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Everything Is Always For the Best

Why the long face, son? Did someone die? Aw, Dad. I flunked my math exam Did you do your level best, son? I did, Dad. I studied so hard for the test You know that's all I ask of you, son And everything is always for the best. Right, Dad?... What's up, son? Are those tears streaming down your cheeks? Aw, Dad. I didn't make the varsity basketball team Did you try your level best, son? You know I did, Dad. I trained so hard last summer That's all I can ask of you, my son And everything is always for the best, Dad... Is everything ok, son? You look like you saw a ghost I did lousy on the law boards, Dad Did you do your level best, son? I don't know, Dad. I thought I did. But-- --But everything is always for the best, son. You know that by now. You're right, Dad. Everything is always for the best... Dad, you're not here with me on this Earth anymore But your words live on inside me, and They are of great comfort to me now, Dad And you were right. Everything is always for the best-- I flunked the math exam because I was not meant to be a statistician or a computer programmer I didn't make the varsity team because I was not cut out to be a great basketball player I did lousy on the law boards because I never really wanted to be a lawyer, not in my heart... I'm a part-time poet now, Dad. That's right My wonderful poetic friends and I are busy, busy We create tempting, tasty dishes of Poetry Soup ~ And hereby serve up today's soup de jour, Dad Everything really and truly is always for the best February 11, 2019 Entry in "Repetition" Poetry Contest Sponsor: Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer

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Date: 2/13/2019 7:42:00 AM
A wonderful message indeed...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/13/2019 1:07:00 PM
Why, thank you so much, Arturo! ~ gw
Date: 2/11/2019 11:50:00 PM
Gershon, I needed to read this poem tonight at this moment. You have blessed me. FAV.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/12/2019 8:58:00 AM
P.S., I am truly humbled by your FAV...I don't how the timing was so right for you, but I am very glad it was! Best wishes, Gershon
Date: 2/11/2019 11:45:00 PM
A gorgeous write; the whole time until I got to the final bits, I thought you were the father, and was not surprised at all to see you were the son. God puts us where we need to be, so you stay right here on Soup with us!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/12/2019 8:57:00 AM
Oh, Caren! Yours is such a wonderful wish (that I stay right here on Soup with you and all our other wonderful friends). And please allow me to wish you exactly the same: Please stay here with us, right here on the Soup... Thank you, thank you. ~ Gershon
Date: 2/11/2019 10:41:00 PM
I hope, with all my heart, that you are right-
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/12/2019 8:55:00 AM
Yes, yes, yes...AND, by the way, no less than an authority than the great Sage Akiva, who lived about 1,300 years after Moses, and was second only to Moses in knowledge (in the Jewish tradition), stated: Everything that happens/that God does is for the Best! (Kol mahn d'rachmana avid, l'tav avid -- in the original Aramaic). Prayers, Faith, and Blessings, my friend. ~ Gershon