we are here to share, live and love with each other
The wisest man ever once said,
All is vanity
He also said, There is a time for every season.
My four year old nephew figures it out,
asking his mom,
So we just keep getting older
and then we die?
The response is,
Yes, that about covers it.
To which he replies,
Oh man.
An 83 year old loses her mental capacities.
She asks, Why are there cowboys and Indians in the yard?
She curses the surgeon who allows her to continue walking.
I wonder, Has he done her a favor?
She asks me,
Can I borrow your scissors to slit my throat?
When I say, No
She responds,
Awwww man.
In this world we are assured
we will have trouble.
There will also be intensely good,
even great, moments.
Life is our gift.
We choose to make it better or bitter.
We live.
We die.
We seek.
We find.
Why are we here?
That question has been asked by many.
Answered in a variety of ways and meanings.
All I have personally found true is:
We are here for love.
To find it.
To give it.
To receive it.
To allow it to flow in us,
around us,
through us,
to us.
We are here to help each other.
To share love and life with one another.
We are all a part of one.
We are all beloved.
Who am I to judge how we each find this love?
Have I, at long last, become enlightened?
My response to this amazing question,
Oh my!
AL 6/16/13
life: acoustic & amplified 
Sooner or later we all learn that we are here to share and love, to feel and care, to question and then to understand just a little bit more than we understood the day before. When you see an older person who seems to know this not at all, it is profoundly sad. And it is a sadness that does not add to our lives or the lives of others. Yes, we are here to learn and share and love… and to connect with others of like mind.