<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>What Life Should Be</b><div><div><br></div><div>by Pat A. Fleming</div><div><br></div><div>To learn while still a child</div><div>What this life is meant to be.</div><div>To know it goes beyond myself,</div><div>It’s so much more than me.</div><div>To overcome the tragedies,</div><div>To survive the hardest times.</div><div>To face those moments filled with pain,</div><div>And still, manage to be kind.</div><div>To fight for those who can’t themselves,</div><div>To always share my light.</div><div>With those who wander in the dark,</div><div>To love with all my might.</div><div>To still stand up with courage,</div><div>Though standing on my own.</div><div>To still get up and face each day,</div><div>Even when I feel alone.</div><div>To try to understand the ones</div><div>That no one cares to know.</div><div>And make them feel some value</div><div>When the world has let them go.</div><div>To be an anchor, strong and true,</div><div>That person loyal to the end.</div><div>To be a constant source of hope</div><div>To my family and my friends.</div><div>To live a life of decency,</div><div>To share my heart and soul.</div><div>To always say I’m sorry</div><div>When I’ve harmed both friend and foe.</div><div>To be proud of whom I’ve tried to be,</div><div>And this life I chose to live.</div><div>To make the most of every day</div><div>By giving all I have to give.</div><div>To me, that’s what this life should be,</div><div>To me, that’s what it’s for.</div><div>To take what God has given me</div><div>And make it so much more</div><div>To live a life that matters,</div><div>To be someone of great worth.</div><div>To love and be loved in return</div><div>And make my mark on Earth.</div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>