After observing
and experiencing rude
and hurtful behavior
of so many I can judge
those people or I can
love them but I can't
do both at the
same time.

Know that there is love
in your heart and it isn't
really love until you
give it away and it doesn't
matter how you love,
it matters only that
you do love.

Have the capacity to create
to overcome, to endure,
to transform, and to be greater
than your suffering.

This time on earth called life
has been such an amazing
journey for me and there
are still so many miles to go
and still so many things
to learn and still so
much to see.

The longer I live
the more my mind dwells
upon the beauty
and the wonder of the world
and the more that I learn
to see beauty and goodness
everywhere the more I begin
to know that the real
joy of life is to love.                              Jon York         2013