There Was A Time

“Your grandfather, my father, now rests here for all time. He was a simple man with simple beliefs, but he had a saying that was as long as days and nights in repeating their cycles. He would say, ‘Live for the right now, remember those things of yesterday and do not expect tomorrow to be better. That is up to you, And above all, between living and dying, what happens in the middle is pure luck.’” “Son there is one thing I want to add to that and that is ....”

85 years later ...

“Son, here lies my father and grandfather, both were simple men, with simple ways, who lead a life filled with many things both good and bad. When my father brought me here he said to me, Live for the right now, remember those things of yesterday and do not expect tomorrow to be better. That is up to you, And above all, between living and dying, what happens in the middle is pure luck. Son there is one thing I want to add to that and that is believe in what you do. No one else can right the wrongs of a life but yourself to pave the way ahead for what may come. Mistakes you will make, and mistakes you will correct. Just never let it overtake what you believe in your heart to be true.’”

85 years later ...

I am an old man without a son to bring here, father. The war has ravaged everything and I am near to dying but I never let the fear overtake what I believed to be true. I will be coming to see you soon. When I do, I bring all those yesterdays with me where we can look upon them together ... and remember.