Challenges

Published on by Susi Bocks

Redux

always tossed about
life’s waves pitching you around
riding out the storms

Attaining maturity gives you the ability to throw an anchor overboard at just the right times. It’s knowing that life will be a wild ride, but you’ll always be able to hang on. You understand that things will eventually calm down to where you can survive. And be in command of a bigger boat.

Originally posted on I Write Her 12/25/2018.

13 thoughts on “Challenges”

  3. Wonderful poem that got me thinking! With age comes perspective. As a teen I thought the turbulence I was going through was the worst possible thing. Then college and I was certain that life was soooo hard. Then I entered the real world and everything was a challenge or a chore! Only after motherhood did I realize that all the trials had a silver lining and that I had become so strong that I could master anything life held….

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    1. Thank goodness we get some perspective as we age. Well, some of us! lol Same, I would never want to go back to those times in my teenage years. I, too, learned so much after I got pregnant with my first son. I’ll be forever grateful that he entered my life, so many lessons learned! Thanks for commenting, Val!

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