So Many Opportunities Poem by Linda Engwall

Clearly I have missed it
All those moments
I was meant to pay attention to
While my life was happening

Too busy to notice
Those hundred thousand opportunities
I was given to see

Wake up
We don’t get forever
We always think
There is tomorrow

Tomorrow
To find the time
To appreciate it all

The beauty of this life is
We are given countless times to
Step up
Give back
And above all live it with love

The one thing we all have in common
Is this life will end
And whether you believe in the life after this
Or not

Pay attention
This is your life
Live it in the present
Give of yourself
Love all and
Require yourself to give your very best

And when it is time comes to leave this earthly existence
Your life will not be in vain
You will leave this world a better place
Then when you stepped in

And me I am hoping and believing there is a better place
For us all - Still to come