MEDITATING ON LIFE

I look at the Gulliver Creek
It is pooled on the north, but
streams narrowly under the road
and continues to flow until out of sight

Eventually it will become a part
of the great inland sea which
we call Lake Michigan

The whole of the water is really
a collection of many drops
much like grains of sand
making up the sugar beach

Many parts to make one
One made of many parts
The whole is important
The individual parts are necessary

The flow goes into the lake
becoming a part of it
Where does it go?

Does the wind blow it to the east?
Down toward the Mackinac Bridge?

Did my friend who swam across
The Straits of Mackinac this summer
swim through what was once
the beautiful Gulliver Creek

So much fun to contemplate
The possibilities are endless
Our potential is unlimited

We observe these things
Do we look at ourselves?
See how we fit into the whole?

We live in a wondrous world
When not confined, our endeavors
May be the beginning of great change

One never knows the ending,
but first there must be a beginning

We must not limit ourselves
to a state of dreaming
Dreams without action remain dreams

We want accomplishment
We desire goodness and dedicate 
ourselves to continual striving
 
Stanski
March 17, 2020 ^

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