THE SCARS OF LIFE...by b. Malin
SOME THOUGHTS...
Many Died...Many Cried...Lives were changed Forever...The Scars of Life run Deep. They "Edge" our very Souls. They can make the Young seem Old...While the very Old look towards their own Death, as a Release...And the Promise of "Heaven", something they did not have here among the Living. Most of Us, are somewhere in the middle, trying to grab the Enjoyments of Life...As we Silently vow, that No Person, Place, or Thing, or Government, can interfere... Certainly, We can be forgiven for such Nieve Thoughts.
I hadn't realized that even in "Friendships" we wear "Labels"...Many years ago as a young couple, we were invited to an affair...I didn't notice, and probably wouldn't have, that the Hostess had sat us with HIS friends and not HER friends. What we were later to learn, was that SHE had asked him for a Divorce...And so, SHE was in the process of Divorcing US, { HIS Friends,} as well. Silly Us, We thought we were BOTH their friends... This incident, left a slight Scar in our Hearts.
What happened to the Children of the Woodstock Generation, who danced Naked and Free? They put their clothes on... Grew up, and got Married. Some had Careers, Children, and some also Divorced, mourned their Lost Youth, and paid their Taxes...Some went to "Class Reunions"...and vowed NEVER to go AGAIN...While some Married Again, and felt Happy, thinking maybe this time they'd gotten it Right... As the Ugly Divorce Scars, ever so Slowly, began to fade away.
The "Off- Spring" made some of us Grandparents...With such names as Mimi, or Granny, and of course there were Poppa's as well as numerous other names. These Grandchildren were of course, the Brightest, Most Beautiful, or Handsome, and oh Sooo Clever...Every one of them, A Genius...Wow, this is what LOVE is all about!
Of course in between all this Happiness, a lot of People were losing their jobs...It affected the young, as well as the not so Young... Who were being Pushed into Early Retirement. But still paying Taxes, and trying hard NOT to lose their Home, or Savings, which was becoming a Sad reality...Scars, once again, were Forming.
Some prayed, some Never gave up, and became, Survivors... This is America! We still live in the land of Opportunity...Another Song could still be written, and Sung...another History Chapter on Success, could still be written, another "Job" was out there, waiting to be filled, and above all, another Scar, would eventually heal, and Fade away. Amen.
ANOTHER SMALL THOUGHT... by b. Malin
Don't let Someone Else use up your Today... Or, Interfere with your Tomorrows.
