Shine On: Visions of Life

In the pages of my book,

You’ll find mystery and love,

Emotions that are bared

And tragedies shared

It’s all there.

It has taken a lifetime

To write all the words,

But what is a lifetime

If at last you are heard?

The giving and forgiving

Are the most important lines,

For when you get to the end

There’s no time to pretend.

You’ll find the characters inside

Weren’t saints all the time,

But maybe you’ll discover

Within the cover

Inspirational lines.

The book, it’s not a work of art,

But the words inside

Describe chapters of my life

That taught me how to survive.

It has taken a lifetime

To write all the words

But what is a lifetime

If at last they are heard?

And I hope within the cover

You’ll discover

Inspirational lines

That will teach you how to survive.

2 A Pot of Gold (#ulink_67e6f5b5-2bf6-5341-b9ad-6f9a756f7ab2)

How many times have we told our children, ‘At the end of the rainbow you will find a pot of gold’? This image captures the imagination and encourages us to strive for success. Many think that success is measured in material wealth, others think it is achieved by finding God, but Betty classed her pot of gold as knowledge in all things. The more knowledge we gain, the more understanding of life we have and the more we can help others.

Knowing ourselves is the first step. We all have two sides to our nature and sometimes that can be hard to face, but knowing this fact enables us to become more positive about ourselves and change if need be. A pot of gold is found only through pure hard work and determination, and for that you have to have courage.

I am a dreamer,

Who walks the corridors of light

That gives me life.

The mirrors that I see

Show other sides of me

And tell me who and what I am.

This truth is hard to take

But it brings a kind of ecstasy

In the knowledge that it brings.

We’re told we must never go

‘Where angels fear to tread’.

But in my dreams, I took that path

And found a pot of gold

That others hadn’t dared to hold.

I had a choice, to take it in my hands

And walk away, or take a simple scroll

Which held the mysteries and the vibes