Pathway

SOME PEOPLE LIVE TO DIE
WHERE OTHERS TRY TO DIE TO LIVE

WE WERE BORN FOR A REASON 
AND WITH A GOAL IN MIND – THAT IS 
WHY SOME PEOPLE LIVE TO DIE…

SOME PEOPLE WERE BORN 
ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY 
WERE BEING TRAMPLED ON 
AND SO THEY DIE TO LIVE

WHAT IS IT ABOUT LIFE 
THAT MAKES IT SO 
WORTH WHILE OR 
WORTH LIVING FOR?

IS IT THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS
OR HAVE A MINDSET THAT 
WILL NEVER CHANGE ITS COURSE?

AS HUMANS, WE INTEND TO FIND
THAT FORKED PATH ONCE
 LIFE CHALLENGES US
AND WHEN WE HAVE TO CHOOSE…

OUR EMOTIONS INTEND 
TO GET IN THE WAY
AND THEREFORE WE 
DO NOT SEE 
THE WARRNING SIGHNS OF 
PAIN AND SUFFERING

FOR ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR PATH – 
YOU EITHER LIVE TO DIE
OR DIE TO LIVE…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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