a fact of life I knew,
but have recently stared in the eye.
Friendships we choose,The way we look,
The things we pursue,
The decisions we make,
The life we’ve lived,
The life we are living...
It is what it is.
The pain from our bad decisions,
The sorrow of lost opportunities,
The hurt of a devastating loss,
The discomfort of being alone...
It is what it is.
The joy of hearing a child’s innocent laugh,
The peace felt while sitting by a river or at the ocean’s shore,
The love of being with someone you respect and adore,
The thrill of living life at high speed,
The pride over a child that has grown into a truly good person,
The warmth felt when you know you’ve made a difference in a friend’s life,
The contentment of a life fully lived...
Realizing that all in life, at this moment,
simply is what it is...
A logical, intelligent, true statement of fact...
Life is what it is.
Accepting life in this way,
Is it facing reality, or embracing complacency?
Life is robust and glorious,
Painful and trying,
Filled with tremendous potential...
So by accepting simply that it is what it is,
Are we doing ourselves an injustice?
Are we sabotaging growth, improvement,
Preventing opportunities for learning to do and be better?
Maybe what has been, is what it is,
But the future, and today... right now...
It is what we decide it to be...
It can be what God wants it to be if we choose that path...
Or it can pass into another day of being simply what it is...
Life is what it is...yesterday.
Life is what you make it...tomorrow.
© 2010 Cherie' Davidson
(This is dedicated to a dear friend with whom I have greatly enjoyed deep, intriguing and fun conversations on life and all its ups, downs and mysteries. Thank you, Dave.)
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