Poem – The Gratitude of Aging

Today, I feel a profound gratitude for those helping on the other side.

I feel their presence taking my hand and allowing me to decide.

We want to feel as if we have all the control.

But there is another way … as we age and get old.
Surrender and acceptance is the way to find peace.

That way the conflicts in the mind learn to cease.

We cannot fight dragons that were never really there.

Especially as we decide to learn to fly up that long white stair.

Effort and struggle shift towards understanding in a new way.

And fear falls off along with the worry and dismay.
Listen to your heart and allow everyone to hear.

That your pure love is something so very precious and dear.

~Suzanne Wagner~