Day # 119 - Running out of Poetry

I remember, for some reason, being at a party about 15 years ago (I was six years old at the time - yeah right!) and telling someone I was running out of poetry. At this point I had been writing for about five years.

I went on to write many more poems and still write poetry now and then. Ironically, I think I might have said that to be poetic. It reminds me of each time someone comes up with the newest, latest idea and you hear someone say there is nothing left to invent, or something to that effect.

I guess this would be true if there were limits to human potential, but we've barely scratched the surface. We use about ten per cent of our brains. If you can squeeze eleven out of your noggin, you could probably rule the world, cure diseases, colonize Mars, or a million other things.

The truth is we never reach our full potential. This is the beauty of the human experience. We can always get better, stronger, smarter. We can always advance and find new ways to help our fellow man. We can always do more. We can always be more. The simple act of trying to improve yourself makes you better than the you who doesn't try. The chase is the reward.

Find your poetry. Find your calling, your meaning. Volunteer at a homeless shelter. Read to an elderly person in the hospital or just spend an hour holding their hand and listening to them. Help paint someone's house. Volunteer to teach kids how to read. Yes, you do have time. If you see a scrap of garbage on the ground, pick it up - beautify your environment. If each one of us did one little thing to improve our immediate little area, the trickle-down effect would change the world.

I know now that I have poetry left to share and that not sharing it is a failure. Poetry is not only words on paper, it is emotion in action, it is the smile you offer a stranger, it is the hand up you offer to someone who has fallen. It is in your ear when you listen. It is in all of us.

Make it your best day yet by helping to make it someone else's day better. God bless you.

- Adolfo

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