Advice From a Poem

Saturday was a good day. Good sales day, great conversations, and just an overall good feeling. The only snag was my drowsiness this morning on my way to my two appointments. And I will watch two Madea movies tomorrow that I haven't seen before. So I am pretty excited about that.

After a conversation with a good friend of mine, I went and pulled out two poems of mine that I had drafted recently. (On a roll and more to come soon it seems). And as I read through one of them, the following lines reverberated through my mind over and over:

But what good is it then, if bold moves aren't taken / To transform dreams of the past into reality today?

What a truism! And as I thought about a situation I am presently involved and similar ones in the past, I realized one central thing: I, and I alone, will have to make the bold moves to get something settled. To get something achieved. To get something finalized. Because I cannot depend (and certainly not expect--especially in this case) on anyone else to step up to the plate and do so, no matter what they may feel or boast. This is the answer to the question. The solution to the problem. And the alpha to the omega. And this may very well involve things I am not excited about doing, but as I said during a recent conversation:

"In life, you got to do what you got to do. And along the way, you WILL have to do some things you don't want to do."

Yes, it is the truth. I am excited. Optimistic? Heh, dunno. Only time will tell.

And TIME has a sneaky way of playing with your heart...