Tuesday April 4 2017  FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE

MY INTENTION IS…

Kathleen Martens

April 4, 2017

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Footloose and fancy free

That’s what retirement is supposed to be.

But on the horizon I do not see

That that is what is meant for me!

I dream and hope, and hope some more

That someday I’ll achieve that score.

However the space upon my floor

Has a thousand books, and maybe more.

Boxes and boxes I must sort

And with my past I will cohort.

I don’t intend to come up short

Because I’ll be an exemplary sport!

I enjoy my own company in quiet space,

In silent enjoyment my past I’ll trace.

For what I’ll keep I’ll make a case,

And then the future I will race.

If an item is beautiful I will keep.

And some nostalgia will be my treat.

That which is necessary I’ll make it neat,

And all the remaining, others will reap.

Easy words that I can say

Perhaps forgotten some future day.

But my intention is that I may

Have a great time doing it my way!

Don’t ask me where that poem came from because I don’t know.  Perhaps it is because this is the statement of my life at present.  Just to have our shelves moved to another room has made great inroads as to what I can now accomplish.  I do not complain for all the work ahead because I am truly enjoying the journey.

“LEARN AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER, AND LIVE AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO DIE TOMORROW.”  Quote by John Wooden

Thank You Father that I AM GOING TO LIVE FOREVER!

Thank You God for allowing me to live this long on your awesome earth.

Thank You God that You are preparing a place for me in heaven.

Thank You God for my health this day.

Thank You too for our children, their spouses, children, and dogs!

Thank You God, that when I seek Your plan, it is good.

Thank You Lord for all I learn each and every day.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU