It’s become such a long road, the road of life I’m on. Some
say we can’t help the cards we are dealt in our youth, I ascribe to that
mentality. But, I also know after decades of living that we can change the
deck.
My deck has changed a few times, with one constant. I’ve
been given the joker and the ace, every time. Doesn’t matter which design it happens to be, I
keep those same two cards.
There have been segments of life where I may have
thought I had a beat up deck, a few when my cards were old and earmarked, and
times when they were so new and pristine they were slippery or stuck together.
I’ve had designer cards, series cards, I’ve had themed cards and now it seems I
have extra large print.
It’s no small joke either that I’ve the personality of
one a few cards short of a full deck, but I snicker at that one a lot
considering it’s just the joker making his presence known.
The ace gets laid once I’ve succeeded where before I had
failed, learned something new; recognized I had grown - enjoyed the experience,
or had the opportunity to share laughter with my children. I reach for these
moments constantly but the ace gets lost in the deck so easily. We all shuffle a bit too much never believing we are content, instead of just playing the cards we’ve
been given.
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