A life fully lived

A Life Fully Lived

One day, a sun will rise on a new day

Without you or I in it.

All that was once owned, will be unowned;

All that was remembered, forgotten.

All that will remain are lives touched.

For this is the only metric to which a full life is measured.

A life fully lived basks in experiences,

both triumphs and defeats.

It embraces change and with it new possibilities.

A life fully lived begs the question, "How can I help"

and doesn't consider recompensation.

So when the sun rises and we are here to experience it,
Smile.
For we have another opportunity to laugh or cry, to work or to rest.
To reach another soul and lighten their burden.


And this will be, a life fully lived.