September 9, 2016

LOOKING AT THE CLOCK

Ten times a day we look at the clock....
Eleven times a day we look at our watch....
Twelve times a day we look at our day....
morning, noon and night ....
Once a week we wonder where we are....
Once a month we wonder where the years
have gone....
At one moment we're in our childhood ....
At another moment we're serious adults ....
On the porch or with our walker we're
retracing our walk through the years of 
our life....
At one moment we remember when we were kids.... on slides in the playground - then running across the fields of our high school years....
At the next moment we're grateful for our kids....
At another moment we're cursing, "Where are they?"
At this moment, I close my eyes and cry,
"Thank You God! It's been good."
"Thank You God! I want many more mornings just to live, just to give, just to remember that I have lived .... Amen."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016