What Will You Do?

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

2 thoughts on “What Will You Do?

  1. 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!

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