When Life Happens

At any given moment,
disaster may strike,
and I might be
in its midst,
or, just as easily,
at its periphery,
a horrified bystander.
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Or I may likewise be
enveloped in some great joy,
gratefully accepting
life’s surprising beneficence.
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In these moments,
all my expectations
will come to nothing.
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So I will learn to let them go,
and be alert and ready
when life happens.