Day 23 SOL 16: We Choose

We Choose

We can invest
in worry
about safety,
about health,
about others.

We can invest 
in fear
of those with differences,
of tomorrows,
of ourselves.

We can invest
in waiting
for a moment,
for a miracle,
for something to happen.

or

We can invest
in being,
in reaching,
in changing,
in doing,
in making a difference.

The choice
is ours.

© Cathy L. Mere, 2016



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Comments

  1. Cathy, you need to make this into a poster! It would be a good poster to have in every newsroom and every politician's office!

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  2. Yes - it's as simple and and difficult as that!

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  3. Yes - it's as simple and and difficult as that!

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  4. Every day the choice is ours. Love the simplicity of the poem for such a powerful message.

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  5. Every day the choice is ours. Love the simplicity of the poem for such a powerful message.

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  6. I am trying to do what I can, I am choosing to make change, but still worry a bit, and shout at the tv more than usual. Thanks Cathy for putting it all so succinctly.

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  7. Perfect for this time...

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