Life is great A precious gift We succeed Propel ourselves forward We are ready when Opportunity comes our way Mostly surround ourselves With like thinking individuals Are content and make progress Time passes and we flow Then comes a change A new environment New people to work with Those who cannot comprehend Our past means nothing to them A war-chest of medals meaningless All of our facade useless Naked, as could be said, and Back to square one A new trial A challenge that overwhelms We think of the Cross The One who fell Had to get up and continue Bearing the heavy load He was carrying us, our sins Now we must rise Understand our mission Reacquaint with our true selves Know our strengths Our weakness and energy We must not linger This is life, we remember A precious gift This thought stays with us We have work to do There will be no bravos The measure of success Will be ours We draw up our game plan We begin This is truly our life, our gift Stanski January 31, 2020 ^