July 4, 2023

INDEPENDENCE

 

We depend on others and

on others’ beck and calls.

 

They need us and we need

them especially as babies.

 

This happens again if we

end up in a nursing home.

 

In the meanwhile, we have

these urges for freedom.

 

It’s life. They are the basic tugs

of becoming a human being.

 

It’s life – the give and take of

acting and reacting with others.

 

The Beatles were right, “Help

I need someone” everyday.

 

May I learn all the skills I can for

for Dependence and Independence

 

and learn what they mean by

the gift of Interdependence.

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello