August 6, 2024, entered in Edward Ibeh's Pick-A-Title Vol. 45 contest
August 19, placed 2nd
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When I’m gliding blithely through my days, Life, with its blunt, disconcerting ways, interrupts my peace with sobering realities that heighten my awareness and bring me to my knees uttering praise for being spared or, for others, urgent pleas. The fifteen obituaries in the paper one day last week were all for people younger than I. Naturally, I seek to enjoy a long life. I presume those people wanted that too! I pray thoughts of mortality won’t leave me with a morbid view but will motivate me to pursue goals, both old and new. When news reports reveal the true state of the world, it never fails: New hair-raising terrors are unfurled. I shiver just thinking of future generations~~ grandkids, their kids, and theirs . . . and the deliberations they must maneuver through to maintain solid foundations. Sobering realities will continue to assault my peace of mind, but due to a degree of late-in-life wisdom, I’m inclined to prayerfully do what I can to fix or eliminate a situation, then turn it over to the One in the highest station. The Lord has power over every complication.
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