I am the Variable

            At times it feels like Mother Earth surrounds me, holds me to her bosom and comforts me with her secret and intimate wonders.

            At other times, I feel like a stranger to Mother Earth, as if I cannot see, feel, touch, or taste the wonder of her beauties, the multiplicity of her creations, the consummate comfort of her wondrous peace.

            I am the variable in this equation.  I am the one who chooses.

I Contemplate

 

 

I contemplate at times

The things I have never done
And wonder what the consequences
And discoveries might have been.
I do not consider with regret
But only with wondrous curiosity
At the paths that might have been
The journeys that may have begun
The triumphs and tragedies
That may have marked the landscape
Of my travels as I pressed on
The what ifs that never were
The questions never answered
The adventures never undertaken
The outcomes forever lost from view.
I do not feel sorrow…
Only curious.

Life

Life is anticipation

The known, the unknown
The pleasant and the challenge
But in all of the anticipation
Moments of pure joy are manifest
And in the end
As we look back upon the years
We pray that we shall remember fondly
And be glad for the experience.