The Price We Pay

RevJP · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:28 am Post subject: The Price We Pay

At the end of this day
I will assess the value
of what I have gained
For what I have paid.

I have paid a day of my life,
a very high price indeed,
I pray that my investment
was worth it.

Too often I have found,
my accountancy in the red,
paying the cost of life,
and not capitolizing on it.

I've paid at the door,
and have wandered aimlessly,
wasting,
in true american fashion.

As I review my ledger tonight,
will I find that I have
misspent,
this day I have bought?

Will I find that I ignored,
the chance
to make a difference?

Will I find that I have avoided,
the opportunity,
to be of import?

Will I find that my payment
has gone,
unreturned?

Tomorrow comes soon,
I pray that I realize,
that I am bankrupting my soul,
and fight to see a profit,
which is worth,
the inflated cost of life.

JP Burns, 3/6/1999

nannabug · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

I was compelled to enter your thread after reading the title, RevJP, for the thought that came to mind is that we have actually not paid a price at all. It was a gift, freely given.

Now we can either accept the gift and appreciate it for its inestimable value, or was can toss is aside like it was an atrocious yellow polka dotted tie that Aunt Margie bought you for Christmas a couple years ago. Wink

junco · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:39 am Post subject:

Well, I'm no theologian, but I agree with RevJP about this. Money comes and money goes. Money can always be found for what's needed. But time only ever goes. Once spent, you never get your time back. A day is gone at midnight, never to return, ever.

Les

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