Unlocking Hard Lessons

No harm was meant.

No misgivings anticipated.

No proving something paramount.

But…

The lesson of allowing passion to confuse

Both the heart and mind

Returned again and again.

The parties involved

Refused to pause,

Pay close attention to the costs involved.

Money is not the issue

For a common factor for all

Whether rich or poor

Is the willingness to accept time

As a reality that waits for no one.

Perhaps…

The reality that everyone

Loses a bit of what they were day after day

Is evolution in motion,

Natural changes with purpose,

Wanting to arrest the impatience of the adamant.

To understand…

The past is but a key to unlocking a future,

To know the fit,

To know location,

To know when Time is right

And empathize with whatever crisis might occur

Is a result of

Perfection at work.

Accepting the price of happiness

Means accepting the lessons of the past,

To not drag the pain of mistakes as baggage into the next iteration

Of the happiness quest,

But to embrace the aura of understanding

That has finally given you the once-exhausted breath

To move on,

Knowing the smile of growth

Is often delayed by design.