Winter Reflections

It seems that winter is a time for contemplating what is happening in my life. Each year adds new challenges to my life making me wonder sometimes what will be next. I find that it is better to make that a passing thought rather than dwell on what’s to come. We can’t change it anyway, so I believe it is better to take things one day at a time and deal with things as they arise.

In this gray, leafless wintertime of life

when reflection dominates my thinking

age blankets memory snowy, cold, twinkling

covering over old pain, hurt, and strife,

Forgetting past, and sometimes the present,

I contemplate future things to come.

Will old age smile on the end of my run?

Can I peacefully pass on contented?

Life goes on, independent of us,

New changes come, without my consent.

All I can do is watch, and make a fuss;

But, if I have no choice in what’s to come,

why should I worry or fret with resentment?

To stay or leave does not really matter.

It’s making the most of each day that counts.

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

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