Heather Jephcott writes

Consider......

Life is too short

to hide away in a cupboard,

to lock oneself away from other people's

eyes and company.

Life is too short

to be wasted doing nothing much

of eternal value, playing around, just having fun

and nothing counting for anything.

Life is too short

to participate in selfish activities

that make one stay within oneself rather than

giving out in love and kindness.

Life is too short

to navel gaze, and nothing else

just looking down within, rather than outwards,

towards the one, the two's, the masses.

Life is too short

to not give out personal touches

where they are needed, so open your eyes,

wide and see, move out, be brave and care.

Life is too short

to spend time afraid or worrying

shackling oneself with anxious beads,

hiding one's gifts, concealing one's light.

Life is too short

to become offended, allowing another's misdeeds or offences

to gather themselves around your heart influencing it negatively,

encasing it with hard, cold, ice.

Life is too short

to forget to sit down and recharge your battery

remember the need for rest, for recovery, each day,

each season, each year.

Life is too short

to rarely give thought to the one who created

the universe you live in, as well as being the one who is fashioning you,

shaping you individually, making you special.

Heart of Ice -- thirteenthangel