PERSPECTIVE

So many things we are dealing with today,

Be them from the past or the present;

Troubles and hurt that even time can’t take away,

Moments that become life-changing events.

Some believe we just take what we can get.

Others work hard at making life its very best.

It could be easy to let ourselves get down

As we see others seeming so lucky.

But if we really evaluate, looking around,

We’ll notice those worse off than we.

That’s when thankfulness enters our heart,

Hoping and praying we never have it THAT hard.

But what about the good times?

What about the blessings we never take note of?

The descent after a struggling climb,

Our lives blessed with abundant love!

Why is it so easy to focus on our strife

When there’s still plenty of “good” in our life?

Who do we surround ourselves with, to help us remember?

How do we celebrate those beautiful moments in time?

What ways do we store them in our thinking member?

When do we take a moment to treasure this life?

The moment is now--no time like the present,

To live life to the full, as it’s truly meant.

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