What will you do if nobody recognizes you?
Will you become offended and ready to give up?
How will you act if your name isn’t called?
The hurt and pain feels so real,
yet, in the scheme of things
it’s not important at all.
What would you do if everything was a lie?
and the reality you know
doesn’t resemble anything you remember?
Would you try to hide your disappointment
or just let it go?
what would you do
if friendships were lost
because of an oversight caused by the realities of life?
Skewing your perspective
While making everything look the same.
when in reality,
it was just an easy way to cast blame.
offenses will come
Of this you can be sure.
if you spend your time being offended
there’s not much point to living
if the harshness of life
you can’t endure.
Just the power to hold on
as you learn to endure.
No matter how you slice it
and no matter how you dice it
when it’s all said and done
what you do with
what you know
may determine
what you will do
As you grow.
Debra A. K. Thompson
Debra, this good advice! 🙂 You were careful to keep it neutral except for this line “ I know the hurt and pain feels so real,”. I suggest just drop the “I know”.
There are quite a few cliches, and they are fine if you are spoofing a self-help column. If not, you might want to think of other ways to get the messages across. Make the reader feel what should be done with stronger words. Just my suggestions!
Thank you so much. This is very good advice.