When I was three and twenty I thought I knew everything that mattered It didn't matter that I could not find "The value of x in an angle," As long as I knew who mattered in a love-triangle.
Friends came to me for advice, I listened; I counseled And thought I was wiser than my folks, Who could not understand how young people thought and loved.
A score and more have passed, And now I can find The value of x in an angle, even in a circle! I have learned more about the world than I did When I was three and twenty.
But then I have also found How cocky I was at twenty-three Giving advice that now seem silly, Thinking I knew better than the elderly Whose wisdom I now think to be sound.
When you reach a certain age, You tend to look back at your life The same way you look down At the view from your window seat Thirty thousand feet above the ground.
You see the blueness of the ocean The greeness of the mountains And you marvel at the beauty And feel peace emanating from within you
But then as your plane nears the city You see the unsightly smog hovering over it, The gray waters that surround it Then you get a sinking feeling as the plane descends.
Memories give us the same sense -- Of happiness when we think of the good times, Of loss and sadness when we think of the bad ones. But we can choose to look at the amazing view from our window seat And fasten our seat belt and look straight ahead
I was very busy and stressed out for most of the week, but today I had time to meet with friends I had not seen in about 5 years and we spent the whole day together. They took me to the beach and had breakfast and late lunch together. It was great to catch up and have a really nice conversation.
The resort we went to called Bluewater Maribago in Mactan, Cebu had lovely old trees.
It had been a while since I visited a place that I really liked, and today was a treat.
I would love to come back to this place in the not too distant future.
Taking this trip feels like Going to a battle With only courage As your fuel For which you have a full tank; Experience and knowledge -- Your only ammunition Of which you have barely enough. Yet you go on, you fight On a suicide mission For the future, For the ones you love, For love. For life
