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Hardrock
Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA

0 posted 2000-12-03 05:39 PM


So you made some bad choices, that’s no big deal,
And you have bad feelings you don’t want to feel,
The thing about life is, those hurts will heal,
That’s what makes life worth living.

So along the way you made an error or two,
And you lost all your rainbows, and now you’re just blue,
When all else is gone, you still have YOU,
And that’s what makes life worth living.

They are only mistakes, if you label them so,
They’ll only be gone, when you let them go,
Don’t fight the tide, when you can go with the flow,
That’s what makes life worth living.

You can only hurt, if you expose your heart,
You will only have pieces, if you tear things apart,
You don’t have to stop loving, if you never start,
But that’s not what makes life worth living.

It’s easy to stay all secure in yourself,
It’s easy to keep your heart on a shelf,
And you can eat cookies with the Keebler Elf,
But that’s not what makes life worth living.

One bad experience does not your life take,
Your life isn’t over, there’s no time for a wake,
Go try again, and love for love’s sake,
Cause that’s what makes life worth living.

Don’t swallow your pride, stand up and be proud,
Don’t hide and cry softly, go out and be loud,
Find some new friends, go out with the crowd,
There a life out there worth living.

You’re not the first to have loved and lost,
There are many of us out here, we’ve all paid the cost,
But we’ve de-iced our hearts, and thawed out the frost,
Cause there’s a life out here worth living.

So get out here with us, if you only will try,
You will soon learn that you still can fly,
You can’t give up now, you’re too young to die,
When there’s a life out here worth living.

We’re all out here waiting, come join us today,
Don’t give up on life now, don’t go away.
There’s a new dawn arising, one comes each day,
And that’s what makes life worth living.



© Copyright 2000 Marv Hardin - All Rights Reserved
Dream Chaser
Junior Member
since 2000-11-21
Posts 32
South Carolina
1 posted 2000-12-03 08:07 PM


Hey Marv!  I like this one!  You kinda summed up my life with this one.  I exposed my heart and it got shattered into pieces.  I think I'll just keep my heart on the shelf now and eat the Keebler cookies with the elf from now on!  

Angel      

Scarlet Lady
Member
since 2000-02-11
Posts 242
Midwest
2 posted 2000-12-03 08:17 PM


You can only hurt, if you expose your heart,
You will only have pieces, if you tear things apart,
You don’t have to stop loving, if you never start,
But that’s not what makes life worth living.

hmmmmmmm.....we need to talk! hehe....
Good write, as usual!  

firejerm
Member
since 2000-06-13
Posts 217
Springfield, OH, good ol USA
3 posted 2000-12-03 11:43 PM


Hey, I want to eat cookies with the Keebler Elf.  I tell you what man, after the way my last couple weeks have gone, I needed this shot.  I appreciate the read.  Makes me realize that there may be yet light at the end of the tunnel.  

Jeremy

"Those little slices of death, how I loathe them."
-Edgar Allen Poe

Dark_kisses_Within
Senior Member
since 2000-03-21
Posts 680
Kansas
4 posted 2000-12-04 01:53 AM


Yeah,so many things make life worth living.  I never ever thought I would feel that way again.  But HEY!!...... we live and learn.  I loved your message here, Marv.  I just hope others realize it also,before they give up.  

Always reading you,
Mags


No person is worth your tears, and the only one that is ...... will never make you cry


Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
5 posted 2000-12-04 12:33 PM


Hardrock,
you are what makes life worth living. Apt analogy. I like it.
Kethry


Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant - Thoreau



firecrakker
Member
since 2000-10-20
Posts 235
Virginia
6 posted 2000-12-04 01:06 PM


You don’t have to stop loving, if you never start,
But that’s not what makes life worth living.

Ain't it the truth! I loved the inspiration in this whole piece, but these lines stood out to me.  Thank you for another wonderful write!  

Sheila

Jannel
Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA
7 posted 2000-12-04 01:09 PM


this is very nice. a little happy fluttered in me when i read it. although i must disagree about cookies, but only when my mom makes chocolate chips with little walnut pieces.   this was a great encouragement poem.

jann elizabeth  

catalinamoon
Deputy Moderator 1 Tour
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone
8 posted 2000-12-05 10:33 PM


Hey, this sounds like that positive attitude that I am supposed to be feeling! Very good poem, good advice, just all around good.  
Sandra

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