These Things I Know

1. The days of my youth have become the days of my old age.

2. Once I was naive. This has not changed.

3. I now know the things I can live without are the things I once thought I could not live without.

4. There is a deep silence in my life caused by knowing I will never again hear the sweet voices of people who have stepped off the edge of this earth and entered whatever lies beyond the last day of life.

5. I believe the most valuable gift I can give is to lay my judgmental mind to rest so my compassionate heart can receive and hear your words