Friday, July 28, 2023

It's Risky Getting Old

 


 

The world needs risk takers.

The truth seekers and status quo resisters.

Who ask the questions they really want

To know.  Who confidently pursue what is right

Even when it isn’t popular.

 

No facades.  No half-truths.

No compromises.

 

The life lovers and slow-song-in-the-kitchen dancers.

Who smile at every stranger and wear their hearts

Om their sleeves.  Who uphold authenticity

Time and time again.

 

No distance.  No armor.  No walls.

 

The course changers and map makers.

Who risk it all to follow their hearts and

lead others to new places.  Who steadily

move forward without always naming the

challenges they overcome.

 

No compass.  No safety net.  No way

To know where the road will go.

 

The world needs risk takers.

Like you and me.

 

Who pave the way for others to follow.

Or who tiptoe past their comfort zones

To say yes when they could have said no.

 

Every day. In big and small ways, we all

Wake up and push towards the unknown.

Never rising out of new waters the same

As we were before.

 

-       From Magnolia Art journal, summer 2020

 

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