Lifetime Learning

 

 

Live going forward

And learn from the back,

Don’t dwell on the past

And what that past lacked.

 

The past can hinder

What the future can achieve

If in the present

You refuse to believe.

 

Undoing is impossible,

What is passed is passed,

Don’t burn your bridges

And stay on task.

 

Lifetime learning

Must be always the goal,

Journey one step at a time

Move from pole to pole.

 

Put God first

In all that you do,

Search His life manual

To find all that is true.

 

Plan for the long term

But walk in increments

And maximize the learning

Of your life’s events.

 

Observe life’s balance

And the tensions at play,

Do not overdo or underdo

Take it day by day!

 

Make some things happen

Do not just wait

And make a positive input

Regarding your fate.

 

Fate does play a part

Yes, I believe this is true

But I also do believe

There is much one can do.

 

We can shape the future

By the ongoing present

Through our acting decisively

And not mere intent.

 

 

Intent is in the mind

But if that’s all intent is

It will not make a difference

To our well-to-do list.

 

The road to failure

Is strewn with good intent

And with armchair critics

That entered no events.

 

Lifetime learning

Is about learning to forgive

And very often too,

To live and let live.

 

Give good counsel

But don’t live another’s life

For such is truly impossible

And causes more strife.

 

Disputes of the past!

Don’t let them eat you out

But do what you possibly can

For a positive turn-about.

 

Be contented where you are

With a view to move on

And once opportunities arise

Press on!  Press on!

 

Stewart Russell © February 12, 2022