ONE  LIFE   TO  LIVE,

ONE  LIFE  TO  GIVE 

I love the question

that Mary Oliver asks

in her poem, The Summer Day,

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?"

I suspect every person

and every poet asks

that question.

I suspect that's why 

commencement address speakers 
either uses Mary Oliver's question

or ask it in their own words.

Our family poem is 

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. 

We all have many roads ahead of us - 

and many times we come to a fork
in the road: 

"And I - I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference."

So  whether its doctor, lawyer,
maintenance or mechanic,

priest or prophet, nun or nurse,

mom, dad, advocate or actor,

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?"

Listen to what a man with the name
of Adolfo Kaminsky did with his life.

© Andy Costello  - Thoughts for Today

The Forger - Video - NYTimes.com

▶ 16:20

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/.../the-forger.html

Oct 2, 2016

As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives byforging passports to help children flee the Nazis ...