Life is difficult.....keeping your heart golden

"Life is difficult" ...are the first words M. Scott Peck writes in his book titled "A Road less Traveled".

Finally!!, I thought when I read those words, someone who says it like it is.

Barely eight years old, at school he is told

he's much too soft, don't belong in the fold.

Yet he hides his tears and swallows his fears

because this very boy, has a heart of pure gold.

Barely seven years old, at school she is told,

she is much too small, don't belong in the fold.

Yet she swallows her tears and hides her fears

because this very girl, has a heart of pure gold.

Now seventeen, a tall young boy by others is told,

he is much too weird, don't belong in the fold.

But the taunts of his peers, he no longer hears

because this very boy, has a heart of pure gold.

Now a young woman, by others she's told

she should be more girlie to fit in the fold.

But the taunts of her peers, she no longer hears

because this very girl, has a heart of pure gold.

To remain golden is not an easy path to take

it is a conscious decision for us all to make.

(Citizen Z)

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”  (M. Scott Peck)