Choices

Its been awhile since I saw your smile

Its been awhile since I heard you laugh

Its been awhile since I had more than a moment to listen to you

Its been awhile, and there is nothing better than listening,

laughing, enjoying

There is no "what ifs" there is no "I wonder" there is no

"should have"

There is I am glad that I was there, there is I know life

happens, there is sometimes that is just the way it is

The truth is, the only way for regret is if I choose not to live,

love, laugh and play

I choose to remember, I choose to keep the things that

felt so good a part of me, and I choose to care

Choices are not easy at times, but the only way to move

forward is to know where you have been and to know that

there is a path forward and to walk there

Its like the sunrise and sunset, at first you wait for

something to happen and enjoy the beauty as it fills the day

with strength and light

In the end you know that even when something ends there

is something beautiful there too

As something ends if we can find the sunset's beauty in it,

then it may be easier to find the next sunrise and the

strength in the light of another day

Choices, they are what changes the tide in our lives, but

How many of us realize the strength of them?