Tal,s thought for the day....Painting The Picture

[talentedbutslow]

Painting The Picture

• • • • When my hair is thin and silvered,
        and my time of toil is through;
        when I've many years behind me,
        and ahead of me a few;
        I shall want to sit, I reckon,
        sort of dreaming in the sun;
        and recall the roads I've traveled
        and the many things I've done.
        
        I hope there'll be no picture
        that I'll hate to look upon;
        when the time to paint it better
        or to wipe it out, is gone.
        
        I hope there'll be no vision
        of a hasty word I've said
        that has left a trail of sorrow,
        like a whip welt, sore and red.
        
        And I hope my old age dreaming
        will bring back no bitter scene
        of a time when I was selfish,
        or a time when I was mean.
        
        When I'm getting old and feeble,
        and I'm far along life's way,
        I don't want to sit regretting
        any bygone yesterday.
        
        I am painting now the picture
        that I'll want someday to see;
        I am filling in a canvas
        that will soon come back to me.
        
        Though nothing great is on it,
        and though nothing there is fine,
        I shall want to look it over
        when I'm old, and call it mine.
        
        So I do not dare to leave it
        while the paint is warm and wet,
        with a single thing upon it
        that I later will regret.
        

[JohnW]

Very nice Tal. Unfortunately, we have all done things which we regret. Things which have hurt other people etc. Even though we may have told them how sorry we were for what we did, and even though we may have been forgiven, we still regret the deed(s). All part of life's rich tapestry eh?

[kash]

all i can say is

[SPUGGIE J]

Nice one Tal. Should we think of you as the AccyWebs unofficial moral booster dude?

[talentedbutslow]

Certainly spuggie.......and I will accept donations too........