FRIENDS AND LIVING
by Wylie Dougherty
CHS '53
Since I met you, I’ve felt some changes
In my mind and the way I think.
I had grown beyond the pure romantic
And quit listening to the sounds of living, Words of songs
and beauty of a simple flower.
I’ve learned to love and live again a little better,
I see the clouds, sunsets and beauty in life.
I know I’m worth more than I was,
Not sure that I’m more worthy,
To those who love, trust, need and wait for me.
As I grow old and wiser, I know
I have to share and take and love-that’s the price of life.
My life can never be the same—no more grays and drabs
I have to live and give and love.
You never know what’s round the bend, a waterfall or rocky road
Or green, green grassy pastures waiting for our bare feet.
The wisdom of the age is still-live for the moment, love your friends
Take time to smell the flowers-treat nature with respect.
Take the extra moment to be sure you’ve cured the hurts you caused
Never be afraid to cry. You see you have to open up your heart
To let a little hurt come in to see if you’re alive.
If you’re alive your owe a debt to each of those who give and shape and care
About the way you are.
You pay the debt by reaching out to a friend who has a need—
Or stick your neck out, help someone who isn’t yet your friend.
The pleasure and pain of life were never meant to be unshared
Don’t carry the load alone—the burden’s only half as heavy if you share it with a friend.
The time you take to help another is paid back many times.
Looking back we hope to see the way we.ve shaped some souls
And heaped a little happiness on lives grown stale and cold.
Never be too busy to care and hold and shape and mold another who has needs.
Another time they’ll be the one to lift you back to life.
Wylie Dougherty
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BY MIL, 5 MARCH, 2018
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BY MIL, 5 MARCH, 2018
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