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> Here is a poem to contemplate on the year past and the one to come,
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> Time of Your Life
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> Do you reflect upon the years gone by
> as you prepare for yet one more,
> with promises and resolutions
> that you have made before?
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> Do memories of people and places
> once as sharp as any knife
> now blend in bits and pieces
> in a kaleidoscope of life?
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> Do you squander precious minutes
> seeking reasons why you're here,
> contemplating your life's purpose
> year after passing year?
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> Persuade yourself to understand,
> it matters not the reason.
> Your purpose is to seize the life
> in every passing season!
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> Learn to see things differently.
> Let your thoughts and actions change.
> Allow your views of past and present
> to slowly rearrange.
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> Let your spirit start anew;
> become focused and aware
> of the moments and the blessings
> that surround you everywhere!
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> Do not permit past memories:
> the where…the who…the how
> to become more important
> than the ones you’re making now.
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> Live life in person;
> inhabit every day.
> You may not like where you are now,
> but you’re there anyway!
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> A lifetime is a puzzle,
> every failure, each success
> adds another jagged piece
> to fit together with the rest.
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> To finish the picture
> and view the masterpiece whole,
> fill the time of your life
> with your heart and your soul.
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> Acquaint yourself with your feelings
> and heighten your senses.
> Experience living.
> Put down your defenses.
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> You don't have to know why
> you are you, and I’m me.
> Believe it is what it is
> and it’s how it should be.
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> You did not choose your date of birth,
> nor do you know your last,
> so live this gift that is your present,
> before it becomes your past.
> Linda Ellis
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