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A Tempered Soul
Time has steadily tempered
the very essence of my soul. Now I voluntarily relinquish what I thought I could control.
The years seem to be, to me an improvised audition for a lifelong production with no intermission.
Every memory, each moment, all the people I know
are scenes and performers in this magnificent show.
Each year I grow older,
I feel emotions expanding. What once bordered on anger is now understanding.
The indifference I’d practiced as a petulant youth
was replaced with compassion when faced with the truth.
If I would have known
the pages I was turning when life was teaching the lessons I never knew I was learning,
I would’ve been more attentive, and slowed down my pace
if I had known how quickly there’d be wrinkles on my face.
I am tempered; I am calm. Every day life teaches more. I am centered; I am strong, each day, better than befor
Dash Inspirations by Linda Ellis – Website: LindaEllis.life