Choices

You can do and you can be whatever you want. You have the power, and the right, to make the changes.

There are many choices to be made as daily life goes by. There are changes in our world and choices in our lives. There are those who come and those who go. There are those who enrich, and those who drain. There are thoughts which improve our daily grind, and there are thoughts that depress us and bring us down.

Every chance meeting, every friendship, every love, every choice we make, changes us inside and out in ways we neither see nor notice until sometime later.

All of a sudden we encounter an old circumstance, but we handle it in a new way a better way. The choices and the changes we made have caused us to grow, to improve, and we can move on unafraid.

You have one life to live, don't let it count for naught. You have too much to give, Choose to give it!

Copyright 2004 Fran Watson

For more poetry and stories you can go to Fran's webpage http://www.franwatson.ca

In The News:


Throwing It Out There There's Pros, Then There's Poetry
Washington Post, United States - Nov 30, 2008
By Desmond Bieler The college basketball season is well under way, as, apparently, is the NBA head coach-firing season. But we swear we're not piling on a ...

Poetry Collection Tells Mythic Story of How One Dying Civilization ...
Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release), FL - 3 hours ago
ATHENS, Greece -- December 2, 2008 -- In his poetry collection, The Story of Our People, author David Hillstrom uses a poet, a woman and a welder to explore ...
New Book Questions Validity of Contemporary Beliefs Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release)
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Valley Advocate

Easy Poetry?
Valley Advocate, MA - 2 hours ago
By James Heflin Poetry's got a reputation to uphold, apparently—the reputation of that last brutal Himalayan peak in the dim haze of the academic distance. ...

LAST CHANCE: Romantic Poetry, Capture Now and Mouth to Mouth
Playbill.com, NY - 5 hours ago
Romantic Poetry (Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I). The world premiere musical with a score by Henry Kreiger (Dreamgirls, Side Show) and a book ...

Acting as an anchor for poetry night
Western Front, WA - 15 hours ago
The loss of the location was felt by the Ankers, as they searched for a new location to host their café, and by Bellingham’s poetry scene. ...

Poetry comes alive for Bostian Heights students
Salisbury Post, NC - 15 hours ago
BOSTIAN HEIGHTS — Donna Rymer, who teaches academically-gifted classes at Bostian Heights Elementary, said students these days don't know much about poetry. ...

Contest gives Blue Ridge students new appreciation for poetry
Greenville News, SC - 17 hours ago
His performance landed him a spot at Blue Ridge's schoolwide "Poetry Out Loud" competition, which was scheduled for Dec. 1 in the school's auditorium. ...

Politics and poetry should not be mixed
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 14 hours ago
... constituents are rightly annoyed that two of my colleagues have offered Patrick Jones a platform at the Assembly to read what he refers to as “poetry”. ...

Wrestling with loss: Finding the kingdom of heaven after hell on Earth
Belleville News Democrat,  USA - 11 hours ago
At the very same time, he says he inexplicably uncovered two buried treasures -- a gift for poetry and a deep faith in God. He shares both in his book, ...

Peace and Justice Poetry
Cincinnati CityBeat, OH - 5 hours ago
Have something to say that’s more significant about what’s going on in the world than where to find the cheapest beer or what the woman next to you is ...
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