turning sixty Had it not been as awful as it was Had when it was not been quite so sad Then I might not be as glad now because Good gets better having been so bad The wheel of life balancing as it does Suffering with the buffering of Hope for something better living by love Hanging on and hoping for the best Forever after forgetting the rest Letting it go even though I know Never forgetting yet still I will try Understanding though wondering as The turning wheel of life is passing by And under the wheel I understand Unclenching my heart I open my hand Learning I am turning too and glad Now through the bad for the good I have had How it was then because not again But as any of many anyhow Mistaking then as I did for now When I went down and around and around Turning and learning and inward bound Learning how the only way out is in Returning then to begin again Better off now than I have ever been Glad I learned my lesson even though I had to learn the hard way even so Good gets better having been so bad And when the wheel turns then somebody learns Somebody like me what the hard way earns Steven Curtis Lance