Musings of My Spiritual Thoughts
In the Later Years of My Life
My life is maybe %20 done.
I have so much life to live,
If it is God's to give,
Then I was a woman of 30,
My life is maybe a third of the way done,
I have lots of time left to work and have fun.
But I was feeling leery,
I saw the hourglass, sand sifting,
More quickly,
Drifting,
Through life,
Raising a family,
I am not dissatisfied with what I have done,
But I feel "What?"
I am going to be 60 in less than two years.
That is way over half of my life.
I look at those 20 years older than I.
They are old.
Some are healthy and living well,
I can't tell,
Will I?
Others have died,
Or survived,
Cancer, and other hideous disease.
What will happen to us?
Don't be morbid,
I have done much of what I want,
I could die today and feel,
My life is not in vain.
I help others.
I love passionately.
I create,
I wait,
I want to see my children,
Happy healthy and close to God.
I don't want to leave my friends,
Family,
I need to believe,
When I leave,
I will see them again
Healthy, free of disease,
No fear, pain, sadness,
In heaven with God.
But what is that?
I need to believe,
We will all be freed.
Spirits with no need.
Of earthly things.
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Post a CommentI love that song!
Five For Fighting - 100 Years. :)
You have such a way with words.
Thanks Laurel, i have frienda like your neighbor, i doubt i will be that way!
I'll be 49 this month, and have many of your thoughts from this poem. I actually didn't think I'd live this long! Like you, I feel that if I die today, it's ok - my life wasn't wasted and I think I've done good things and served in my life. And I believe in heaven (don't know what it will be like, but it's going to be good!). I don't want to lose my brain and body functions though; I would rather have a fast death while still in full possession of my faculties. My neighbor is 95, and probably does more before 9 am than I do all day! So I know it is possible, though given family history, maybe not for me. Only God knows. Great musings!
Thanks Donna, and yeah it just keeps coming but then as my father said none of us are getting out of this alive, and we better just live life, because it beats the alternative! not always true, but it is for most of us!
So beautiful! I need to quit fretting about 40 eh?
Thanks K, Scott and Aly you guys too Becky and Steve, I don't want to be like my first father either with the dementia, but time is a weird scarey thing. I remember my son who is now 17 asking me why the summer after kindergarden went so slow and the next year it went faster, I didnt want to tell him how fast the years go by the older you get!
I have thought exactly these same things many times, but when I hear about my grandmother being confined to her home and needing help to do anything and everything, and with her dementia, I really hope I die before I end up like her.
Very thought-provoking!