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Wander With Purpose

Life is a journey,
with a destination
deeply embedded;
the smell of the roses,
all the sweeter,
if you know where you're headed.

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Suzanne Delaney

Date: 2/14/2016 12:03:00 AM

Hi Tim :I am studying your Grooks and hope to write on and enter in your contest with Silent One. I. Hadn't heard of this form. Thanks for expanding my poetry knowledge. SuZ

Liam Mcdaid

Date: 12/14/2014 2:10:00 PM

truly lovely journey in words excellent pen timothy

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/11/2014 7:31:00 AM

Dropping by to say hi, I hope you are well.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:51:00 PM

I'm doing well - I know I've been neglectful. I'll send you a soup message here shortly :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/3/2014 6:11:00 PM

So true and it also allows you to avoid thise pesky thorns.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:51:00 PM

Indeed my friend!

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 12/2/2014 4:19:00 PM

ahh but what of mystery & surprise? How are you Tim? Light & Love

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:51:00 PM

Life itself is the unfolding mystery - however if you are unclear of your ultimate goal, then could very well be walking in circles. I'm doing well Deb... and you?

Paul Callus

Date: 12/2/2014 2:32:00 PM

I agree with you Timothy, that life's journey takes a fuller meaning when one knows where he's heading to. Stopping now and again to enjoy the sights can make it even more interesting! // paul

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:50:00 PM

Your wandering need not be aimless. Nor the road to your ultimate destination need not be straight as an arrow. Thanks for your insight and encouragement!

Caleah Buil

Date: 12/2/2014 12:42:00 PM

I like this one. I think the last two lines spoke to me the most. I enjoy living life and sometimes not knowing where I'm going is just as fun. But, I also agree that when you do know where you're heading, and it's a good place, it's sweeter.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:48:00 PM

Thanks again Caleah! :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/1/2014 10:40:00 PM

I really like this one. short and sweet didactic.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:46:00 PM

Thanks Andrea! :)

Eve Roper

Date: 12/1/2014 9:34:00 PM

very intresting, life is a journey, you make the direction you want it to go.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:46:00 PM

Mhmm... you got it!

Justin Bordner

Date: 12/1/2014 8:54:00 PM

I like the paradox of wandering with a destination for truth. Perhaps our destinations are orientated towards truth's expressways Timothy. I always seem headed for the heart. Xool metaphysics. J.A.B.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:34:00 PM

My inspiration for this piece was the saying that goes: Life is a journey. And though I do agree with what this is saying, it sounds so incomplete. Surely every journey has a destination, no? And surely it matters where one ends up and one can enjoy the stops along the way, all the more :)

Timothy Hicks
Date: 12/11/2014 12:32:00 PM

It sorta goes with the axiom: not all who wander who lost. You can travel and explore this wonderful world, while still carrying truth and the Word with you. Your straight and narrow path need not be as complacent as is implied.