Recently I was reminded of the poem 'Dust if you must'. This poem helped me to move on after bouts of Depression.
DUST IF YOU MUST!
(Author Unknown)
Life is short. Enjoy it!
Dust if you must,
but wouldn’t it be better to paint a picture or write a letter, bake a cake or plant a seed, ponder the difference between want and need?
Dust if you must,
but there’s not much time, with rivers to swim and mountains to climb, music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and life to lead.
Dust if you must,
but the world’s out there with the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain. This day will not come around again.
Dust if you must,
but bear in mind, old age will come and it’s not kind. And when you go – and go you must – you, yourself will make more dust.
It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Remember ‘dust doesn’t rust’!
Recently, a number of my friends became very sick, and two very close friends passed away. It has been hard for me to deal with the loss of these friendships.
Remembering that happiness comes from within helped me to keep going in spite of these losses in my life.
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"IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO LEARN THAT HAPPINESS DOES COME FROM WITHIN AND NOT FROM OUTSIDE MATERIAL POSSESIONS, INFLUENCES OR PEOPLE.
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