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Let Me Tell You…

Life Musings To Ponder

By Marie Pinschmidt touch, to reach out unhindered to embrace others? Have dared to study painting unless promised a showing at
Can you imagine being we forgotten how to love unconditionally? the Metropolitan Museum of Art? What if no one wrote
a piece of a giant jigsaw Picture puzzle pieces are inanimate objects and of poetry unless promised the honor of becoming a poet
puzzle; a puzzle that has necessity stand alone. We are humans and we are not laureate? What if no one studied medicine without the
fallen to the floor, scattered helpless. We can swallow our pride and reach out and at guarantee of a senior position or Chief of Staff at a major
to the wind, stepped on, least try to put our pieces back together, repair the broken hospital? What if no one volunteered to be a policeman
kicked out of place, unable ones instead of discarding them. Are we trying to do the or Homeland Security agent to keep us safe from drugs
to find your place in the game impossible when we attempt to do so? As one of the many and human smugglers of women and children? What if
we call life? Are you feeling pieces of the puzzle we think we can do little or nothing; no one was willing to become a soldier and put his/her
useless, alone, your colors however, there is the possibility of repair. We can learn life on the line to protect our country in case of war or
faded and unrecognizable, to smile again, hug each other, work together to restore other disaster?
the clues of your identity unity to our lives instead of lying helpless on the floor. The list has no end. What if no one dared write a book
lost, no longer a part of the whole? Or perhaps a piece of We may not succeed, but recycling our damaged pieces because of the real possibility of never finding a publisher
the puzzle that remained on the table, unable to rescue the is a worthwhile thing to try. The least we can do is to be – or an agent? We do what we do because we love and
fallen. Together, we painted a beautiful picture puzzle, we kind. cherish life and the world we occupy. We heavily laminate
brought people together, we wore smiles, we loved and What if we were all blind and had to braille each other ourselves to remain a stable piece of life’s puzzle that is
hugged one another, we fit, until we didn’t. for recognition? Or a blade of grass and every Wednesday, afforded us, and not become that one crucial lost piece.
Or perhaps you feel like a Humpty Dumpty who once a big machine shaved off the top of our head? Do you wish We dare and we do, and yet we know not why. Do we want
sat on a wall, but had a great fall, and couldn’t be put you had been born beautiful? Audrey Hepburn suggested to be a part of the problem or a part of the solution?
back together again. Has this happened to you, to me, the following: For beautiful eyes look for the good in Spoken words are irretrievable. That’s why I prefer to
our friends or loved ones? Have you found or restored the others; beautiful lips – speak only words of kindness; and write. Until next time…
puzzle pieces of your life? Do they still fit together or do for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never Marie Pinschmidt
some pieces remain warped, tattered and storm damaged? alone. (561) 510-5006
Have we sat back and looked at the scattered pieces What if no one played the piano unless promised MariePin001@comcast.net
and thought “poor things, they’ve fallen and can’t get up.” a solo performance at Carnegie Hall? What if no one
Have we come to their aid? Could we do more to help the
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