

In trying to determine things

That only Time will tell.

I didn’t understand it then

And, somehow, still don’t know

How time can often pass on by with nothing left to show.

I tried, and still try, very hard to do some good each day,

But all too often I have let

The chances slip away.

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My baby sister had a baby

Several years ago.

Just “several”?  More like twenty-five, and we have watched her grow

From little girl to college kid – then on to be a wife

Who, with her husband, started making

Plans to make their life.

And now my baby sister’s baby

Has a baby, too –

And some of my own kids have joined the game and had a few.

When did this happen?  How did all these little ones get grown

And go to school and marry and

Have children of their own?

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How did I get to be the age

My Grandpa used to be?

The man was ancient – OLD, I tell you — that was plain to see !!

What hair he had was gone to grey – his back, once straight, was bent.

And he could look back on a life

He prayed had been well-spent.

My mirror tells a story I find

Too hard to believe.

My mind tells me I’m thirty-five, with aces up my sleeve,

And all the time I’ll need to give the world my very best —

Then looking at that looking-glass

Will put those thoughts to rest.

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God has His own concept of Time –

It’s not the same as mine.

I think I’ll have forever ‘til I reach the finish line.

But, no – He’ll tell me when I’m done, and when I’ll take my rest –

So until then I’ll give my all

And  give the world my best.

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gordon

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I would rather be ashes than dust!

I would rather that my spark

should burn out in a brilliant blaze

than it should be stifled by dry-rot.

I would rather be a superb meteor,

every atom of me in magnificent glow,

than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The function of man is to live,

not to exist.

I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.

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Jack London

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