Life is a lesson plan no one can escape,
With effort you might, but your own Soul you do scrape.

We are all Immortal souls here to learn and be healed,
Make a wrong choice, just learn from it, your fate is never sealed.

A unique agenda for each, the only choice is the pace,
Take it slow, or speed it along, only ourselves to face.

Is life purely haphazard, or strictly etched in stone?
I would guess a little bit of both, but the mixture is your own.

Before birth we all agree to a task of which we will complete,
To discover it, look around at the choices you make and the people you meet.

So many options to pick, what path should you choose to walk?
Look inside your heart, listen closely and to God do talk.

Life is not always easy and never seems to be fair,
But, it is much more rewarding to take the path less traveled if you dare.

If you like, follow my advice, it is easy to do,
And of your life from this point forward you will have a brand new view.


Carl E. McClellan

October 7th, 1999