Poem

TODAYS INSPIRATION

DON'T GROW TOO OLD

Don't ever grow too old for birthdays,

Fun-things that you used to do,

Don't give up your dreams because you

Feel that they have not come true.

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Don't forget the sound of laughter,

Or the love in someone's eyes,

Don't trade memories for pleasures,

All that in a moment dies.

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Don't give up your zest for living,

Saying you are much too old,

Is this what you feel, or is it

Something that you have been told?

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There's a valley deep within us,

Where there is an eternal Spring,

Where there is no sound of sorrow,

And the birds forever sing.

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Though your gait is not as steady now,

As once it used to be,

And your vision's clouding over things

You used to clearly see,

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Do not let the weight of decades,

Turn you into bitter gall,

For with age there comes a wisdom,

That is a blessing to us all.

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Hold your years up like a banner,

Wave it brightly in the sun,

When folks tell you life is over,

Tell them it has just begun.

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Loneliness can never touch you,

If you won't allow it to,

And in sharing love with others,

.... God will give it back to you.

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~Author Unknown