Success is not final just
as failure is not fatal but
it is the courage to continue
that counts so know that it
ain't easy as the days are
long and the years are short
and today you are the oldest
you have ever been and the
youngest you will ever be
again and as we get older the
less we listen to what people
say and the more we look at
what they do and we learn
that it is not the words of our
enemies we will remember
but the silence of our friends.

Your life is a story so write
well and edit often knowing
difficult roads often lead to
beautiful destinations and
life is short, so live it and
love is rare, so grab it, and
fear is awful, so face it, and
memories are sweet so
cherish them.

Know that one of the hardest
things to do in life is letting
go of what you thought was
real and remembering those
two words of six letters that
are easy to say, hard to
explain and harder to do,
"move on".           Jon York      2016