Thinking Again Out loud
I am sitting here thinking again.
About what I’ve done & where I’ve been.
If I had it all to do over again.
Would I do the same things then?
I know all I’ve said and done.
Asked for forgiveness when under sin’s thumb.
Yet, I wonder, if I had done things differently.
Taken a different job. Gone another way vigorously.
Gone with this girl instead of the other.
Been more caring & loving to my mother.
Thoughts that have little meaning.
Unless they affect your current leaning.
I am where I am because of my own choices.
They could have been different. Followed other voices.
But, I am who I am & I have to live with it.
Taken as a whole, I can learn & have a better fit.
Improve my self image for the better of all.
Even though I’ve answered the beckoned call.
There is much in life to understand.
It all is part of becoming a man.
Who you are reflects on how you will be remembered.
May people get a blessing, besides my defenders.
I feel my place is to try to be helpful.
Help others to understand themselves fully.
If not, to at least, bestow some care & comfort
No one needs to feel alone or shunned first.
All are sons and daughters of God.
Whether alive, or under the sod.
I want all to raise to everlasting life.
But, the choice is yours. Take it in stride.
——————————————-R. W. Johnson—–(2015)